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

  Mr U 6 hours ago
• Wittering away...

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• Looking after Mr. B

  Miranda t 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.

  Matthew - Online Community Team 1 day ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  A cautionary tale of personal experience and common misconception

  dolphin99 3 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 4 days ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 6 days ago
• time for a cuppa....

  hugs 7 days ago
• Speaking to an empty room

  RedTree26 7 days ago
• My Mengioma Brain Tumour Story

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Latest blog posts

• Living with Desdemona

  Chemo Fourth Cycle, Week One: Desdemona's Fourth Date

  As they say in football: ‘It’s a game of two halves’, well I am now officially on the second half of my chemo treatment. Knowing that there is less time to go than I’ve already spent on chemo is a definite boost. Preparation: ...

  Desdemona 3 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 461: Up all day and night.

  Post 461: Up all day and night. It wasn’t what you’d call a pleasant day for either my Darling or myself, but it had moments of happiness in amongst the worry and quiet tears. It’s a clear improvement for me and a stalemate for my...

  Mr U 3 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 460: Thank you for the love, kind words and advice.

  Post 460: Thank you for the love, kind words and advice. On a bad day, the one thing that really helps is the kindness shown on this site by the people who understand what I’m going through. Well… …apart from My Darling and the...

  Mr U 3 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 459: Coccyx pain so bad I can’t feel my rib.

  Post 459: Coccyx pain so bad I can’t feel my rib. This will be short and sweet because I’m in so much pain around my tailbone that I can’t think about much else. The Oramorph is in constant use now, and I’ll probably ring th...

  Mr U 3 months ago
• Speaking to an empty room

  A New Normal

  The dust is now settling and things are starting to feel more normal.Dad goes tommorrow Wednesday 22 July to see the ent folks again to discuss the path forward now he's not having the radiotherapy.Appatently a schedule will be discussed.Im not g...

  RedTree26 3 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 458: A long day with U3A ups and not-so-Mini downs.

  Post 458: A long day with U3A ups and not-so-Mini downs. Sometimes you wish you hadn’t done that… That thing you’ve just done. Especially when you get hurt. But more about that later. Let’s talk about the Mini first. Th...

  Mr U 3 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 457: That was a fine day.

  Post 457: That was a fine day. I started the day with a job I’d been putting off and slowly mooched through the day with little (and one big) jobs, then went to bed happy. That just about sums it up. Thanks, bye. Only joking… The fi...

  Mr U 3 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 456: Some days are easier than others.

  Post 456: Some days are easier than others. When you lose track of the days, and the cat crying outside the bedroom window at 6.30 am is driving you mad, the tendency is to think, what’s my life like when one day is so much like another? How to...

  Mr U 3 months ago
• Looking after Mr. B

  Introductions

  I’ve been thinking of starting a blog on the MacMillan site for ages! I enjoy reading other people’s entries & have lots of thoughts going round in my head about our situation. So here goes! I’m writing from the point of vi...

  Miranda t 3 months ago
• Joshua P a real fighter

  Our little star

  Josh had had an Optic pathway glioma for 8 years and is still undergoing treatment for it.  As a family,we carry on our daily activities but this is always in the background on your mind. It is complicated as Josh is in foster care and we see hi...

  JOSHUA08 3 months ago