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

  Mr U 20 hours ago
• Multiple Myeloma

  Tess123 5 days ago
• 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 12 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 13 days ago
• Cycle 19 and not working anymore

  Emotions 14 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

  Celebrating National Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Day: Here for You When It Matters Most

  Whether they supported you through your cancer treatment, guided you on the Support Line, or offered reassurance through the Ask a Nurse forum, we’d love to hear about it.

  Wayne - Online Community Team 5 months ago
• My Journey So Far

  Side effects from chemo horrific

  Hi there, i was diagnosed in December 2025 HER2+ in right breast. Started chemo on 31st Dec. The side effects have been so bad that by number 3 they have reduced the dose by 20%. Although this helped with nausea the diarrhea has been relentless. The ...

  Queenie 5 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 329: Fair Weather but Pain Worsening.

  Post 329: Fair Weather but Pain Worsening Even watching Silent Witness isn’t enough to distract me from the spear of pain going from back to front on my right side. I hope I’m going to be okay for the holiday. With the cat fed and my D...

  Mr U 5 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 328: Please Let Me Be Well Enough for Dorset.

  Post 328: Please Let Me Be Well Enough for Dorset After getting to bed at 9pm (but with the last alarm for pills is at 10pm) and waking at 6am you’d have thought I’d be fighting fit and top of the parade — but I didn’t feel g...

  Mr U 5 months ago
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  Community News

  Living with cancer and lymphoedema

  We recently published the Life after cancer: dealing with health conditions after cancer blog. Sharing experiences from our forums and guidance for adjusting to a ‘new normal’ after cancer. But what if you are living with cancer alongside health conditions such as lymphoedema? This blog features lived experiences and support information to help you manage your lymphoedema.

  Living with cancer alongside other health conditions can be difficult when you are already dealing with the emotional...

  Megan- Online Community Team 5 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 327: A Dull Day Brightened by My Darling.

  Post 327: A Dull Day Brightened by My Darling. Have you ever had to call the bank because you can see fraud going on in your current account? OMG it’s a painful experience. Not only could the talking digital monster not understand me, it too...

  Mr U 5 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 326: South West Dorset Here We Come.

  Post 326: South West Dorset Here We Come. My Darling poked her head around the door and said, “I’m off to drop the key off to Mazda.” “I’m coming too — wait for me” I replied in a don’t-leave-me-here ...

  Mr U 5 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 325: Eeek! I’m in pain again.

  Post 325: Eeek! I’m in pain again. With a clean white shirt and my lovely old three-piece suit hanging up ready to be squeezed into, I head to the shower before getting ready for a day out at our great pals’ wedding. I know this day wil...

  Mr U 5 months ago
• My Journey So Far

  I Knew Something Wasn't Right

  “I Knew Something Wasn’t Right” I wasn’t expecting to hear the word cancer. Not at 36. When the consultant said, “It’s high-grade DCIS,” I nodded as if I understood. Inside, my mind was scrambling. I’d...

  Fran89s 5 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 324: Weeding Together, a Rare Occurrence.

  Post 324: Weeding Together, a Rare Occurrence. With my last tearful episode a long while back, am I better than I used to be and technically not depressed? That’s not a question I expected to be asking myself, but at the moment it seems like ...

  Mr U 5 months ago