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• Slightly Inconvenienced by Prostate Cancer

  Lemsip 5 hours ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 15 hours 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 1 day ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 2 days ago
• Kidney Not

  Mmum 2 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

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Latest blog posts

• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  Bees and Honey

  July 23 2021 At my last hospital appointment I dropped off some honey for the two consultants who look after me. I said I’d update the blog with a little info so especially for Mr Kittur here is a glimpse at where your honey comes from. If ther...

  Beesuit 10 days ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 530: We watched the tv till the cows came home.

  Post 530: We watched the tv till the cows came home. What was always going to be a lazy day ended up a really lazy day and no mistake. But if I recall a moment of yesterday’s goings on, I think the cat would have something to say about my memo...

  Mr U 10 days ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 529: Breakfast at midday with my taxi driver Paul.

  Post 529: Breakfast at midday with my taxi driver Paul. How rude it is to call Paul the taxi driver when he’s a great mate that I’ve know for years and years. Back in the mid to late 80’s we met as work colleagues but we’ve k...

  Mr U 11 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering away

  I have slept a lot and now at 01.50 I feel like I am up for a while. Waiting for three o clock meds but I don't have the brain fog just now so am going to enjoy that for a bit.  I have been listening to lots of cosy mysteries. I loved readin...

  Rowan8a3264 11 days ago
• Slightly Inconvenienced by Prostate Cancer

  Fatigue returns

  It's getting on for six or seven weeks since I finished radiotherapy and seven months since I had my Decapeptyl injection. Things have been quite reasonable in almost every respect and I am pleased with the progress I have been making. At least, I wa...

  Lemsip 11 days ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 528: Alongside the salmon, ah, the salmon.

  Post 528: Alongside the salmon, ah, the salmon. With a shopping list of food stuff on my phone, which I now share with my Darling digitally every week, there are four slices of slightly smoked salmon at the very top. At £6.25 each, it is a ple...

  Mr U 12 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering away

  Counting down to 3am for meds.  The next few days are when I feel more emotionally wobbly. It is a pattern so now I am prepared for it. First couple of times I was scared it was an impending bout of depression which could knock me down for weeks...

  Rowan8a3264 12 days ago
• My mum 86yrs

  My mum

  My mum is recently diagnosed with lung and liver cancer we are all devastated it is also in her lymph nodes, she has lost appetite barley eating her mobility is not great,  she is very chatty joking and she insists talking abou the cancer she ha...

  Julie17 13 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering on

  Clock watching until 3am since 2.10am  then I can take metacloperide and codeine got 10 mins. I have slept well just in batches and awake in  the early hours.  Been browsing t shirts and bras. That's got through to three, relief is...

  Rowan8a3264 13 days ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 527: Am I being a wuss or being too slow on the uptake?

  Post 527: Am I being a wuss or being too slow on the uptake? On the day that England score 7 in a nations cup match I can’t put my finger on what to do for my back. The day started ok and with the cat fed and my purple hoodie on for good meas...

  Mr U 13 days ago