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• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 2 hours ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 4 hours ago
• Wittering away...

  Rowan8a3264 12 hours ago
• Kidney Not

  Mmum 15 hours ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  A cautionary tale of personal experience and common misconception

  dolphin99 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 5 days ago
• Looking after Mr. B

  Miranda t 5 days ago
• One Life Live It

  Sadly not a LandRover road trip, but my journey through breast cancer

  Irishgirl16 6 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 7 days ago
• Speaking to an empty room

  RedTree26 7 days ago

Latest blog posts

• (Cancer) Garden journey day by day

  The colour red

  The colour red: capecitabine had a sting in the tail for me this cycle; all had been reasonably OK until the last few days of the tablet fortnight. That nasty palmar-plantar side-effect seems to get me every time: sure enough, the colour red began to...

  WalkerGirl 11 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 197: Travel chaos on day one, heading north.

  Post 197: Travel chaos on day one, heading north. The cases are packed — we’re off on the train. The platform is busy, but we all wait in vain. The Victoria flyer has passed right on by, Leaving us swearing and ready to cry. —&mda...

  Mr U 11 months ago
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  Community News

  Macmillan Community Breakfast with Chef & Brewer

  We are delighted to share with you all a lovely offer from Chef & Brewer pubs this December. Chef & Brewer are part of the Greene King group, you can read more about the partnership with Macmillan in the blog.

  Megan- Online Community Team 11 months ago
• What the UTUC!

  Motivation and Emotions

  I lived just by the London marathon route and, due to the road closures, there were only two choices for the day of the marathon - stay in, or go down to cheer the runners armed with bags of jelly babies.  On one particular year while I was on t...

  Toulouse4ff1cd 11 months ago
• Distracting myself, hopefully!

  Husband needs biopsy

  H got a call from the hospital last night to say his MRI results are back and a Consultant from Urology would be phoning today.  The Consultant called this morning and said something has been seen on the MRI that requires further investigation.&...

  Margaret853 11 months ago
• What the UTUC!

  Welcome to What the UTUC

  Today I joined the Online Community at MacMillan Cancer Support. I have just recently been diagnosed with Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma - that rare 1% of upper urinary tract cancers.  Being in a rare and small group means a number of things: ...

  Toulouse4ff1cd 11 months ago
• Cancer Rant

  My rant

  Why is it you only hear inspirational stories from people who have had cancer? Why don’t you hear about the people who can’t run a marathon or raise thousands of pounds for charity? Or even worse, don’t want to? I understand these s...

  Karen368 11 months ago
• (Cancer) Garden journey day by day

  Head held high

  I love this picture, nature's beauty of a dahlia at a time of seasonal transition. It holds its head high, withstanding the winds and rain - keep strong everyone!

  WalkerGirl 11 months ago
• (Cancer) Garden journey day by day

  Seasons turning, counting continues

  Clocks change and autumn has kicked in. An important turning point in my journey. My daily photos are marking the counting of chemo days and cycles, helping me through it all. My chemo started when it was hot and dry; now, though, as I approach the m...

  WalkerGirl 11 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 196: The scans are done and so am I.

  Post 196: The scans are done and so am I. Bad timing seems to drag me down to the height of a worm’s belly. My cancer is what it is — but the way, the path, is utter torture sometimes. Three years ago, I started on a medication highway ...

  Mr U 11 months ago