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

  Mr U 7 hours ago
• Living with Desdemona

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• 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 1 day ago
• Multiple Myeloma

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• Mumofcancer

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• One Step At A Time

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• Cycle 19 and not working anymore

  Emotions 15 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. `

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• Pete's cancer blog

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Latest blog posts

• What the UTUC!

  Never quit quitting.......

  Yes, I am a smoker..........or was! I was advised that I should stop smoking to enhance my recovery after surgery.  It is advisable to quit smoking at any time, but for those of you that smoke, or used to smoke, it is a difficult thing to do. It...

  Toulouse4ff1cd 10 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 198: Over the hills and far away.

  Post 198: Over the hills and far away. I’ve ended the day-out with legs like tree trunks and a burning pain in my chest where my rib is broken. ——— I’ve been in bed now for seven hours, and the leg swelling is easing...

  Mr U 10 months ago
• Distracting myself, hopefully!

  Husband's biopsy not done

  We went to the hospital this morning for H's prostate biopsy which was to be done under local anaesthetic.  Unfortunately it did not go to plan.  The procedure apparently starts with the insertion of an ultrasound probe into the rectum....

  Margaret853 10 months ago
• (Cancer) Garden journey day by day

  The colour red

  The colour red: capecitabine had a sting in the tail for me this cycle; all had been reasonably OK until the last few days of the tablet fortnight. That nasty palmar-plantar side-effect seems to get me every time: sure enough, the colour red began to...

  WalkerGirl 10 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 197: Travel chaos on day one, heading north.

  Post 197: Travel chaos on day one, heading north. The cases are packed — we’re off on the train. The platform is busy, but we all wait in vain. The Victoria flyer has passed right on by, Leaving us swearing and ready to cry. —&mda...

  Mr U 10 months ago
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  Community News

  Macmillan Community Breakfast with Chef & Brewer

  We are delighted to share with you all a lovely offer from Chef & Brewer pubs this December. Chef & Brewer are part of the Greene King group, you can read more about the partnership with Macmillan in the blog.

  Megan- Online Community Team 10 months ago
• What the UTUC!

  Motivation and Emotions

  I lived just by the London marathon route and, due to the road closures, there were only two choices for the day of the marathon - stay in, or go down to cheer the runners armed with bags of jelly babies.  On one particular year while I was on t...

  Toulouse4ff1cd 10 months ago
• Distracting myself, hopefully!

  Husband needs biopsy

  H got a call from the hospital last night to say his MRI results are back and a Consultant from Urology would be phoning today.  The Consultant called this morning and said something has been seen on the MRI that requires further investigation.&...

  Margaret853 10 months ago
• What the UTUC!

  Welcome to What the UTUC

  Today I joined the Online Community at MacMillan Cancer Support. I have just recently been diagnosed with Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma - that rare 1% of upper urinary tract cancers.  Being in a rare and small group means a number of things: ...

  Toulouse4ff1cd 10 months ago
• Cancer Rant

  My rant

  Why is it you only hear inspirational stories from people who have had cancer? Why don’t you hear about the people who can’t run a marathon or raise thousands of pounds for charity? Or even worse, don’t want to? I understand these s...

  Karen368 10 months ago