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

  Post 467: I’m apologetic to my watch, but it doesn’t help.

  Post 467: I’m apologetic to my watch, but it doesn’t help. There are a few things bothering me right now, but I think I’m just being over-sensitive, as per bloomin’ usual. When you wake up before you really ought to, there&r...

  Mr U 1 month ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Chemo Fourth Cycle, Week Two: Desdemona Makes Me Breathless

  Well, this week’s been interesting. My tiredness continued to abate over the weekend, but then the anaemia kicked in. For me, the anaemia manifests itself quite differently from the fatigue and tiredness. Generally, I feel quite fine, then I&rs...

  Desdemona 1 month ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 466: Steroids and pubs increasing the belly bump.

  Post 466: Steroids and pubs increasing the belly bump. I was so worried about losing weight a couple of months ago. It was falling off me so quickly that I couldn’t find enough to eat. Now I seem to eat continually, and before long I’ll p...

  Mr U 1 month ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 465: Beer, food and natter at The Bells.

  Post 465: Beer, food and natter at The Bells. With all the plans laid for a little surprise for a fellow prostate warrior later today, I first had to dress my wounds. Last night Mr Vicious was happily sitting on my lap while I wore my shorts, and eve...

  Mr U 1 month ago
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  Community News

  "Macmillan’s community becomes my lifeline as in my own community, cancer is still a taboo" -Renita's story

  Renita, known as RMD in the Online Community, was diagnosed with invasive multifocal ductal and lobular breast cancer at 48. In this blog, she shares her diagnosis story, the challenges of treatment, and how the Macmillan Online Community became a source of support, hope and reassurance when she needed it most.

  Cancer was not on my radar until my mum found a lump. In May 2025, during my morning call to my family in India, my sister says, “Now don’t panic but…”

  “What’s happened...

  Megan- Online Community Team 1 month ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 464: The rain came, but not for long.

  Post 464: The rain came, but not for long. Firstly, can I say how amazing it was to hear all your replies yesterday. I don’t read them until very late at night and, after another surprisingly emotional day, they gave me such a boost. Whether ...

  Mr U 1 month ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 463: The rain needs to hurry up and drop in France and Spain.

  Post 463: The rain needs to hurry up and drop in France and Spain. With our southern weather set to ramp up next week, any Holibobs to our wonderful county will see plenty of scorched grass and plenty of reasons to sit in the shade of the old chestn...

  Mr U 1 month ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 462: Fresh Fish Friday.

  Post 462: Fresh Fish Friday. The now usual stroll down to the fresh fish aisle, past the fresh vegetables, fruit and deli, was once upon a time a sprint, but now it’s a wallow into Friday night supper. The slightly smoked salmon was what I had...

  Mr U 1 month ago
• One Step At A Time

  Chapter 23 — Out of Nowhere

  The meeting that followed Tom's early morning visit was, in its own way, just as significant as the visit itself. If the problem was that nobody had full oversight of my case — that decisions were being made in isolation, that information e...

  Phild26 1 month ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Chemo Fourth Cycle, Week One: Desdemona's Fourth Date

  As they say in football: ‘It’s a game of two halves’, well I am now officially on the second half of my chemo treatment. Knowing that there is less time to go than I’ve already spent on chemo is a definite boost. Preparation: ...

  Desdemona 1 month ago