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

  Mr U 16 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.

  Dylan - Online Community Team 1 day ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted

  W J 2 days ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 5 days ago
• Multiple Myeloma

  Tess123 11 days ago
• Mumofcancer

  Mumofcancer 18 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 19 days ago
• Cycle 19 and not working anymore

  Emotions 20 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 21 days ago
• Pete's cancer blog

  Peterb 26 days ago

Latest blog posts

• The Long Journey...

  Chemo begins today for my girlfriend... #2

  My girlfriend, and to a lesser degree myself, begin a long journey today.  We have 20+ weeks of combined chemo and surgery ahead of her.  And that's just the beginning... I think the overwhelming sense right now  is that life will ...

  BoyfriendWiltshire 1 month ago
• The Long Journey...

  I'm reeling and I want to rant... #1

  Four weeks ago my girl friend and I were talking to one another about the fact that maybe, after lots of really bad stuff happening to us in our lives so far, we were getting an opportunity for some happiness together with someone who really understo...

  BoyfriendWiltshire 1 month ago
• One Step At A Time

  Chapter 24 — Phil M. RIP.

  I’ve been in hospital for a month today. I didn’t plan to mark it with anything. There’s no milestone worth celebrating at four weeks — no trophy, no certificate, no moment where someone comes in and says well done, you’...

  Phild26 1 month ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 467: I’m apologetic to my watch, but it doesn’t help.

  Post 467: I’m apologetic to my watch, but it doesn’t help. There are a few things bothering me right now, but I think I’m just being over-sensitive, as per bloomin’ usual. When you wake up before you really ought to, there&r...

  Mr U 1 month ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Chemo Fourth Cycle, Week Two: Desdemona Makes Me Breathless

  Well, this week’s been interesting. My tiredness continued to abate over the weekend, but then the anaemia kicked in. For me, the anaemia manifests itself quite differently from the fatigue and tiredness. Generally, I feel quite fine, then I&rs...

  Desdemona 1 month ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 466: Steroids and pubs increasing the belly bump.

  Post 466: Steroids and pubs increasing the belly bump. I was so worried about losing weight a couple of months ago. It was falling off me so quickly that I couldn’t find enough to eat. Now I seem to eat continually, and before long I’ll p...

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

  Post 465: Beer, food and natter at The Bells.

  Post 465: Beer, food and natter at The Bells. With all the plans laid for a little surprise for a fellow prostate warrior later today, I first had to dress my wounds. Last night Mr Vicious was happily sitting on my lap while I wore my shorts, and eve...

  Mr U 1 month ago
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  Community News

  "Macmillan’s community becomes my lifeline as in my own community, cancer is still a taboo" -Renita's story

  Renita, known as RMD in the Online Community, was diagnosed with invasive multifocal ductal and lobular breast cancer at 48. In this blog, she shares her diagnosis story, the challenges of treatment, and how the Macmillan Online Community became a source of support, hope and reassurance when she needed it most.

  Cancer was not on my radar until my mum found a lump. In May 2025, during my morning call to my family in India, my sister says, “Now don’t panic but…”

  “What’s happened...

  Megan- Online Community Team 1 month ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 464: The rain came, but not for long.

  Post 464: The rain came, but not for long. Firstly, can I say how amazing it was to hear all your replies yesterday. I don’t read them until very late at night and, after another surprisingly emotional day, they gave me such a boost. Whether ...

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

  Post 463: The rain needs to hurry up and drop in France and Spain.

  Post 463: The rain needs to hurry up and drop in France and Spain. With our southern weather set to ramp up next week, any Holibobs to our wonderful county will see plenty of scorched grass and plenty of reasons to sit in the shade of the old chestn...

  Mr U 1 month ago