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Groups now live

After much sweat and tears, Thomas and I are very excited to announce that we’ve officially launched groups on What Now? This is great news for everyone, particularly those of you who’ve ever thought “wouldn’t it be great if we could have an area on What Now? where we could talk about…”

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Before I launch into this I thought I'd make a couple of points. Firstly, I know a load of folks out there are a lot sicker than I am and I hope my good news won't weigh heavy on you. Secondly, this is not the first time I've had some good news only for the whole thing to turn sour later and I don't want to temp providence here.

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I'm one of the cancer information nurses working on our freephone helpline taking calls from people affected by cancer. Sometimes people call us and think we're Macmillan nurses. While we're cancer nurses working for Macmillan, we provide a different service.

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