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• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 10 hours 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 13 hours ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 17 hours ago
• Multiple Myeloma

  Tess123 6 days ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b HD

  W J 8 days ago
• Mumofcancer

  Mumofcancer 13 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 14 days ago
• Cycle 19 and not working anymore

  Emotions 15 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 16 days ago
• Pete's cancer blog

  Peterb 21 days ago

Latest blog posts

• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b HD

  White cells

  Nov 2025 - so I’ve been having blood test and everything has been down for the last few months; so no chemo for me. All but my white cells have but returned to normal, and I’ve found the lumps on m left hip. I’ll get these checked b...

  W J 9 months ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b HD

  My diagnoses is not hd

  Ive tried to delete the hd (homozygous deletion) but with no luck. I’ve emailed twice but don’t want to mislead. Mine is a non deleted

  W J 9 months ago
• Kidney Not

  Four Years On

  Today is 24th November 2025.  Four years since my urology appointment informing me I had incurable metastatic kidney cancer. I don’t feel like I have incurable cancer any more and it’s not a worry.  It does inconvenience me.&nbs...

  Mmum 9 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 219: Another Day in Bed.

  Post 219: Another Day in Bed. There’s nothing to say that I didn’t already say yesterday — I’m in bed and pretty much stuck here. The pain is now more focused on certain muscles and joints mostly on the left, sitting anywher...

  Mr U 9 months ago
• Distracting myself, hopefully!

  No relaxing today

  I'd been hoping for a relaxing Sunday but it soon became clear that there was little chance of that.  First H needed his hair cut.  Then I thought I had better tackle my fringe.  Next was the laundry and bed linen changing.&nb...

  Margaret853 9 months ago
• Hpv and no immune system

  Help

  I have no immune system have just been told iam high risk hpv with normal cells but havnt had any it her information and there isn't a lot on Google can anyone else shed some light on this for me 

  381 mefe5318 9 months ago
• (Cancer) Garden journey day by day

  Blue sky inspiration

  Look up, what is the sky today telling you? It's bright, it's blue (the mood-lifting one, not "the blues"), it's brilliant and inspirational. First, a vapour trail created what I imagined as an ethereal centipede, it's little legs carrying it upward...

  WalkerGirl 9 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 218: Pains for My Sins

  Post 218: Pains for My Sins I have stayed in the house today, all day, with my pains. Unfortunately, I’m in so much pain I can barely hold this phone, propped up in bed. It starts with the neck (right-hand side), shoulders, the whole right...

  Mr U 9 months ago
• Young Survivor

  A letter to cancer.

  Dear Cancer, I am writing this letter in the hope that by doing so, I can let you go and move forward with my life. It’s been nearly a year now since you shocked me with your introduction and changed me forever. All of a sudden, I was ripped ...

  Xcy56b673 9 months ago
• Distracting myself, hopefully!

  Hospital transport Friday woes

  I had a long early morning hospital appointment yesterday.  It turned out to be the perfect example of how hospital transport can be a nightmare.  Especially on a Friday.  This is a quick explainer for anyone not familiar with how the ...

  Margaret853 9 months ago