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• Wittering away...

  Rowan8a3264 11 hours ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 23 hours ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  A cautionary tale of personal experience and common misconception

  dolphin99 1 day ago
• Community News

  This is a place where you can read about everything that's happening on Macmillan's Community. From guest stories, to sharing awareness months, here is where you'll hear about all of the latest from Macmillan's Community.

  Wayne - Online Community Team 2 days ago
• Slightly Inconvenienced by Prostate Cancer

  Lemsip 5 days ago
• Peter's Blog

  A blog about bowel cancer at a young age

  HawkeyeBrown 6 days ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 7 days ago
• Kidney Not

  Mmum 8 days ago
• Looking after Mr. B

  Miranda t 13 days ago
• One Life Live It

  Sadly not a LandRover road trip, but my journey through breast cancer

  Irishgirl16 14 days ago

Latest blog posts

• Wittering away...

  wittering on

  So we cancelled the visit, this was mainly due to the weather, it looks set to be awful here, so best for everyone to be in their own homes. Pulled the plug this morning so we all know what we are doing. We all bawled a bit and there were choice word...

  Rowan8a3264 11 hours ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering away

  Had a good vent first thing and felt better for it. Now medded up, so comfy sitting up, not feeling sick, have snacked and  am having a coffee. The codeine has kicked and I feel a little high. Not too much, it is pleasant, plus the relief of the...

  Rowan8a3264 22 hours ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 545: Rest day before the oncology appointment.

  Post 545: Rest day before the oncology appointment. Nothing to do all day today but rest and watch tv, so that’s what happened. I wish I could say the new Duloxatine pills were doing something but they need a bit more time and I’ll doub...

  Mr U 23 hours ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering away

  Got today done. There was no good way of having a bath,I had to chivvy myself in (don't have a shower), good grief it was painful getting out but did it. I felt so much better for it. Had left plenty of time to rest after that to be ready for a h...

  Rowan8a3264 1 day ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  The Coordinator and The First Dermatologist

  A few days later the electronic prescription from my GP whizzed through cyberspace to the local pharmacy and I was able to pick up the Efudix. According to one of the links I'd been sent by the bots, this magic cream was going to sort everything ...

  dolphin99 1 day ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  Actinic Keratosis

  By this time I was intrigued to see what else the bots wanted to help me with, so I had a browse through some of the information they'd sent me. What about my diagnosis of actinic keratosis? AK to those in the know, but not to me. I still couldn&...

  dolphin99 1 day ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 544: Eating well and should I sit for the tattoo?

  Post 544: Eating well and should I sit for the tattoo? With my back being the worst it’s been for ever and my email to work saying I need this week off sick why would I consider sitting for my new tattoo today? It had crossed my mind that I mi...

  Mr U 1 day ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering away

  Yesterday was a slog for the most part. pain levels are reduced but still quite high at times and being comfy sitting up was harder over the day. Was very fatigued which does nothing for posture. Paracetamol does little to nothing for my everyday pai...

  Rowan8a3264 2 days ago
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  Community News

  Macmillan HOPE Programme: Support for living with and beyond cancer

  Macmillan HOPE Programme is a six-session course designed to help people living with cancer manage the emotional and practical challenges they face.

  Wayne - Online Community Team 2 days ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  Artificial Intelligence

  Reading through that letter yet again, I wondered about the mysterious organisation the coordinator coordinated. It seemed important to work that out in order to understand this puzzling speed of events. I found this quite irritating. My morning rout...

  dolphin99 2 days ago