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

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  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.

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• 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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  Community News

  “So grateful to the champions on this forum”

  It’s National Volunteer Week from June 2nd to 8th, 2025. This blog celebrates the dedication and commitment our fabulous Online Community Champions give to the Community every day.

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

  Post 53: Many More Memories.

  Post 53: Many More Memories. Bad things, sometimes, happen to good people. The wind and rain last week stirred the garden from its slumber and caused a few early blooms to droop. Everything got shaken up—except the weeds, which seem impervio...

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

  Post 52: The Empty Wedding Table.

  Post 52: The Empty Wedding Table. Why can’t I write something so beautiful that I can put down my pen and rest, knowing I’ve done enough? A nostalgia funk has circled me—cozy memories pressing close, and wearing me out. Maybe it&r...

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

  Post 51: Complications & Courage.

  Post 51: Complications & Courage. An early morning alarm pulls me from sleep for the 7:30am blood test. The drizzly rain suits my mood perfectly. As I step into the shower, I notice something small but worth celebrating, no I’m not being...

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

  Post 50: Complications & Compliments.

  Post 50: Complications & Compliments. My head’s swimming again—but now it’s with questions about the escalation of my AFib, and what that means for me, My Darling, and the cancer. Last night, just after my soup and toast supp...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• Welcome home

  Update on my husband's metastatic bowel cancer journey

  In the last 2 or 3 weeks we've received all the dates for my husband's treatment schedule. A second US guided biopsy was done yesterday which hopefully will find some cells this time. The consultant had requested CT guided but was overruled!&...

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

  Post 49: The Registrar calls.

  Post 49: The Registrar calls. BP: All over the place Flushes: Annoying as ever Anything else: The TV still works  We all need a dangling carrot to help sustain our mood and drive. With the thoughts of two cancelled holidays to Italy and I...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• My Hodgkin's story

  The emotional tolls of sharing

  Haven't been around here much this last few weeks. Busy with 2 different international work trips in the last 3 weeks. One of them involved meeting a lot of work colleagues who in some cases had not seen F2F since the start of treatment. Some of ...

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

  Post 48: Unsure certainty.

  Post 48: Unsure certainty. The life we travellers lead gets all messed up when we’re waiting for tests and results. All our hardwired defences unravel, and our soft bits are laid bare. We become nervous and scared again—just like the la...

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

  Post 47: Groundhog Day at A&E.

  Post 47: Groundhog Day at A&E. Yesterday was another long one. It started badly, became a great day for a walk, and then descended into a tiresome medical irritation. ——— My Darling looked at me with a strange seriousness in ...

  Mr U over 1 year ago