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• 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.

  Emma - Online Community Team 6 hours ago
• Wittering away...

  Rowan8a3264 9 hours ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 13 hours ago
• time for a cuppa....

  hugs 1 day ago
• Speaking to an empty room

  RedTree26 1 day ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  A cautionary tale of personal experience and common misconception

  dolphin99 2 days ago
• My Mengioma Brain Tumour Story

  GaryG298207 3 days ago
• Looking after Mr. B

  Miranda t 6 days ago
• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  Beesuit 7 days ago
• My BCG Therapy

  Aurelius 7 days ago

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  Community News

  Part 1: Neurodivergence and Cancer - Caring Through Uncertainty

  This is the first of a two part blog series exploring what it is like to be an autistic carer, advocate and daughter for someone living with cancer. We are incredibly grateful to the author for her honest and encouraging writing and this blog helps us to understand the unique challenges faced by those affected by cancer and living with neurodivergence.

  When we talk about cancer, we often talk about the person who has received the diagnosis. We talk about their treatment, appointments, side effects...

  Emma - Online Community Team 6 hours ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering away

  Today I am having little periods of time when everything chimes in right, right time of day, enough rest, all meds online, head not too foggy. I have been able to eat cheese and onion croquettes which I really fancied and they tasted amazing. Feels g...

  Rowan8a3264 9 hours ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 558: Binge watching the tv but signs are good for Mrs U.

  Post 558: Binge watching the tv but signs are good for Mrs U. Another day and not much to report except that my Darling has passed the worst of the cold and is improving. Not enough to be worrying about going out and about yet but looking brighter a...

  Mr U 13 hours ago
• time for a cuppa....

  Here we go....

  Hi, it feels pretty weird to write onto a blog, who will read it, who will relate, who will flick past it.... but in the end I guess that doesn't really matter too much, although I am the ultimate people pleaser, but I'm doing this for myself...

  hugs 1 day ago
• Speaking to an empty room

  All clear

  Dad had his second ent checkup yesterday ...god I felt sick with anxiety waiting for the call from mum ,wondering if it would be good or bad news....it was good!!! Dad was ok nothing to report and they'll see him again after Christmas....So now w...

  RedTree26 1 day ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 557: I was amused that my counsellor & my mind was in tune.

  Post 557: I was amused that my counsellor & my mind was in tune. I quietly left house this morning leaving her in bed asleep. There was no need to wake her especially as it was fairly early  start at the hospice and I had no need to bother ...

  Mr U 1 day ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering on

  I have slept a lot. This means at those times I have been fortunate enough to sleep through side effects. More importantly has been the quality of sleep. Some of it has been that exhausted sleep where my body can do nothing else but some of it has be...

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

  Bringing Things up to Date

  Today is Monday 2nd November 2026 and this is my first post in real time. It's an opportunity to slow things down after a multitude of memories competed for a place in the previous posts describing my personal experience up to this point. Perhaps...

  dolphin99 2 days ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 556: It’s my life of little choices that I love.

  Post 556: It’s my life of little choices that I love. My tv mini box in my bedroom packed up in the morning first thing. This meant that I’d need to get up and watch episodes of the Netflix series downstairs. As it happened I had to fill...

  Mr U 2 days ago
• My Mengioma Brain Tumour Story

  My Meningioma Brain Tumour Story

     My name is Gary and I live near Leeds in Yorkshire, UK. I am suffering from a very aggressive Grade 3 Anaplastic (cancerous) Meningioma Brain Tumour and this is my story (so far).      Back in 2024 I hadn’t fel...

  GaryG298207 3 days ago