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Friday 25 April 2014

Save a Life Save a Macmillan Cancer Patient

Hello my name is Frankie, thank you for taking time to read my blog. My blog is about the charity Macmillan cancer support. This charity do all they can to make people with cancer healthy again. They provide practical, medical and financial support for the patients who need it.

When Kate was diagnosed with cervical cancer she was extremely scared and had so many questions about what was happening she fell in to a deep depression because she didn't know what to do or who to turn to, but Vikki a Macmillan care nurse was there for her and Kate and is still there now – unfortunately Kate's cancer spread and is now incurable but Vikki has promised to look after her through it all. Vikki encourages Kate on a regular basis 'it's fine, we can manage this, there are still so many things we can do to make you feel better.'

With just having someone there for her to rely on and to talk to she is still going strong today. ”You can't prepare for a cancer diagnosis. But the best people to support you are people who know what they're talking about - people like Macmillan.”

 Thank you so much for reading my blog I hope you learnt something from it. It would be very helpful if you could leave me some thoughts. In particular it would be great if you could answer some questions. Further information can be found on the website http://www.macmillan.org.uk.
  • Have you ever heard of any of the problems that people with cancer face?
  • Do you feel more informed about how people from Macmillan help?
  • Would you be prepared to do any of the following to improve the lives of people with cancer:
  1. Make a donation to 'Macmillan cancer support'
  2. Start or join a fund raising campaign?
  3. Support Macmillan cancer support every time you use Amazon?
  4. Tell your family and friends about this charity and try to persuade them to help out in any of the ways above?
If you do respond to any of my questions would you please tell me where you are from i.e your home town and country.

Thank you so much for taking an interest in my blog
Frankie :)
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7 comments:

  1. Anonymous1 February 2015 at 12:06

    Have you ever heard of any of the problems that people with cancer face?
    YES
    Do you feel more informed about how people from Macmillan help?
    PARTLY
    Would you be prepared to do any of the following to improve the lives of people with cancer:
    Make a donation to 'Macmillan cancer support'
    YES
    Start or join a fund raising campaign?
    YES
    Support Macmillan cancer support every time you use Amazon?
    MAYBE
    Tell your family and friends about this charity and try to persuade them to help out in any of the ways above?
    YES

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  2. Anonymous1 February 2015 at 12:09

    I have witnessed first hand the problems people face.
    Slightly informed.
    Yes a donation in the region of £10.
    Yes i would participate in a campaign.
    I do not use Amazon.
    I would definitely tell my family and bring the along to fundraising events with me.

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  3. Anonymous21 February 2015 at 15:10

    Have you ever heard of any of the problems that people with cancer face?
    partly
    Do you feel more informed about how people from Macmillan help?
    yes i do
    Would you be prepared to do any of the following to improve the lives of people with cancer:
    Make a donation to 'Macmillan cancer support'
    yes of course
    Start or join a fund raising campaign?
    yes
    Support Macmillan cancer support every time you use Amazon?
    i may do this
    Tell your family and friends about this charity and try to persuade them to help out in any of the ways above?
    yes

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  4. Anonymous23 February 2015 at 16:29

    wowow this is such a good cause you are advocating! i will defo consider dontaing!

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  5. Anonymous23 February 2015 at 16:55

    i did know of macmillan before but i dint really know what it did but i now do thank you

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  6. Anonymous9 March 2015 at 17:35

    hi im from swindon and a lot of what you talked about has happened within my family so really well done to what you're doing to help

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  7. Anonymous22 April 2015 at 14:31

    i didnt really know what Macmillan was before reading this but now i do and i'm strongly in favour of them from what the are doing to help

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