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• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 10 hours ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 13 hours ago
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• Kidney Not

  Mmum 1 day 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.

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• Looking after Mr. B

  Miranda t 6 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 8 days ago
• Speaking to an empty room

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Latest blog posts

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

  Post 167: So tired I want a new body.

  Post 167: So tired I want a new body. A lazy Sunday again — but this one feels different, as though it’s caused by something else rather than a busy day yesterday. ——— Waking in my recovery suite, with all its lonesom...

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

  Post 166: Crying into the forum’s arms.

  Post 166: Crying into the forum’s arms. I’m not the only one, but I don’t see that until I get online and look for where I can help. ——— Today my youngest and his fiancée came for a working visit. My orde...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• Fozia

  The first aftermath

  Woke up feeling okay: then not. Solitude turned into loneliness and relief, despair. Having completed the first cycle of my treatment, I thought I’d feel more positive but my days are so emotionally challenging.

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

  Post 165: My Darling Says I Look Great.

  Post 165: My Darling Says I Look Great. An unbiased opinion says it all — and I’m happy to say I’m back and starting to feel a bit more “on it”. Shall we say goodbye to the third person for a while and get to the end o...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• My Living Nightmare

  The beginning

  In May 2023, a spot on the left side of my tongue appeared which was a bit uncomfortable so I was referred by my dentist to an oral specialist. After his exam, he said it was a benign condition, that it was a traumatic ulcer and he also told me my to...

  Sarah777 over 1 year ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 164: What a turn around.

  Post 164: What a turn around. No pains when Mrs U checked on the patient today, so he said. But where did they go? ——— His Darling has now stolen his drug-sorting hat and is trying to help the day roll on, with every new pill adj...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• Distracting myself, hopefully!

  A day in MaxFac Clinic

  Got to MaxFac Clinic at the hospital at 10am this morning and went in for my emergency gum Incision minor op.  It was the same surgeon who did the first one a fortnight ago.  Told her the previous one had worked fine until Tuesday night whe...

  Margaret853 over 1 year ago
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  Thriveandbehappy2theend

  Sharing My Journey - I'm Sarah, I'm 36, and I've battled with poorly health since I was 14

  Hi  Everyone.  My name is Sarah I’m 36yr old. Battled with poorly health since 14yrs old. Various operations and diagnosis. Im Wanting to write  ︎ to share my journey, to meet new friends, support others through being a listeni...

  Thriveandbehappy81e8f2 over 1 year ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 163: Observations of Mr U and his ups and downs.

  Post 163: Observations of Mr U and his ups and downs. ——— I’ll take over from here. I’ll keep an eye on him until he’s fit enough to do this himself. ——— The hop-on, hop-off part of this stor...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• Distracting myself, hopefully!

  A day in A&E

  It was all going so well.  Felt fine yesterday, mouth now fully healed from the emergency gum incision 2 weeks ago, swelling right down.  Woke up this morning to find the lump on my gums had doubled in size overnight.  Pins and needles...

  Margaret853 over 1 year ago