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• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 7 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 9 hours ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 13 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 16 days ago
• Pete's cancer blog

  Peterb 21 days ago

Latest blog posts

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

  Post 354: Beds, chairs and teriyaki tofu.

  Post 354: Beds, chairs and teriyaki tofu. With tomorrow’s oncology meeting in mind I’m struggling to find anything concrete to note down to remember to say. That’s a good problem to have but you never know what around the corner. ...

  Mr U 4 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 353: Asking for help in the garden, and getting caught in the headlights.

  Post 353: Asking for help in the garden, and getting caught in the headlights. Spring cleaning has to be one of the strangest — and most satisfying — urges of the year. It just arrives. Out of nowhere, there’s this pull to sort th...

  Mr U 4 months ago
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  Community News

  “AI is a really useful tool if used correctly.”

  Advances in technology means Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being tried and tested to improve the way we live our lives. Some people use online AI tools to find information. From finding opening times for shops and looking for travel information when planning a trip. When it comes to cancer care, there is lots of information AI can provide, but do you know what information can be trusted? In this blog, we explore how Community members have used Artificial intelligence, and how AI is being used in...

  Megan- Online Community Team 4 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 352: Old Mother Hen and some Volvo kindness.

  Post 352: Old Mother Hen and some Volvo kindness. With the care and loving attention of a rare-breed hen, I gathered my chocolate eggs onto the kitchen worktop — partly for safety, partly for display — but mostly because I was proud of t...

  Mr U 4 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 351: Emotions on the tip of my tongue.

  Post 351: Emotions on the tip of my tongue. For three days in a row now I’ve been unable to hold back the tears, “but heaven knows I’m miserable now” — The Smiths. Yesterday’s (blog) outpouring — poem or no...

  Mr U 4 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Desperation lines.

  Desperation lines. (353:385) (By Dysfunctional Dave) Just roll over she says aloud, in front of all my friends. But I think to myself that’s easy for you but I just can’t, it bloody hurts. I now feel worse because deep inside I’v...

  Mr U 4 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 349: Big Sis and no Big Bro.

  Post 349: Big Sis and no Big Bro. It’s Friday, 10 o’clock, and it’s (not) Crackerjack. But it is time for my Darling to head off to the weigh-bridge with all her mates. I was hoping she was being picked up, but as I looked down th...

  Mr U 5 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 348: From haircuts to a work health-check.

  Post 348: From haircuts to a work health-check. Coming back from a haircut next door was the highlight of the day — and led to my Darling following me into the hairdresser’s chair in a timely swap. There was a bit of preparation I neede...

  Mr U 5 months ago
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  Community News

  How to access support this Bank Holiday weekend

  This blog includes information about the support available over the Bank holiday weekend.

  Megan- Online Community Team 5 months ago
• My cancer journey

  My cancer journey

  Good Morning everyone..I’m new to this forum but have been reading your open and honest blogs.. This is my story (aimed at giving people the importance of early diagnosis and what you can expect and managing any potential side effects) In the a...

  Johnboy 5 months ago