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

  Mr U 16 hours ago
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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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Latest blog posts

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

  Post 107: Turmoil in my Mind.

  Post 107: Turmoil in my Mind. Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to; it’s not for them. ——— I saw that thought-provoking quote yesterday and stole it, because it&...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• New kid on the block

  My journey so far

     I don’t normally write these kind of things or hang my dirty washing out to dry on social media, but somehow this feels different. Wind the clock back to 2024, I’m getting a slight tooth ache to the left front teeth so off I ...

  Caretaker55 over 1 year ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 106: How do I feel – it’s complicated.

  Post 106: How do I feel – it’s complicated. Habits are quite hard to get rid of – I have woken up again in the wee small hours. I need to sleep, stop thinking, be free from the circle of decay my mind is in, and just be me. &mdash...

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

  Post 105: Motivation Mirrors Mood.

  Post 105: Motivation Mirrors Mood. We cancer patients get up in the morning with the vain intention of being OK for the day. Every day. It’s not because we can’t be OK — it’s because we try to be OK. ——— ...

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

  Post 104: Counselling and ready-mix!

  Post 104: Counselling and ready-mix! ⸻ I’d like to introduce you to a friend I’ve known for life. He’s pushed me to the limits and kept me from some strife. But sometimes even he breaks down— it’s hard to work out why....

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• supraorbital nerve

  acupuncture supraorbital nerve

  I had a review appointment in march about my forehead scc procedures so i'm due to see them again, this time Ill mention my damaged supraorbital nerve pain and numbness which i did mention to the two consultants after the last procedure,they disg...

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

  Post 103: Advocacy engulfed me and made me blue – again.

  Post 103: Advocacy engulfed me and made me blue – again. Two pages of recycled off-white A4 in an NHS envelope can be hard to unfold and read – but read it you must. ——— The rain is falling at last outside in an invis...

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

  Post 102: Desktop with a Service Bill on the Side.

  Post 102: Desktop with a Service Bill on the Side. ——— When a female lead in a K-drama (Korean drama) is forced to take action in IT (Information Technology), she pulls her hair back into a ponytail, plants herself sternly at her ...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• 2025 Not a good year so far

  6. Mask, Teeth and PEG

  Following my consultations on the 19th June I now have an appointment for the radiotherapy mask making, an appointment to have 2 teeth out and an appointment to have the feeding tube inserted into my Stomach. I must say that the staff at the Churchil...

  NorfolkBor over 1 year ago
• 2025 Not a good year so far

  5. Next Steps, Discussions with Surgeon, Dentist, Oncologist and Dietician.

  So surgery done, I think it went well, but the scar with the 20 stiches in it looks more like a zip, perhaps I will stick an zipper handle at the top to make it look right ! Right side of neck is numb, but will ask about that at my next consultation ...

  NorfolkBor over 1 year ago