https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-utuc/atomTelligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)2025-10-30T10:21:06Zhttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-utuc/posts/chewing-gum-on-my-bed2026-02-16T14:23:15Z2026-02-16T14:23:15ZHello once again! It&#39;s been a while since I posted, and there is so much to catch up on, so I will endeavour to post regularly and get up to date.&nbsp; This one may be controversial! I think it was Connie Francis who sang &quot;Lipstick on your ...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-utuc/posts/chewing-gum-on-my-bed">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=723032&AppID=42817&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Toulouse4ff1cdhttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/99febe7a5e5847ce95c48aaf074f5a4ahttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-utuc/posts/the-countdown-to-christmas-and-surgery2025-12-05T13:13:06Z2025-12-05T13:13:06ZIt&#39;s all getting closer now. Had my pre-surgery CT scans this week.Surgery assessment is on the 18th December and then surgery on 30th! Starting to feel nervous, but still relaxed!(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-utuc/posts/the-countdown-to-christmas-and-surgery">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722877&AppID=42817&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Toulouse4ff1cdhttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/99febe7a5e5847ce95c48aaf074f5a4ahttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-utuc/posts/good-night-daniella-my-ureteroscopy2025-11-28T15:01:09Z2025-11-28T15:01:09ZIn early October 2025 I had a ureteroscopy at Whipps Cross Hospital.&nbsp; I am happy to mention the hospital and staff there as they were exceptional, even beyond the usual great staff across the NHS. It was my first time to ever have a surgery or g...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-utuc/posts/good-night-daniella-my-ureteroscopy">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722857&AppID=42817&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Toulouse4ff1cdhttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/99febe7a5e5847ce95c48aaf074f5a4ahttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-utuc/posts/the-date-is-set-nephroureterectomy-on-30th-december2025-11-18T13:54:44Z2025-11-18T13:54:44ZI haven&#39;t posted in a while, and a lot has happened........ So after many months, I had a meeting with the urologist last week at the hospital where I will have my surgery.&nbsp; My surgery will be on December 30th, 2025.&nbsp; I could have had a wee...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-utuc/posts/the-date-is-set-nephroureterectomy-on-30th-december">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722815&AppID=42817&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Toulouse4ff1cdhttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/99febe7a5e5847ce95c48aaf074f5a4ahttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-utuc/posts/kicking-the-leaves2025-11-10T11:51:01Z2025-11-10T11:51:01ZThis is a follow on post from my blog entry &quot;Never Quit Quitting&quot; Yesterday I bought myself a new pair of Timberland boots.&nbsp; It was a personal treat to make me feel good and something I needed for the change of seasons.&nbsp; I justifi...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-utuc/posts/kicking-the-leaves">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722797&AppID=42817&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Toulouse4ff1cdhttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/99febe7a5e5847ce95c48aaf074f5a4ahttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-utuc/posts/tiktok-versus-k-drama2025-11-05T17:16:09Z2025-11-05T17:16:09ZI am excited and grateful!&nbsp; A few people have been reading my blog, and I only started posting a week ago!&nbsp; And a couple of you have actually left comments too! I might even get a few followers, like my wife has on TikTok!!!! Now my wife is...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-utuc/posts/tiktok-versus-k-drama">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722784&AppID=42817&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Toulouse4ff1cdhttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/99febe7a5e5847ce95c48aaf074f5a4ahttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-utuc/posts/my-wife-my-brother-and-a-doctor-walked-into-a-bar2025-11-05T12:57:40Z2025-11-05T12:57:40ZAh!&nbsp; The good old three people walked into a bar joke....... So before you consider me frivolous, or inconsiderate, on starting with a joke line on a cancer blog, let me elaborate. When delivering a joke, there are key fundamentals to communicat...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-utuc/posts/my-wife-my-brother-and-a-doctor-walked-into-a-bar">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722783&AppID=42817&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Toulouse4ff1cdhttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/99febe7a5e5847ce95c48aaf074f5a4ahttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-utuc/posts/utuc-symptoms---it-wasn-t-the-ribena-berries2025-11-03T10:23:02Z2025-11-03T10:23:02ZIs it a general human trait that we can excuse or pass off symptoms as something else?&nbsp; Is it an auto denial response, or a fear of a symptom being something more sinister?&nbsp; Or maybe it is an alpha male issue.&nbsp; (But girls - even for al...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-utuc/posts/utuc-symptoms---it-wasn-t-the-ribena-berries">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722780&AppID=42817&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Toulouse4ff1cdhttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/99febe7a5e5847ce95c48aaf074f5a4ahttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-utuc/posts/never-quit-quitting2025-11-01T21:39:57Z2025-11-01T21:39:57ZYes, I am a smoker..........or was! I was advised that I should stop smoking to enhance my recovery after surgery.&nbsp; It is advisable to quit smoking at any time, but for those of you that smoke, or used to smoke, it is a difficult thing to do. It...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-utuc/posts/never-quit-quitting">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722776&AppID=42817&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Toulouse4ff1cdhttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/99febe7a5e5847ce95c48aaf074f5a4ahttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-utuc/posts/motivation-and-emotions2025-10-30T14:34:17Z2025-10-30T14:34:17ZI lived just by the London marathon route and, due to the road closures, there were only two choices for the day of the marathon - stay in, or go down to cheer the runners armed with bags of jelly babies.&nbsp; On one particular year while I was on t...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-utuc/posts/motivation-and-emotions">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722770&AppID=42817&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Toulouse4ff1cdhttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/99febe7a5e5847ce95c48aaf074f5a4ahttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-utuc/posts/welcome-to-what-the-utuc2025-10-30T10:21:06Z2025-10-30T10:21:06ZToday I joined the Online Community at MacMillan Cancer Support. I have just recently been diagnosed with Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma - that rare 1% of upper urinary tract cancers.&nbsp; Being in a rare and small group means a number of things: ...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-utuc/posts/welcome-to-what-the-utuc">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722768&AppID=42817&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Toulouse4ff1cdhttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/99febe7a5e5847ce95c48aaf074f5a4a