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

  Mr U 3 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.

  Moderator - Macmillan Community 3 hours ago
• Wittering away...

  Rowan8a3264 9 hours ago
• Looking after Mr. B

  Miranda t 3 days ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  A cautionary tale of personal experience and common misconception

  dolphin99 5 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 6 days ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 8 days ago
• time for a cuppa....

  hugs 9 days ago
• Speaking to an empty room

  RedTree26 9 days ago
• My Mengioma Brain Tumour Story

  GaryG298207 11 days ago

Latest blog posts

• Speaking to an empty room

  All clear

  Dad had his second ent checkup yesterday ...god I felt sick with anxiety waiting for the call from mum ,wondering if it would be good or bad news....it was good!!! Dad was ok nothing to report and they'll see him again after Christmas....So now w...

  RedTree26 9 days ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 557: I was amused that my counsellor & my mind was in tune.

  Post 557: I was amused that my counsellor & my mind was in tune. I quietly left house this morning leaving her in bed asleep. There was no need to wake her especially as it was fairly early  start at the hospice and I had no need to bother ...

  Mr U 10 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering on

  I have slept a lot. This means at those times I have been fortunate enough to sleep through side effects. More importantly has been the quality of sleep. Some of it has been that exhausted sleep where my body can do nothing else but some of it has be...

  Rowan8a3264 10 days ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  Bringing Things up to Date

  Today is Monday 2nd November 2026 and this is my first post in real time. It's an opportunity to slow things down after a multitude of memories competed for a place in the previous posts describing my personal experience up to this point. Perhaps...

  dolphin99 11 days ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 556: It’s my life of little choices that I love.

  Post 556: It’s my life of little choices that I love. My tv mini box in my bedroom packed up in the morning first thing. This meant that I’d need to get up and watch episodes of the Netflix series downstairs. As it happened I had to fill...

  Mr U 11 days ago
• My Mengioma Brain Tumour Story

  My Meningioma Brain Tumour Story

     My name is Gary and I live near Leeds in Yorkshire, UK. I am suffering from a very aggressive Grade 3 Anaplastic (cancerous) Meningioma Brain Tumour and this is my story (so far).      Back in 2024 I hadn’t fel...

  GaryG298207 11 days ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  The Fourth and Fifth Nurses

  I met the fourth and fifth nurses less than 48 hours later. They were a double act and deserve a special mention in this story. They were the theatre nurses whose wonderful compassion kept me going through one of the worst ordeals of my entire life. ...

  dolphin99 11 days ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  The Plastic Surgeon

  Surgery on the skin leaves obvious scars, hence the involvement of a plastic surgeon. My son came with me to the appointment the following morning and the third nurse met us with the good news that the surgeon would be able to see me. He seemed in a ...

  dolphin99 11 days ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  The Third Nurse

  I visited the clinic several times and usually found it busy. The reception staff were front and centre of visible operations and the coffee in the waiting room was superb. Behind the scenes, the back office staff were always hard at work. Based in a...

  dolphin99 12 days ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 555: I had my feet up all day, when I wasn’t a nurse.

  Post 555: I had my feet up all day, when I wasn’t a nurse. The Bob’s go home today and another holiday is over which means, you can go on another holiday. Cool! The very opposite can be said of us because my Darling and I have our usual...

  Mr U 12 days ago