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

  Mr U 10 hours ago
• Multiple Myeloma

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• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 5 days ago
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  W J 7 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.

  Megan- Online Community Team 8 days ago
• Mumofcancer

  Mumofcancer 11 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 13 days ago
• Cycle 19 and not working anymore

  Emotions 13 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 15 days ago
• Pete's cancer blog

  Peterb 20 days ago

Latest blog posts

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  Community News

  “When I am up at 'silly o'clock' I will try to remember this thread”

  This week, the Awake and up all night discussion in the cancer chat forum reached a one-year milestone. For a whole year, people have found support from posting in the discussion thread and reading the ongoing conversations.

  Sleep problems may be caused by how you’re feeling emotionally, or as part of the side effects of cancer treatment. If you find it hard to get a good sleep, you’re not alone. The Online Community is here to support you 24/7. The Awake and up all night discussion thread...

  Megan- Online Community Team 3 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 391: I’m happy with the blood results, so is my CCN.

  Post 391: I’m happy with the blood results, so is my CCN. The blood test results from the 13th May were ok: PSA 774 (only up 36)ALP 575 (down 109) Otherwise good, nothing to worry about; as reported by my CCN (cancer care nurse). —&mdas...

  Mr U 3 months ago
• One Step At A Time

  Chapter 8 — The Seizure

  We arrived at Thornbury Hospital just before seven in the morning. It didn't feel like a hospital. Not in the way I'd come to know hospitals over the preceding weeks. We were shown quickly into a private room — comfortable, calm, more ...

  Phild26 3 months ago
• One Step At A Time

  Chapter 7 — The Night Before

  The information about the Gamma Knife procedure arrived over the following days, and the whole thing began to feel increasingly surreal. Sheffield's own hospital couldn't accommodate the procedure in their schedule. When that happens, the tre...

  Phild26 3 months ago
• One Step At A Time

  Chapter 6 — The Wobbles

  I'd been asked consistently, throughout every medical appointment, about my balance and my strength. And consistently I'd batted the question away. I'd had sciatica before all of this started. A bad shoulder. I'd even booked myself a ...

  Phild26 3 months ago
• One Step At A Time

  Chapter 5 — The Plan

  Wednesday and Thursday passed in a blur. Following the advice of people around me, I spent much of those two days doing things that felt simultaneously necessary and surreal. I sorted out a Lasting Power of Attorney. I updated my will. I built a docu...

  Phild26 3 months ago
• One Step At A Time

  Chapter 4 — Day Two

  After the shock of day one, and the MRI that never happened, we were back at Castle Hill the following morning. We took the kids to school at the normal time. Nothing unusual, nothing alarming — just a regular school run. At that point they kne...

  Phild26 3 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 390: An easy day can flip in an instant.

  Post 390: An easy day can flip in an instant. I’m so bloody fed up I could cry. Today started off ok with the car auction place emailing me with the photos and the advert for my Volvo’s sale. There was a problem with the advert write-up...

  Mr U 3 months ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Pre-Chemo Appointment: Desdemona's Wake-up Call

  I'm currently waiting for a second blood test, they missed my HepB check on the first go around, having just returned from getting an ECG. Good news from the first blood test, my haemoglobin up to 101, from 79, but I had to have two blood transfu...

  Desdemona 3 months ago
• One Step At A Time

  Chapter 3 — The Phone Call

  It was a Monday. I was at work. I'd felt wobbly for a few days. My balance had been off and I'd noticed a struggle with driving that I'd been quietly ignoring. That morning, typing had become a real challenge — my left hand wasn't cooperating i...

  Phild26 3 months ago