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I turned to Maggie's when my partner Thena was diagnosed with cancer because we didn't know how we'd pay her rent.

When my doctor told me to join the head and neck cancer support group at Maggie's, I didn't think it would be for me. I couldn't have been more wrong.

Getting over treatment for mouth cancer was tough. My Maggie's support group really helped.

My wife Helen found a lump in her breast when our daughters were just 18 months and 5 years old. She was determined our whole family would have somewhere to go for support, and Maggie’s Edinburgh became a second home to us all.

I was at an all time low after treatment for prostate cancer but I joined a mindfulness course at Maggie's and made great friends.

The plans for Grant’s funeral were overturned by social distancing. But Christian still found a fitting way for friends and family to honour his partner.

Maggie’s supported siblings, Lynn and Grant at different centres in different ends of the country.

It’s been an ‘interesting’ eighteen months in my life since May 2022 when, having lived 60 years as a healthy energetic & outgoing person, I was taken unwell completely out of the blue and diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

My diagnosis was a shock. No one seemed to be concerned about my symptoms, not my GP, nor my consultant. Then suddenly I was diagnosed with incurable prostate cancer.

Alex was 33 years old and working as an Army Officer when he was diagnosed with stage 4 testicular cancer. He talks about how Maggie's supports his family and what running the London Marathon means to him.

After the shock of finding out her cancer was back, Mary put one foot in front of the other to complete the Camino de Santiago and start living her life to the full.

When I got my original breast cancer diagnosis, I was told that I would only need a lumpectomy, radiotherapy and tablets. And I felt kind of ok about that. But then things changed in the autumn, the diagnosis changed to grade three.

I started having investigations in April 2022 – an ultrasound, then an urgent CT scan. I was told I had a sinister growth on my pancreas. I knew exactly what that meant.

In 2015, my husband Dave was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. Since then he’s had numerous courses of chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant. He is on permanent chemotherapy that he has every day through a port.

I remember having the Victoria Derbyshire show in my living room in the background one Saturday. It was an episode about breast cancer, with a part on how to examine your breasts.

In 2020, Katya's mum, Jackie, died of breast cancer. Within six months, Katya was diagnosed with breast cancer, and so was her mum’s best friend, Kath. They share how Maggie's has supported them across two centres and their motivation for raising £16,000.

Pawel and Klem's son Hugo was almost one when Pawel was told that a brain tumour was causing his strange symptoms.

When I was diagnosed with breast cancer in December 2021, I would have told you that all I wanted was to get to the end of treatment and throw the whole experience in the bin. But that is no longer the case.

Throughout my life, I have always had to be strong. I always thought that I was. But cancer completely changed how I see strength.

Diagnosed at 65, Mike’s first thought was to not seek treatment. Conversations at the centre helped Mike realise that there was a way forward. Three years on, he’s fit, healthy and happy – and a key part of the community at Maggie’s West London.