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• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 2 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.

  Lizzie - Online Community Team 4 hours ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 8 hours ago
• Multiple Myeloma

  Tess123 6 days ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b HD

  W J 8 days ago
• Mumofcancer

  Mumofcancer 12 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 14 days ago
• Cycle 19 and not working anymore

  Emotions 14 days ago
• 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. `

  Sierraoscar 15 days ago
• Pete's cancer blog

  Peterb 20 days ago

Latest blog posts

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

  Post 387: A life I’m not tasting.

  Post 387: A life I’m not tasting. (By Mr U) Why am I tired I’ve been dozing all day My heads so confused but still feels okay I’ve not been myself but the bed is my friend I’ve wanted this emptiness to come to an end I&rsquo...

  Mr U 3 months ago
• Living with Desdemona

  The Beginning: Discovering Desdemona

  Hi, I'm David, here's the start of my story. In mid-January 2026 I had a bout of flu. It was irritating, but relatively light and passed quite quickly. However, by late January I was starting to feel the impact of post-viral fatigue - or so I...

  Desdemona 3 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 386: A walk around the block in the sunshine.

  Post 386: A walk around the block in the sunshine. My Darling was wearing a very determined face when she arrived home. Instead of looking like death warmed up she was full of life and wondered why I wasn’t ready to get cracking, because &ldqu...

  Mr U 3 months ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b HD

  Covid jab

  Had my Covid jab a day or so ago. Bas shivers and repeated being sick  was hard to get warm and didn’t sleep. I thought was it worth it, very tired today and clumsier than usual. I’ll have a kip

  W J 3 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 385: Feeling like used gum on someone’s shoe…

  Post 385: Feeling like used gum on someone’s shoe… Creating feelings to be portrayed on TV is intentional and what most writers and directors are trying to convey to the watching public with great actors, with such energy. Feelings. La...

  Mr U 3 months ago
• Speaking to an empty room

  Want To Scream

  Well it was Dad's pre op at the hospital today,what a bloody farce getting to the hospital,road works everywhere,one way blood streets,diversions ,so bloody stressful,My husband took us but he got lost because the sat nav kept re routing us,but w...

  RedTree26 3 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 384: “Suits you sir” — yes, I think it does.

  Post 384: “Suits you sir” — yes, I think it does. Oh my, how did The Fast Show create such fantastic skits and memorable one-liners? “Suits you sir” being one of them. I skipped telling you much about the Moss shop sho...

  Mr U 3 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 383: Waiting for the cameraman.

  Post 383: Waiting for the cameraman. I got a text to say the ETA was the scheduled time of 6:30 pm. We were watching Drs Behind Closed Doors that we’d recorded so we don’t miss any of the series, with all the patients and doctors we&rsqu...

  Mr U 3 months ago
• Speaking to an empty room

  D Day Looms

  This shit is becoming real and it's terrifying. Dad has his pre op on Friday but the surgeons secetary has phoned and given dad the date for the operation...Exactly a week today he'll be in hospital. Everything will be ok? It's got to be...

  RedTree26 3 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 382: Brown stains in ma sheets, tra la la, la la.

  Post 382: Brown stains in ma sheets, tra la la, la la. With a look of worry and disgust when I looked at my bed covers and sheets this morning, I decided it was a washing day. Too many Easter eggs being broken up and eaten in bed has caused some cho...

  Mr U 3 months ago