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

  Mr U 14 hours ago
• Wittering away...

  Rowan8a3264 16 hours ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 1 day ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 2 days 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.

  Emma - Online Community Team 3 days ago
• time for a cuppa....

  hugs 4 days ago
• Speaking to an empty room

  RedTree26 4 days ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  A cautionary tale of personal experience and common misconception

  dolphin99 5 days ago
• My Mengioma Brain Tumour Story

  GaryG298207 6 days ago
• Looking after Mr. B

  Miranda t 9 days ago

Latest blog posts

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

  Post 561: We’re off to bed at 4am after binging Police Interceptors.

  Post 561: We’re off to bed at 4am after binging Police Interceptors. Is five episodes of Police Interceptors an acceptable way to end a lovey night after getting home from my Big Sis and Brother-in-law’s home where we enjoyed a big chick...

  Mr U 14 hours ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering on

  Ouch, it has been a wait for meds today, I have at times just felt vile. Have now had 2 rounds of meds and am picking up.  Have a plan  A and B for today, plan A is for the beach and there is still a fair chance that will happen despite the...

  Rowan8a3264 16 hours ago
• One Step At A Time

  Chapter 31 - Round Two

  It’s Friday 6th November, and today I had my second round of immunotherapy. Eight days ago I was in Sheffield with a metal frame screwed to my head. The night before Our friends Heather and Ryan kindly came up with their kids, Seb and Alex, the...

  Phild26 1 day ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering on

  A perfect 20 minutes. Got out to the bench in the back garden, with a coffee.Teak the cat was outside sleeping. He got up and came to me, wanting to be petted. So we sat on the bench together. It was wonderful being outside. I saw the birds eating th...

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

  Post 560: Are we going out or staying in.

  Post 560: Are we going out or staying in. The big question today was whether we would get to go out and about to couple of garden centres or just a cafe, after the cleaner was finished and up gone at midday. While the ground level rooms were being du...

  Mr U 1 day ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering on

  Things are starting to get better, the heightened emotion stage has passed, my legs are stronger at better times of day, there are times when I can sit and be comfy. My back ground pain is much reduced due to an underlying recovery and I now have goo...

  Rowan8a3264 1 day ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Post-Chemo – Waiting for Desdemona – Watchfully!

  ‘Watchful Waiting’, it sounds like a fairly innocuous phrase, but I am discovering hidden layers, predominantly driven by my own psychological nuances. Firstly, there’s ‘waiting’, there’s no doubt that ‘waiti...

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

  Post 559: One day’s rather like another.

  Post 559: One day’s rather like another. With the clock ticking the same as yesterday it was another day that doesn’t seem to matter in the big scheme of life, nothing happened for good or bad, but I’d say that’s not so bad. ...

  Mr U 2 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering on

  A more difficult wait for meds today. It is a frustrating time, starting to feel relatively better which is reassuring but am not at the stage when I can do much more.So most of my steps are to the loo and back, with the odd trip to the kitchen. It&#...

  Rowan8a3264 2 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering on

  A few years Jeff brought a small patch of woodland, which are part of a  bigger patchwork of woodland which is very protected. It's a place of special significance  to him and us. Long covid took the woods from me and that shared future...

  Rowan8a3264 2 days ago