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

  Post 461: Up all day and night.

  Post 461: Up all day and night. It wasn’t what you’d call a pleasant day for either my Darling or myself, but it had moments of happiness in amongst the worry and quiet tears. It’s a clear improvement for me and a stalemate for my...

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

  Post 460: Thank you for the love, kind words and advice.

  Post 460: Thank you for the love, kind words and advice. On a bad day, the one thing that really helps is the kindness shown on this site by the people who understand what I’m going through. Well… …apart from My Darling and the...

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

  Post 459: Coccyx pain so bad I can’t feel my rib.

  Post 459: Coccyx pain so bad I can’t feel my rib. This will be short and sweet because I’m in so much pain around my tailbone that I can’t think about much else. The Oramorph is in constant use now, and I’ll probably ring th...

  Mr U 1 month ago
• Speaking to an empty room

  A New Normal

  The dust is now settling and things are starting to feel more normal.Dad goes tommorrow Wednesday 22 July to see the ent folks again to discuss the path forward now he's not having the radiotherapy.Appatently a schedule will be discussed.Im not g...

  RedTree26 1 month ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 458: A long day with U3A ups and not-so-Mini downs.

  Post 458: A long day with U3A ups and not-so-Mini downs. Sometimes you wish you hadn’t done that… That thing you’ve just done. Especially when you get hurt. But more about that later. Let’s talk about the Mini first. Th...

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

  Post 457: That was a fine day.

  Post 457: That was a fine day. I started the day with a job I’d been putting off and slowly mooched through the day with little (and one big) jobs, then went to bed happy. That just about sums it up. Thanks, bye. Only joking… The fi...

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

  Post 456: Some days are easier than others.

  Post 456: Some days are easier than others. When you lose track of the days, and the cat crying outside the bedroom window at 6.30 am is driving you mad, the tendency is to think, what’s my life like when one day is so much like another? How to...

  Mr U 1 month ago
• Looking after Mr. B

  Introductions

  I’ve been thinking of starting a blog on the MacMillan site for ages! I enjoy reading other people’s entries & have lots of thoughts going round in my head about our situation. So here goes! I’m writing from the point of vi...

  Miranda t 1 month ago
• Joshua P a real fighter

  Our little star

  Josh had had an Optic pathway glioma for 8 years and is still undergoing treatment for it.  As a family,we carry on our daily activities but this is always in the background on your mind. It is complicated as Josh is in foster care and we see hi...

  JOSHUA08 1 month ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 455: My shoulder is great thanks to rest.

  Post 455: My shoulder is great thanks to rest. At twenty to eleven I thought I’d better ask My Darling if she was touching base with her mates down at Slimming World, so I stood at the bedroom door and called to her. I shouldn’t have done...

  Mr U 1 month ago