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    A cautionary tale of personal experience and common misconception
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    Mr U 14 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.
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    Mmum 6 days ago
  • Looking after Mr. B
    Miranda t 12 days ago
  • One Life Live It
    Sadly not a LandRover road trip, but my journey through breast cancer
    Irishgirl16 12 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • skipper
    STILL SPITTING IN THE FIRE THEN
    STILL SPITTING IN THE FIRE THEN
    This is a short story about my grandfather NED Kelly.
         The district nurse allowed the old heavy bicycle to run down the cobbled hill, she was a large girl and the bike suited her well with its carrier at the back of the seat for her bag.
         This was her second call and likely to take some time but she was used to allowing her patients the time they needed, much of her work being listening to their problems and desires. Some of the problems she could assist with...
    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • Terri
    telgirls dance with cance - 7

    Hi everyone hope we are all having a good weekend, I haven't blogged for a few days it seems to have been really busy lately which is great (no time to think).

    Thursday was the day for final preparations for the Pink Friday day at work, so off to the shops to get the final few bits to complete the whole look, this meant a trip to the nail bar to have my nails painted in the same colour as my new pink extensions (lol) I was wearing a t-shirt that my mum in law had made for me and this had the...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • bren26's blog
    now what

    Family has all gone today back to their lives far away.  A friend will be with me later and until I am ready to be alone again.  It just gets harder every day as each da there is a little more time to think about everything that happened.  It has been such a horrible three months and it has only been three months!  I still can't take it all in.  He was so well in July, we had a lovely cruise around Britain and I am so glad we did do that.  Then from the beginning of August, doctors and hospitals and...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • Noj's blog
    Radio 5

    Hello all. 

    I've just had my 5th radio session.  I should have been on number 7 but the machine was broken for 2 days.  No obvious side effects so far (beyond a slight tenderness).

    The one thing that has been a problem is that my legs or more accurately, my thighs stopped working properly a couple of weeks ago.  I found that I was suddenly struggling to walk up stairs because of the difficulty in my foot reaching each step – in fact walking in general is a bit of an issue.  I spoke to a doc...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • Cella113
    Home Sweet Home

    Boom! Boom! Boom!  No, it's not a headache but the roofers...lol.  Sprung a leak in the front room after fixing the leaky roof three years ago...sigh...So, it's time to put a new one on in its entirety.  Maybe we can get the contractor to fix the frame on the kitchen door that was put in new last year...another sigh...lol.  No matter...we may have to move out of this lovely dwelling if we can't find a creative way of paying the mortgage once I am out on disability permanantly.  At one time...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • jujuc
    Taste changes

    Its true what is said on here your taste doe's change. I am a cold drinker and because of the threat of my throat going into spasm, for 5 days at least I can't drink cold drinks then when I can they taste yuck. Apart from orange juice nothing tastes right. Although Last night I went out for dinner with my partner and I had a sip of his ice cold Guiness and it tasted lovely so he got me half which I enjoyed very much. My onc nurse said that I could drink alcohol but I might find that if I am...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • tracey
    first chemo

    mom had her first chemo today(thursday) she was very brave i was very proud of her.it was a long day at the hospital.mom is doing ok so far no sickness or anythink.i know its early days and we have got a long way to go i just hope that mom continues to be strong and continues to do well

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • Terri75's blog
    Why do the doctors not seem to want to help

    During the night I had to get over to mum and dads, it all started when I called the pain clinic at the hospice as dads painkillers was not doing their job as the GPs dont seem to know much about hydromorphone I thought it was best to call the doctor that gave him the tablets, unfortunately she was off and I spoke to another doctor and told him dad was in a lot of pain he said because he did not know dad he didnt want to interfere with his tablets which I understood, he told me to call dads GP and...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • skipper
    ARIDS AGE RELATED INTELLIGENCE DEFIENCY SYNDROME.
    A.r.i.d.s
    Age related intelligence deficiency Syndrome
    A question by the skipper
    ---------------------------------------------------------
    ARID (Webster’s dictionary. {Dry; parched; barren; absence  of moisture
    I wonder if there is such a thing as
    Age Related Intelligence deficiency Syndrome…. A.R.I.D.S. ?.
    Cos if there is ---   I‘ve got it!
    ----------------------------------------------------------------
    I decide to make a cuppa tea. On the way to the kitchen, I notice there...
    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • skipper
    ARIDS Age related intelligence deficiency Syndrome

     
     

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

     

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Former Member over 16 years ago
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