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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.

  Wayne - Online Community Team 8 hours ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 13 hours ago
• Wittering away...

  Rowan8a3264 17 hours ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  A cautionary tale of personal experience and common misconception

  dolphin99 1 day ago
• Slightly Inconvenienced by Prostate Cancer

  Lemsip 3 days ago
• Peter's Blog

  A blog about bowel cancer at a young age

  HawkeyeBrown 4 days ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 5 days ago
• Kidney Not

  Mmum 5 days ago
• Looking after Mr. B

  Miranda t 11 days ago
• One Life Live It

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

  Irishgirl16 11 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 8 hours ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 543: The story went down well but I forgot to say…

  Post 543: The story went down well but I forgot to say… Oh boy yesterday I struggled to think straight and by the time my pal arrived at my door at 8:15 I was being quizzed about the weekend in a very friendly way and realised I had forgotten...

  Mr U 13 hours ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering on

  Due to sleeping through a med slot last night but not too late to take when I woke up for a pit stop earlier on, so the wait was a better one this morning. Pain levels are variable. Something good has happened though, it means that for stretches of t...

  Rowan8a3264 17 hours ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  The First Diagnosis

  After my appointment with the second nurse I continued with my usual everyday bits and pieces. My forthcoming outpatients appointment was always in the back of my mind, but that wasn't going to happen for a while and life needed to get back to no...

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

  Post 542: I need some sleep, please let me sleep.

  Post 542: I need some sleep, please let me sleep. Part of the problem with sleep deprivation is having too much on your mind and not wanting to sleep. I think that’s where I am and I’ll be able to deal with that myself, it’s a self...

  Mr U 1 day ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering away

  I am enjoying this for now because I am aware that things can change again Getting up out of bed  for the second time this morning, ready for the pain and the intense pain didn't come, there is not a complete absence of it but it is like nig...

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

  The Second Nurse

  I've always found cottage hospitals fascinating. So much history and such an important part of the local community. I guess there aren't too many of them around nowadays. It's like walking into a museum. They're a world away from thei...

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

  Post 541: A dreaded visit is the very opposite, feel the love.

  Post 541: A dreaded visit is the very opposite, feel the love. All day I sat and ate while my Darling worked, and the shower later on was preceded by a legendary weigh-in that puts me into startling new territory. 12st 5lbs of raw British Meat ha ha...

  Mr U 2 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering away

  Yesterday was a frosty start to the day, beautiful, lovely skies. Washing lines were full and people were catching up with the gardening. Jeff gardened and I sat on the doorstep, some quality time.  Lots of whatsapp with Dana who was curling her...

  Rowan8a3264 2 days ago
• Slightly Inconvenienced by Prostate Cancer

  Going Public

  I am lucky enough to have a job with an employer that is very interested in supporting employees with all sorts of medical and life-related issues like mental health problems, menopause, cancer, and so on.There's always some campaign going on, an...

  Lemsip 3 days ago