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• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 8 hours ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 11 hours ago
• Wittering away...

  Rowan8a3264 19 hours ago
• Kidney Not

  Mmum 22 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.

  Lizzie - Online Community Team 6 days ago
• Looking after Mr. B

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• One Life Live It

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

  Irishgirl16 6 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 8 days ago
• Speaking to an empty room

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Latest blog posts

• Living with Desdemona

  Post-Chemo – Watchful Waiting Commences, Desdemona's Contained and Sleeping

  It’s been a relatively busy two weeks. We had a lean-to constructed in the garden, attached to the back of the house – thanks Gerard for your hard work. Araon and Angela joined us for dinner which was great fun - I even had a very small &...

  Desdemona 8 hours ago
• 

  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 538: Getting to be a bit like… anniversary time!

  Post 538: Getting to be a bit like… anniversary time! I don’t sleep much, like many others for various reasons, but today seems like a day off so why am I not more relaxed. My Darling came down after a long lay-in at midday-ish and loo...

  Mr U 11 hours ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering away

  That was an unpleasant wait  3 hour  until 3am. I was close to being sick again for a while when I first woke up and I just feel ill. So I am stopping now. In its own right I would stop but with everything else I feel it's all a bit ext...

  Rowan8a3264 19 hours ago
• Kidney Not

  Opthalmology Part 2 - 14 Oct 2026

  I returned to the local NHS Opthalmology dept at QMH in Jan 2026 for a review of my left eye problem.  I had a lengthy discussion with an ophthalmologist who diagnosed: Inflammation deposits on the inner surface of the cornea Posteria synechiae...

  Mmum 22 hours ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering away

  Congrats Rowan, not many could puke quicker after taking the new med, you are  in range of  the podium and medals. I didn't expect it, I thought it would be longer. before anything happened. GP called back, I can try it tomorrow taking ...

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

  Three Friends

  I don't have a huge social circle. Most of my friends have never met. Their only link is me. I know that three of them have all experienced skin cancer. Three friends. Three cancers. In the same small group. I'm not a statistician but guess this is p...

  dolphin99 1 day ago
• 

  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 537: Curry dinner after a great day at work.

  Post 537: Curry dinner after a great day at work. There’s not much you can do in a day at work that’s as long as mine; two hours l, it’s not long enough to do anything… But today I found myself at the end of the first big p...

  Mr U 1 day ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering away

  Had a  really good sleep again. Pain level in my back low on waking and  first getting up. Increased as time ticked on but good control with pain relief. It's a dangerous time, it is easy to forget in the moment when pain control is goo...

  Rowan8a3264 1 day ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 536: U3A homework, can I use use…

  I’m Post 536: U3A homework, can I use use… Can I use an already written poem for the U3A homework next week. Should I use it, or not? I received an email regarding this request for creative writing club and I already have a perfect ...

  Mr U 2 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering away

  Slept for 6 hours solid, it has been months since I have done that. Woke up with a clear head. Moved with extreme caution and found that back pain so much reduced. Made it to the loo in a timely fashion and in my head I was skipping there and back.&n...

  Rowan8a3264 2 days ago