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• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  Beesuit 9 hours ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  A cautionary tale of personal experience and common misconception

  dolphin99 13 hours ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 18 hours ago
• My BCG Therapy

  Aurelius 1 day ago
• Wittering away...

  Rowan8a3264 1 day ago
• Pedalling through this journey

  Former Member 2 days 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.

  Matthew - Online Community Team 5 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 5 days ago
• Slightly Inconvenienced by Prostate Cancer

  Lemsip 11 days ago
• Peter's Blog

  A blog about bowel cancer at a young age

  HawkeyeBrown 12 days ago

Latest blog posts

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

  Post 541: A dreaded visit is the very opposite, feel the love.

  Post 541: A dreaded visit is the very opposite, feel the love. All day I sat and ate while my Darling worked, and the shower later on was preceded by a legendary weigh-in that puts me into startling new territory. 12st 5lbs of raw British Meat ha ha...

  Mr U 10 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering away

  Yesterday was a frosty start to the day, beautiful, lovely skies. Washing lines were full and people were catching up with the gardening. Jeff gardened and I sat on the doorstep, some quality time.  Lots of whatsapp with Dana who was curling her...

  Rowan8a3264 10 days ago
• Slightly Inconvenienced by Prostate Cancer

  Going Public

  I am lucky enough to have a job with an employer that is very interested in supporting employees with all sorts of medical and life-related issues like mental health problems, menopause, cancer, and so on.There's always some campaign going on, an...

  Lemsip 11 days ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 540: A good use of a chatbot, if that’s what it was?

  Post 540: A good use of a chatbot, if that’s what it was? When it all comes down to I don’t know everything nor do I know much about other trades and their jargon or fine use of the English language, that’s where a chatbot could sa...

  Mr U 11 days ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  The First Nurse

  I met the first nurse in 2022 when I was living in a city in the midlands of England. It was late summer. The air in a crystal clear sky was becoming fresher as autumn approached and then my favourite time of year would arrive. Winter. I've only ...

  dolphin99 12 days ago
• Peter's Blog

  Good News It’s A New Blog Update - October 2026

  Here it is whether you’ve been waiting for it or not, my latest update. Since my last update I successfully managed to lose all my data on my phone including my notes page about how things have been going since my last post, so I have a bit les...

  HawkeyeBrown 12 days ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 539: Anger clouds above me are keeping me safe.

  Post 539: Anger clouds above me are keeping me safe. Thursday is cleaning day and the new routine today is in trying to use my time better. So when I heard the battle cry; I had to listen to the sound of reason. Clutching at positives is the domain...

  Mr U 12 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering away

  Not too long a wait until 3am today and felt much less sick. I slept well. Yesterday I managed a quick bath, that perked me up no end and I put one of my perfume samples on. Lovely. Had a video call with Dana in the afternoon, Thursday is a good day ...

  Rowan8a3264 12 days ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Post-Chemo – Watchful Waiting Commences, Desdemona's Contained and Sleeping

  It’s been a relatively busy two weeks. We had a lean-to constructed in the garden, attached to the back of the house – thanks Gerard for your hard work. Araon and Angela joined us for dinner which was great fun - I even had a very small &...

  Desdemona 13 days ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 538: Getting to be a bit like… anniversary time!

  Post 538: Getting to be a bit like… anniversary time! I don’t sleep much, like many others for various reasons, but today seems like a day off so why am I not more relaxed. My Darling came down after a long lay-in at midday-ish and loo...

  Mr U 13 days ago