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

  Mr U 5 hours ago
• Wittering away...

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• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  A cautionary tale of personal experience and common misconception

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• Looking after Mr. B

  Miranda t 2 days ago
• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  Beesuit 2 days ago
• My BCG Therapy

  Aurelius 3 days ago
• Pedalling through this journey

  Former Member 4 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 7 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 7 days ago
• Slightly Inconvenienced by Prostate Cancer

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Latest blog posts

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

  Post 297: Self advocacy rules my life.

  Post 297: Self advocacy rules my life. The good news is that I’ve got a bright head full of complex thoughts (except for the simple but stubborn words that hide inside the cerebral jelly my brain is turning into) and apart from my frozen shoul...

  Mr U 8 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 296: My Darling’s worn out.

  Post 296: My Darling’s worn out. It doesn’t matter how much you care for someone or are being cared for by someone — even if they are your best friends forever — everything is cast in their face about how they feel. After a ...

  Mr U 8 months ago
• I have a Cancer

  I have A Cancer - 12

  The waiting has always been the difficult bit.  Not knowing what is happening in the background by other people – professionals - to prepare for my ‘big day’.  Work was superb, though.  I talked with my manager regula...

  Soglio 8 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 295: What a day!

  Post 295: What a day! For what it’s worth, I will give the boys and girls of NHS UK a round of applause. You are genuine stars and the attitude of most of you keeps the wheels of medical interventions rolling. At midday I had a massive heat b...

  Mr U 8 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 294: My elephant tears are unending.

  Post 294: My elephant tears are unending. Salty mud-bath eyes. By Mr U I wish I was an elephant, in a bath of mud ‘cos there would be no signs of tears, I cry for all my worth, Today is just like all the days, I live by hour and hour, But I a...

  Mr U 8 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 293: No coffee. No counselling. No nothing in the tanks.

  Post 293: No coffee. No counselling. No nothing in the tanks. If there was ever a day that defined my luck it was this casual Thursday that went to the dogs. I mean it. This has been a long and tiring day and to be honest, a bit of a stinker. I go...

  Mr U 8 months ago
• I have a Cancer

  I have A Cancer - 11

  The Easter weekend was long and warm.  On the Friday and Saturday, as my wife slept, I went shopping, and browsing, in Charity shops.  I walked c 20,000 steps over the two days. On the Friday evening, I had a phone conversation with my two ...

  Soglio 8 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 292: Three miles this week and lovely flowers, lovey people.

  Post 292: Three miles this week and lovely flowers, lovey people. With the holiday only two weeks away, surely nothing can stop us, but I feel a creeping sense of foreboding any time I’m told to behave and get down from the neighbour’s r...

  Mr U 8 months ago
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  Community News

  World Cancer Day 2026

  On World Cancer Day, Macmillan stands in solidarity with the millions of people affected by cancer, welcomes the Government’s new National Cancer Plan for England, and shares information on where you can get support.

  Megan- Online Community Team 8 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 291: Mummies little helper (morphine) saves the day.

  Post 291: Mummies little helper (morphine) saves the day. I got up first today. It was 9:15am and the cat wanted his breakfast. To be honest, I wanted to have a go on the treadmill but I would have had a few people take exception to that, under the ...

  Mr U 8 months ago