I've been thinking about things lately and if you have a clear scan,been through chemo and are two years post cancer then to he told its back in your lungs or liver how does this happen if its all gone no sign then bang its back ? This isn't me and...
Hi,Just finished my radiotherapy and was due to have my first session of chemo today? Got there to be told the blood test results were not back and had to cancel for another ten days? Im really concerned that leaving it this long isnt going to help...
Hi Everybody...so we have a copy of the oncology report following surgery and final staging was T3N2bM0 but EMVI and PNI positive.. mismatch repair proficient tumour..I think I know what EMVI positive means but not the other terms..isn't PNI peritoneal...
Hello everyone. New here. i start my treatment next week and as a runner was hoping to try and keep running during treatment. Obviously it will all depend on how i react to the treatment and managing my expectations. Any runners here ? Just wondering...
Had a UTI infection just before Christmas. Was in 3 different types of antibiotics, they haven’t worked. Handed in a UTI be simple today, an hour later got a call from my gp’s office so seeing her tomorrow. Looking at the internet it seems to be pointing...
Hello, have not been on for a while Had pet scan after 4 rounds of chemo it showed no lymp node involvement, lung mets have decreased, elbow stable. I was ecstatic now I have missed 2 infusions due to very low blood platelets, I now gone in to overdrive...
6 days after I retired from my cherished profession, my husband was diagnosed with rectal cancer. He is currently undergoing daily chemo and radiotherapy pre-op, which is arduous for both of us. Today, New Year's Eve, *two* people expressed commiserations...
Hi all I had my all clear scan before Christmas which was fab my consultant surgeon has been amazing spent an hour with him talking things through and going through what happened to me in 2019 and burning the granulation off my scar line which is still...
Hello, after 6 months of worry etc(ok that's a bit tame!) And initially told it needed to shrink before an op could be considered,.I went through radiotherapy which totally blasted it. I have had another MRI and sigmoidoscopy with biopsy which showed...
Hi I was diagnosed in October 21 within a minute of having a colonoscopy, (sent immediately for ct scan and MRI) with Anal cancer, stage 2, it has not spread anywhere else, it is 2cms from the anal verge and is 1.8 cms in size. within 3 days I was called...
Whatever cancer throws your way, we’re right there with you.
We’re here to provide physical, financial and emotional support.
© Macmillan Cancer Support 2026 © Macmillan Cancer Support, registered charity in England and Wales (261017), Scotland (SC039907) and the Isle of Man (604). Also operating in Northern Ireland. A company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales company number 2400969. Isle of Man company number 4694F. Registered office: 3rd Floor, Bronze Building, The Forge, 105 Sumner Street, London, SE1 9HZ. VAT no: 668265007