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

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• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 4 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 4 days ago
• Multiple Myeloma

  Tess123 10 days ago
• Mumofcancer

  Mumofcancer 16 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 18 days ago
• Cycle 19 and not working anymore

  Emotions 18 days ago
• Warm your teaspoon

  Mrs of husband with bowel cancer - T3 N1 - chemo to be followed by radio then anterior bowel - depending what they find. Oxaliplatin and Capecitabine being the prescribed drugs. `

  Sierraoscar 19 days ago
• Pete's cancer blog

  Peterb 24 days ago

Latest blog posts

• Stomach cancer at 25

  Advice?

  Hello, dear people…  I never thought I would be one to join this forum, but here I am. I have been diagnosed with stomach cancer about 2 months ago and yesterday I got out of the hospital, where I have been admitted for 2 weeks. I had tot...

  Newtothis.. over 3 years ago
• APR Surgery with Sharon (August 2023)

  SATURDAY 12th AUGUST 2023

  Didn’t sleep great last night. My mind is so full. The biggest worry I have is that my body might not being strong enough physically, to get through the surgery. Having lost my Dad, Granda, Nana, Cousin and friends to this cruel disease, I...

  Shalaway over 3 years ago
• APR Surgery with Sharon (August 2023)

  FRIDAY 11th AUGUST 2023

  My muscles are seized up after sitting for so long in the car yesterday. (Over 4hrs while driving home from the hospital) I wonder do others get really tired after a busy day before. It was never an issue for me prior to cancer but I do very much loo...

  Shalaway over 3 years ago
• APR Surgery with Sharon (August 2023)

  THURSDAY 10th AUGUST 2023

  On the way to the hospital we had the strangest experience. I should say at this point although we live in Inverness, our youngest daughter 21 began her degree in Glasgow during the pandemic so is about to start her 4th & final year in September....

  Shalaway over 3 years ago
• My journey with Bladder Cancer

  Update: Week 8 after Surgery, Chemotherapy

  Session 2 of the first cycle is done, that is 25% of the killing of the Cancer! This blog might be a little bit of a ramble … Chemo fogs the head a little Next week involves no treatment, a chance to get over the last two weeks and regroup rea...

  kaspont over 3 years ago
• My journey with Bladder Cancer

  Update: Week 7 after Surgery, and start of the next phrase - Chemotherapy!

  Chemo is the scary period, it comes across as a blackhole of information because there are so many variations, and everybody deals with it in different ways! Unknown side-effects (2 pages of possible symptoms), fatigue, sickness, isolation. Basically...

  kaspont over 3 years ago
• My journey with Bladder Cancer

  Update: Week 6 after Surgery!

  This was a week to take stock of all of the changes that have gone on in the last six weeks. Gym on Monday with Fit4Surgery felt good, something to do with blue skies and sun ... starting to push the numbers up, although these trips will be short liv...

  kaspont over 3 years ago
• My journey with Bladder Cancer

  Update: Week 5 after surgery!

  Following the trend from previous weeks, mostly positive, but with a couple of challenges, and no tears (but there was one explosive outburst of anger!), and a resigning! Operation Debris (My nickname for it) continues and is becoming quite draining...

  kaspont over 3 years ago
• My journey with Bladder Cancer

  Update: Week 4 after surgery!

  Most of this week has been positive, although there have been challenges and a few tears. Operation Debris (My nickname for it) started last weekend, which has been uncomfortable, yet honed my running skills. Basically (sparing the gruesome details) ...

  kaspont over 3 years ago
• My journey with Bladder Cancer

  Update: Week 3 after surgery!

  This week has been a rollercoaster of emotions ... from a rather robust positive approach last weekend, to a midweek crash of positivity. Today I got to meet the man that will manage the Anaesthetics when the operation is done in 9 months time. Basic...

  kaspont over 3 years ago