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

  Mr U 10 hours ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 1 day 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 1 day ago
• Multiple Myeloma

  Tess123 7 days ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b HD

  W J 9 days ago
• Mumofcancer

  Mumofcancer 13 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 15 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. `

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• Pete's cancer blog

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Latest blog posts

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

  Post 69: 7 Miles of Smiles.

  Post 69: 7 Miles of Smiles. What a great day — from start to finish. The belated Father’s Day pub meal turned into an unexpected Italian feast after discovering there was no table service at The Anchor on Mondays. But before the evenin...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 68: A quiet Fathers Day.

  Post 68: A quiet Fathers Day. No AFib all day today. That’s a good sign — and I slept like a log for once. Things are looking up. ——— I was up early again and fed Mr Vicious as I was the first one awake. That’s...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 67: A Day of Promises, dashed.

  Post 67: A Day of Promises, dashed. Saturday started full of promise — but didn’t quite live up to it. I slept okay, I think. Woke up early and crept downstairs to feed Mr Vicious before his usual pre-breakfast opera began. He doesn&rsq...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 66: Quietly, the Week Ends.

  Post 66: Quietly, the Week Ends. Not much happened today. Friday was… okay, I suppose — if you don’t count the two-hour episode of AFib that crept in mid-afternoon, just as Big Sis left for home. It’s my sisters birthday t...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• Worrier with cancer

  Early days

  Had mole removed and recently got lab results. Seems I'm in the lucky 3% that get melanoma! Hey, wish I could do so well on the lottery.  Never mind, seems to have all been removed, just precautionary excision required. No problem. Except......

  Warmington over 1 year ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 65: Good and Bad News.

  Post 65: Good and Bad News. I don’t feel like writing much today — I’ve been left a little deflated after yesterday’s unexpected phone call from Dr S, my consultant cardiologist. It was a surprise, in the best way, that he ...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
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  Community News

  Recognising shared support on the Online Community - Special Contributions, Guest Bloggers and Community Champions

  At the heart of our Online Community is the incredible support and connection that members offer each other. Every day, we see individuals going above and beyond, sharing their experiences, offering a helping hand, and making our space a positive and encouraging place to be. To celebrate these acts of kindness and dedication, the Online Community team offer badges to recognise and honour the contributions of our members. In this blog, we’ll introduce you to the different badges we awa...

  Steph - Online Community Team over 1 year ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 62: Tired with 4 days to go.

  Post 62: Tired with 4 days to go. Yesterday was a day of counselling and self-advocacy, but it really needed to be the other way around; to help digest the disappointment. This morning I’ve woken to the birds chirping and lightness behind tho...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 61: 5 days till Chemo.

  Post 61: 5 days till Chemo. BP: Resting pulse: 46 bpm  Other things: pills are good  Although I’ve been here before, it’s never mattered so much — 5 days to go. The weekend’s gone without any dramas a...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
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  What the ecky fump?

  So? This is going bald?

  So, Tuesday 3rd June, I had my catch up & chat appointment with oncology. Told her about my day out with suspected sepsis with my 1st chemo... That shocker, were mouth ulcers like I suspected. She told me off and prescribed lidnocaine mouthwash. ...

  JH70 over 1 year ago