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• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 18 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 20 hours ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 1 day 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

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

  Post 154: One small thing can send me into orbit.

  Post 154: One small thing can send me into orbit. But first… I was thinking about leaving (not that leaving—the big leave), and I sketched out a line or two — because I could: I want you knowing I still do care Even when I’...

  Mr U 11 months ago
• Distracting myself, hopefully!

  It's one of those nights...

  It was going so well yesterday.  Spend a lovely afternoon on the sofa with H watching crime dramas. We got engrossed in a 2 hour programme with a very complicated plot that needed a lot of concentration.  We both remarked afterwards th...

  Margaret853 11 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 153: Warm welcomes and angry goodbyes.

  Post 153: Warm welcomes and angry goodbyes. The Autumn weather subdued the mood but Kevin got his blessings, after all. ——— Ending the day with a visit from our mates, who drove through the wind and rain to have a chat with us, w...

  Mr U 11 months ago
• 2025 Not a good year so far

  9. Third week of treatment

  The weekend went ok but on Sunday morning my throat was hurting a little more than it was last week when I swallow… is this the sign of things to come? Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th August Radiotherapy session all went ok, the mask is still a li...

  NorfolkBor 11 months ago
• Distracting myself, hopefully!

  Getting organised. Day One.

  Gosh, I can't believe how my life has changed in a week.  This time last Sunday H was frantically packing for our trip to A&E.  Fortunately I had compiled bag content lists from 2013 and knew exactly which filing cabinet they were i...

  Margaret853 11 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 152: After the Lord Mayor’s Show…

  Post 152: After the Lord Mayor’s Show… Life’s rollercoaster. Up and down I go with unerring frequency — and right now, it’s not an easy thing to cope with. ——— I looked out of the bathroom window to...

  Mr U 11 months ago
• Distracting myself, hopefully!

  Surgery and biopsy get postponed.

  The story continued from yesterday. I already know that they eventually found my 2013 file and that they hold MDT meetings on Friday afternoons.  Someone called during the meeting to check that I started taking the 28 day course of special table...

  Margaret853 11 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 151: Two units of your best, please.

  Post 151: Two units of your best, please. After a week of tension, the day finally came for a boost of super-human blood at the Medical Day Unit — if only I could find the ward. ——— Waking up early to catch the worm was the...

  Mr U 11 months ago
• Distracting myself, hopefully!

  A recap on a whirlwind last few days

  To recap what's been going on. I had gone from being fine last Saturday night, to waking up on Sunday morning very ill and terrified that the infection could start spreading through my body.  I had rung 111 to ask for advice.&...

  Margaret853 11 months ago
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  Community News

  Bringing the Community together - virtual coffee morning

  Bring our Community together during Macmillan's 35th Coffee Morning to raise awareness of support services and encourage people to share their story. Get involved with our virtual Coffee Morning on the Online Community.

  Megan- Online Community Team 11 months ago