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

  Mr U 12 hours ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b

  W J 12 hours ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 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.

  Lizzie - Online Community Team 2 days ago
• Multiple Myeloma

  Tess123 8 days ago
• Mumofcancer

  Mumofcancer 14 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 16 days ago
• Cycle 19 and not working anymore

  Emotions 16 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 18 days ago
• Pete's cancer blog

  Peterb 23 days ago

Latest blog posts

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

  Post 4: Tea cups and Tricycles.

  Post 4: Tea cups and Tricycles. Chemo minus one day. I’m fine. My darling looks fine on the outside—but unset jelly on the inside. The family came to visit yesterday. All nine of them: brother and wife and kids, sister and hubby, our yo...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 3: Beep! Beep! Beep!

  Post 3: Beep! Beep! Beep! I know I’m not an early riser. The 10:30 pill call is all I live for—not! But it’s all I have, so I’d better get up and face the realities of our cruel world. I cast my mind’s eye across my la...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 2: Three Days to Chemo.

  Post 2: Three Days to Chemo. Only three days remain. I’m lying here like a fish in a bucket, waiting for processing. I’m in bed actually, lying in is warmth, but not as warm as when my darling’s here beside me. That could change i...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• Trev

  Lost and don't know what to do or who to talk to

  I had an MRI scan in October 2024, 6 weeks ago I eventually got an appointment to see a consultant, It all happened so quick and I had no time to take it in or to ask any questions, I was told that I had prostate cancer and that no treatment was avai...

  Trevd over 1 year ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 1: Four days till chemo (11/4/25).

  Post 1: Four days till chemo (11/4/25). To Hop-on or hop-off is the question? Four days to go. Am I bovered? Damn right I am. My wife of 34 years (and 10 months), and our cat Stormy (who I’d gladly divorce), are currently unaware of this blo...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• Is 'devastation' an overworked word?

  Is 'devastation' an overworked word?

  We found each other late in life; 71 years old and in love as though we were 17 years old! We met and clicked immediately. Moved in together and married 2 years later. We're hoping to enjoy our 3rd anniversary in July, but the battle is immense. ...

  Mrs Zeus over 1 year ago
• The Reluctant Blogger

  Waiting again

  https://in-transit-2022.blogspot.com/ The above blog contains posts with a couple of poems, I wrote on a blog while I was going through diagnosis and surgery for breast cancer. Today I am waiting for an appointment with the oncologist next week to ma...

  Asa26 over 1 year ago
• VIN3

  Week 3

  If I've done this right it's a blog post. After 9 months of mis-diagnosis and appalling GP "care". I was finally referred to gynecologist on 2 week fast track by an amazing consultant at the STD clinic..Had biopsy, 8 weeks later re...

  Looly66 over 1 year ago
• Welcome home

  Update and reflection on the value of the Macmillan online community

  The past week has gone pretty true to recent form. Lots of waiting and pockets of activity, mood swings both highs and lows. J had another CT scan to confirm the results from the French scan showing no spread to the lungs - fingers crossed that is in...

  Lizig over 1 year ago
• Wessexchorister

  Oseophageal and stomach tumour

  My wife is 74 and diagnosed with a tumour at the junction of the osophagus and stomach which looks like a complete gastrectomy in the near future but before that, because biopsies are coming back negative positive, she will need an ultrasound endosco...

  Wessexchorister over 1 year ago