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

  Mr U 11 hours ago
• Multiple Myeloma

  Tess123 5 days ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 5 days ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b HD

  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

• One Step At A Time

  Chapter 2 — The Ultrasound

  The appointment came through for the 1st of March 2026. A Sunday. Five o'clock in the afternoon. I play football on Sunday evenings at half past six, which meant my primary concern — and I say this with full awareness of how it sounds in hindsi...

  Phild26 3 months ago
• One Step At A Time

  Chapter 1 — The Lump

  It started with a lump. I'd been on a weekend walking trip with colleagues in the Lake District in September 2025, attempting something called the Buttermere Round. Twenty of us, varying degrees of fitness, united by good intentions and the kind of o...

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

  Post 389: Step 1; injection 2nd; Health Review

  Post 389: Step 1; injection 2nd; Health Review Weight: 12st 1lb (stable) (12st 1lb ≈ 76.7 kg/6 ft ≈ 1.83 m) BMI ≈ 22.9 Zoladex injection: 8am Temp: normal Feeling bright as a button today. Which is great compared to yesterday. Ge...

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

  Post 388: Emergency Blood Test.

  Post 388: Emergency Blood Test. Sometimes I write without understanding what it is I’m trying to say, and other times someone reminds me what it is that I’ve been asking — clearing up my nonsense. Thank you, everyone, for sticking ...

  Mr U 3 months ago
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  Community News

  “This place has been my sanity”: finding mental health support through cancer

  In this blog we shine a light on mental health and cancer

  Dylan - Online Community Team 3 months ago
• Speaking to an empty room

  Long night

  I'm knackered ,terrible night ,no sleep.Whwn you're in bed at night,mind whirring ,every scenario playing out in you're head ,well sleep just doesn't happen .I tossed and turned for an hour,then thought sod it and started to read my k...

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

  Post 387: A life I’m not tasting.

  Post 387: A life I’m not tasting. (By Mr U) Why am I tired I’ve been dozing all day My heads so confused but still feels okay I’ve not been myself but the bed is my friend I’ve wanted this emptiness to come to an end I&rsquo...

  Mr U 3 months ago
• Living with Desdemona

  The Beginning: Discovering Desdemona

  Hi, I'm David, here's the start of my story. In mid-January 2026 I had a bout of flu. It was irritating, but relatively light and passed quite quickly. However, by late January I was starting to feel the impact of post-viral fatigue - or so I...

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

  Post 386: A walk around the block in the sunshine.

  Post 386: A walk around the block in the sunshine. My Darling was wearing a very determined face when she arrived home. Instead of looking like death warmed up she was full of life and wondered why I wasn’t ready to get cracking, because &ldqu...

  Mr U 3 months ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b HD

  Covid jab

  Had my Covid jab a day or so ago. Bas shivers and repeated being sick  was hard to get warm and didn’t sleep. I thought was it worth it, very tired today and clumsier than usual. I’ll have a kip

  W J 3 months ago