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• 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 1 hour ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 5 hours ago
• Multiple Myeloma

  Tess123 5 days ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 6 days ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b HD

  W J 8 days ago
• Mumofcancer

  Mumofcancer 12 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 14 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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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 282: s4a — Survivalists 4th age.

  Post 282: s4a — Survivalists 4th age. s4a Decrepit, Dissolution with Dignity. So where do I start explaining why I’m all for pigeon-holing myself in this new definition of the last stage of life. Many of you are not in the s4a yet and I&r...

  Mr U 7 months ago
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  One Life Live It

  Penultimate Zometa

  It's that time again!   But it's winter, and it's cold and my veins are even less likely to want to play ball.  I got up on the morning of my infusion, dressed in multiple layers, armed myself with a hot water bottle and gloves,...

  Irishgirl16 7 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 281: Honesty, dozing and a cheese and onion panini.

  Post 281: Honesty, dozing and a cheese and onion panini. A text came in today from a kindly soul who deserved better than my all-guns-blazing reply. She had only asked how I was doing in a very friendly way that was without nosiness and full of kind...

  Mr U 7 months ago
• Black

  Letting the light in....

  Well it was November so black was probably the mood. Have left this blog a while as, well I have been busy. Who isn't busy holding down a full time job, caring for someone with cancer and also trying still to live a life.. Just re-scheduled my Le...

  CO24 7 months ago
• I have a Cancer

  I have a Cancer - 9

  The nurse and consultant looked at each other, then suggested they give the unit a call.  I was handed the phone once they had made contact and an appointment was hastily arranged for the following Monday evening. I was then told what the consul...

  Soglio 7 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 280: I’m not supposed to stay in bed, but I do.

  Post 280: I’m not supposed to stay in bed, but I do. I’m really looking forward to my guests today. I haven’t seen them since the infamous back flip off the kitchen chair on Christmas Day, when I up-staged everyone and made the ens...

  Mr U 7 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 279: Useless rest and holiday complications.

  Post 279: Useless rest and holiday complications. Getting up after midday was not the intention, but it was good enough as it happened. I went to bed at 8:30 pm but wasn’t very tired, but a gulp of oramorph for my head pain was very necessary...

  Mr U 7 months ago
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  Community News

  Life after treatment: Dealing with health conditions after cancer

  Members share their experiences of the physical and emotional challenges of life after cancer.

  Dylan - Online Community Team 7 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 278: A Palace quote and MPR.

  Post 278: A Palace quote and MPR. Although I have, on a daily basis, a huge quantity of pain relief drugs, I’m suffering with MPR. No, you’re wrong. MPR isn’t my brother-in-law’s Massive Preoccupation with Rovers — alt...

  Mr U 7 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 277: More lovely messages and a big dinner.

  Post 277: More lovely messages and a big dinner. If there’s one thing I like more than anything else it’s praise. Back when I trotted after my Mum looking for her hand while she walked quickly over all terrain, delivering car leaflets t...

  Mr U 7 months ago