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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

• Wittering away...

  wittering on

  Not a long wait for meds today. It was the last high dose of steroids last night, they will still be having some protective effect but now will be quite a bump down. I am hopeful that there has been an underlying improvement in my back pain and that ...

  Rowan8a3264 12 days ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  The Third Dermatologist

  My first contact with the private dermatology clinic was in the middle of August 2026 when I emailed some initial queries to them. There was no mention of a lab on the website and I wanted to clarify their arrangements for the analysis of biopsy samp...

  dolphin99 13 days ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 554: A little bit more thinking about a lot of pain.

  Post 554: A little bit more thinking about a lot of pain. Oh my Lordy, when the pain comes it comes hard. When the first pill alarm went off at 7am I was already awake as usual and after the stomach liner went down I slid out of bed with a gripping...

  Mr U 13 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering on

  Not  a bad wait for meds this morning. The side effects are coming but the high dose steroids are holding them back and very helpful on the back pain. It has  profound effect on the brain fog as in I don't have any. It is treating this ...

  Rowan8a3264 13 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering on

  That was a good appointment now it is done. Got there in good time, found a parking space. Was a bit early but managed to avoid the waiting room with all our lurking strategies. Blood pressure was ok but oxygen was also borderline reading, take deep ...

  Rowan8a3264 13 days ago
• 

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

  Post 553: The pills must be working a bit…

  Post 553: The pills must be working a bit… After days where I’ve been trying to feel the difference daily of the pain I’m in I can safely say that over the week the pain has definitely dropped. I put it down to the pills Duloxatin...

  Mr U 14 days ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  Waiting . . .

  As everyone knows, the NHS is in a mess in all four countries in the UK. Too much demand and too few resources. Aside from 'resus' care, there are even waiting lists of several days before assessment in some A&E departments. The power-sha...

  dolphin99 14 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering on

  I 'm on  the high dose of dex and has done my pain levels a shed load of good, I am enjoying sitting comfy and feeling awake. I feel like I could walk for miles until I stand up, that is. The first two doses work well for me and the next one...

  Rowan8a3264 14 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering on

  Stress levels down. I am good to go for my Chemo appointment  tomorrow which is the main thing. It was a ruddy awful wait. I got through everything with Mandy so that is also a relief.  At this point I am fairly good at not worrying about t...

  Rowan8a3264 14 days ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  The Fourth GP

  By the end of January 2026 my four months on Solaraze had proved ineffective and I therefore phoned the surgery and requested the promised Efudix. I left my call until late morning so that the receptionist could hear me. She mentioned the third GP ha...

  dolphin99 15 days ago