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• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 19 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 21 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 150: Groundhog Day, again.

  Post 150: Groundhog Day, again. Where did the week go? It’s Thursday and I’m convinced it’s Wednesday. Oops! Maybe I’m losing it. ——— Let’s forget about today. Honestly, just re-read yesterday’...

  Mr U 11 months ago
• Distracting myself, hopefully!

  A diagnosis stuns me

  Later on Tuesday my phone rings and I see it's the hospital.  Consultant says they wouldn't normally do this over the phone but they have decided that in my case it's the best thing to do.  Checks I am sitting down and is h...

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

  Post 149: Brain-fog and tiredness on boring day 3.

  Post 149: Brain-fog and tiredness on boring day 3. The chemo conveyor belt is a loop of misery and repetition, with barely a pause to contemplate what’s really happening to you. ——— With nothing much to do but work my way d...

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

  Post 148: Rosy cheeks and rest.

  Post 148: Rosy cheeks and rest. Yesterday my mental balance was broken, but today I was steady and uplifted. ——— You can’t really tell how you are until you’ve stood up and had a good scratch. Apart from the right sho...

  Mr U 11 months ago
• Nasty surprises

  Breast cancer takeover

  I have officially joined and become a signed up member of this club, the club that no one wants to belong to. Finding a lump, and believing with your whole heart that it was a cyst, was the start of this complete nightmare. I entered a world that fel...

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

  Post 147: PSA down 112 but I need transfusion.

  Post 147: PSA down 112 but I need transfusion. I had brilliant news to start the day so why was I unbelievably sad? ——— The journey to the local hospital was when I felt it most. It was a warm and sunny autumn morning, and I chos...

  Mr U 11 months ago
• Distracting myself, hopefully!

  New worrying symptoms appear

  Sleepless night for me and my husband.  This morning I use a mirror to check how the wound from yesterday's procedure is healing.  Give my entire mouth a good inspection and for the first time I spot four new symptoms which are red flags fo...

  Margaret853 11 months ago
• Distracting myself, hopefully!

  Looks like the cancer may be back

  Lots of developments since the last post.  Spent 2 days at the hospital.  Whilst sorting out the abscess they find something else worrying.  I find this blog a great place to cope with all my thoughts so I will be back at some poi...

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

  Post 146: Another do-nothing Sunday.

  Post 146: Another do-nothing Sunday. My weight has been up and down lately, but my chest pain constant—leading to my shorts becoming a bit too small around the waist and to a real lack of real big hugs. ——— I weighed myself...

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

  Post 145: Who am I?

  Post 145: Who am I? We all live life without thinking too hard about who we are—until something happens. ——— I was a much-loved boy in a house of five, and as the middle kid I was neither first nor last, hot nor cold, good ...

  Mr U 11 months ago