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• Slightly Inconvenienced by Prostate Cancer

  Lemsip 14 hours ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 1 day ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  A cautionary tale of personal experience and common misconception

  dolphin99 1 day ago
• Peter's Blog

  A blog about bowel cancer at a young age

  HawkeyeBrown 1 day ago
• Wittering away...

  Rowan8a3264 2 days ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 2 days ago
• Kidney Not

  Mmum 3 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.

  Lizzie - Online Community Team 8 days ago
• Looking after Mr. B

  Miranda t 8 days ago
• One Life Live It

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

  Irishgirl16 9 days ago

Latest blog posts

• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted

  News of the day

  Had my meeting and post MRI results are stable had my seizure medication review too. And left as before. So in all a good result

  W J 1 month ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 505: Nature all around, but so to is good news.

  Post 505: Nature all around, but so to is good news. With photos of the changes in the season coming thick and fast I’ve noticed some grasses that are beautifully painted although we know it’s “just” Mother Nature. But while...

  Mr U 1 month ago
• Cool Cap Relief

  Cool Cap Pain Relief

  I'm a veteran of eight years of cancer.  I had prostate cancer surgery in 20i8, SABR Radiotherapy in 2022 for metastatic cancer and Hormone Therapy (ongoing) and Chemotherapy for metastatic cancer in 2024. My PSA is currently undetectable (i...

  TerryB 1 month ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 504: Getting back on the bus?

  Post 504: Getting back on the bus? It’s only today I realised about how little I’ve spent thinking or mentioning the bus, of this blog. The whole reason to start this blog was to spread the situation I was in to all my family and friend...

  Mr U 1 month ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Chemo Sixth Cycle, Week Two: Desdemona Deliberates

  Well, the scan was all very exciting last Thursday, quick, efficient and radio-active, what’s not to like! BUT, it has made this week quite frustrating. I’m still waiting for an oncologist’s appointment to review the scan, which I e...

  Desdemona 1 month ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 503: Digestion issues remain.

  Post 503: Digestion issues remain. For the third time in a week a lovely dinner was wasted after a few gurgles. I don’t want to use the chalk blocker pill but I might have to get some after this week. The thing is, I feel OK and am not sufferin...

  Mr U 1 month ago
• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  Support

  February 28 2019 I have to add a few words about support here: The MacMillan nurses have been absolutely stupendous in propping me up. Both teams at the Singleton and in Carmarthen have been exceptional in their care. My brilliant daughter, Cat, has ...

  Beesuit 1 month ago
• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  Treatment: December and January

  February 13 2019 December Treatment I can’t stress how important it is to keep well. Radiotherapy will make you tired, very tired. You have to rest and let your body cope. The cancer is going to take a year out of your life. Control the pain. A...

  Beesuit 1 month ago
• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  My Journey through thick and thin: August to December 2018

  November 30 2018 August Believe in your body and in your second sense. Usually if you know there is something wrong there is…trust me; women are particularly good at this. My GP couldn’t appreciate much to see but at my insistence he arr...

  Beesuit 1 month ago
• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  My Story

  August 31 2018 The first part of this blog is retrospective though based faithfully on my diary account. I’ve always been a “Glass Half Empty” girl. It’s the way I am. It’s a form of self defence. Expect the worst then b...

  Beesuit 1 month ago