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• My Mengioma Brain Tumour Story

  GaryG298207 8 hours ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  A cautionary tale of personal experience and common misconception

  dolphin99 12 hours ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 18 hours ago
• Wittering away...

  Rowan8a3264 23 hours ago
• Looking after Mr. B

  Miranda t 3 days ago
• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  Beesuit 4 days ago
• My BCG Therapy

  Aurelius 5 days ago
• Pedalling through this journey

  Former Member 6 days 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.

  Matthew - Online Community Team 9 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 9 days ago

Latest blog posts

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

  Post 553: The pills must be working a bit…

  Post 553: The pills must be working a bit… After days where I’ve been trying to feel the difference daily of the pain I’m in I can safely say that over the week the pain has definitely dropped. I put it down to the pills Duloxatin...

  Mr U 2 days ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  Waiting . . .

  As everyone knows, the NHS is in a mess in all four countries in the UK. Too much demand and too few resources. Aside from 'resus' care, there are even waiting lists of several days before assessment in some A&E departments. The power-sha...

  dolphin99 2 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering on

  I 'm on  the high dose of dex and has done my pain levels a shed load of good, I am enjoying sitting comfy and feeling awake. I feel like I could walk for miles until I stand up, that is. The first two doses work well for me and the next one...

  Rowan8a3264 2 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering on

  Stress levels down. I am good to go for my Chemo appointment  tomorrow which is the main thing. It was a ruddy awful wait. I got through everything with Mandy so that is also a relief.  At this point I am fairly good at not worrying about t...

  Rowan8a3264 3 days ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  The Fourth GP

  By the end of January 2026 my four months on Solaraze had proved ineffective and I therefore phoned the surgery and requested the promised Efudix. I left my call until late morning so that the receptionist could hear me. She mentioned the third GP ha...

  dolphin99 3 days ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  The Third GP

  By this point it was October 2025 and as I waited in the surgery for my dermatology review with the third GP I reflected on our previous encounter almost a year earlier. On that occasion, I'd requested an appointment to discuss my colorectal heal...

  dolphin99 3 days ago
• 

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

  Post 552: Plenty of laughter at the laughing fish.

  Post 552: Plenty of laughter at the laughing fish. A long day today had me running around from parlour to work to pub and all were successful and enjoyable. First up and I was showered and fed before heading into the town centre to fight the roadwo...

  Mr U 3 days ago
• Looking after Mr. B

  Bad Days and Better Days

  The Saturday before last was a Better Day.  Mr B’s carer arrived at 09:15 so he was up, dressed and ready to go out by 10:15. We drove into the nearby village, had toast and coffee for breakfast in a little bar, then wheeled the shopping t...

  Miranda t 3 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering on

  It was wonderful to be at the beach yesterday, there was the lovely view and the rain held off .The flask was lovely and a bonus, we got to pet a couple of friendly dogs and pass the time of day with their human. Did me the world of good. I also got ...

  Rowan8a3264 4 days ago
• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  Seven Years Clear

  January 25, 2026 Friday January 23rd marked my seven year anniversary, I celebrated with a beer and ……………losing a front tooth…..bugger bugger bugger!!!!!!!!!!! I have …or I did have … a crown on...

  Beesuit 4 days ago