“When I think about my cancer journey, I think about choices. It was about choosing to take ownership of my own personal cancer journey.”
You might remember Issy from her recent feature on Community News, where she shared her story following her breast cancer diagnosis and how her relationship with her partner and herself evolved. As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2022, Issy is back to talk about another…
Did a breast cancer diagnosis change how you felt about yourself or your relationship with a partner?
Macmillan’s Digital Storytelling Project is where people affected by cancer have created their own videos to talk about their experiences. Issy is one of our stories of the month for September, where we will be focusing on cancer, sex and our relationship with our bodies. Issy talks about her feelings about her…
Lots of members here on the Community talk about how it can be difficult to deal with unhelpful advice and reactions from other people when you have cancer. Katy is here to reassure you that you’re not alone if you’ve felt frustrated by what people say.
This is our latest instalment in our series with with Macmillan’s Digital Storytelling Project, where people affected by cancer have created their own videos…
Do you feel you have the right support at work?
Lots of people affected by cancer, like Elvina, don’t always feel they have the support they need from their employer, manager, or from the sickness policies in place at work. Lots of people may feel worried about work when they are affected by cancer.
Here in the Online Community, we’re featuring a new series working with Macmillan’s Digital Storytelling Project…
Do you feel like your cancer experience changed you?
Here in the Online Community, we’re featuring a new series working with Macmillan’s Digital Storytelling Project, where people affected by cancer have created their own videos to talk about their experiences. For June’s Story of the Month, we’re featuring Eleni.
Eleni has created a video to share their experience of receiving a cancer diagnosis…
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First of all, we’d just like to say a big thank you to everyone who shared a picture with the Online Community as part of our Winter Picture Festival. Your pictures brought the Community team, and our members, a lot of joy this…
Thursday 3rd December marks the International Day of People with Disabilities, or International Day of Disabled Persons. Not everyone might know that as part of the Equality Act in 2010, anyone with a cancer diagnosis can choose to identify as having…
As lockdown is eased, yet shielding measures for many are extended, we wanted to share a poem with you from our guest writer Michael.
ADVICE TO BUREAUCRATS
It falls to you to draft a shielding letter
Of weighty pages, not too clear, for someone
Who has…
Today on the Community News Blog we are shining a light on all things creative from every corner of the Community. It doesn’t take long when looking through the community to stumble upon something creative, from knitted toys to poetry there are so many…
"…it gave me better pain relief than any drug could ever do.”
Facing cancer arguably takes a lot of energy, and naturally it becomes a central focus of someone’s life. But this doesn’t mean hobbies or pastimes, including arts and crafts…
