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

  Mr U 2 hours ago
• Wittering away...

  Rowan8a3264 21 hours ago
• 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 2 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 4 days ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 5 days ago
• time for a cuppa....

  hugs 7 days ago
• Speaking to an empty room

  RedTree26 7 days ago
• My Mengioma Brain Tumour Story

  GaryG298207 9 days ago

Latest blog posts

• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  The Fourth and Fifth Nurses

  I met the fourth and fifth nurses less than 48 hours later. They were a double act and deserve a special mention in this story. They were the theatre nurses whose wonderful compassion kept me going through one of the worst ordeals of my entire life. ...

  dolphin99 9 days ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  The Plastic Surgeon

  Surgery on the skin leaves obvious scars, hence the involvement of a plastic surgeon. My son came with me to the appointment the following morning and the third nurse met us with the good news that the surgeon would be able to see me. He seemed in a ...

  dolphin99 9 days ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  The Third Nurse

  I visited the clinic several times and usually found it busy. The reception staff were front and centre of visible operations and the coffee in the waiting room was superb. Behind the scenes, the back office staff were always hard at work. Based in a...

  dolphin99 9 days ago
• 

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

  Post 555: I had my feet up all day, when I wasn’t a nurse.

  Post 555: I had my feet up all day, when I wasn’t a nurse. The Bob’s go home today and another holiday is over which means, you can go on another holiday. Cool! The very opposite can be said of us because my Darling and I have our usual...

  Mr U 10 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering on

  Not a long wait for meds today. It was the last high dose of steroids last night, they will still be having some protective effect but now will be quite a bump down. I am hopeful that there has been an underlying improvement in my back pain and that ...

  Rowan8a3264 10 days ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  The Third Dermatologist

  My first contact with the private dermatology clinic was in the middle of August 2026 when I emailed some initial queries to them. There was no mention of a lab on the website and I wanted to clarify their arrangements for the analysis of biopsy samp...

  dolphin99 10 days ago
• 

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

  Post 554: A little bit more thinking about a lot of pain.

  Post 554: A little bit more thinking about a lot of pain. Oh my Lordy, when the pain comes it comes hard. When the first pill alarm went off at 7am I was already awake as usual and after the stomach liner went down I slid out of bed with a gripping...

  Mr U 10 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering on

  Not  a bad wait for meds this morning. The side effects are coming but the high dose steroids are holding them back and very helpful on the back pain. It has  profound effect on the brain fog as in I don't have any. It is treating this ...

  Rowan8a3264 11 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering on

  That was a good appointment now it is done. Got there in good time, found a parking space. Was a bit early but managed to avoid the waiting room with all our lurking strategies. Blood pressure was ok but oxygen was also borderline reading, take deep ...

  Rowan8a3264 11 days ago
• 

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

  Post 553: The pills must be working a bit…

  Post 553: The pills must be working a bit… After days where I’ve been trying to feel the difference daily of the pain I’m in I can safely say that over the week the pain has definitely dropped. I put it down to the pills Duloxatin...

  Mr U 11 days ago