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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 10 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

• Pedalling through this journey

  Let's start

  For a long time, I’ve been looking for a community I could connect with. Unfortunately, where I live, people speak a Slavic language, and after 13 years as an immigrant, I still don’t feel as comfortable expressing myself in a Slavic lang...

  Former Member 17 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering on

  The leccy supply is not quite as secure as I thought when I woke up yesterday. I slept through some outages and we are still going off for a while. It's a big clear up out there. The wind is still very strong. Original back pain has toned down. Yeste...

  Rowan8a3264 17 days ago
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  Community News

  Celebrating Diwali whilst living with cancer

  Diwali, the Festival of Lights, is an important celebration for many Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and Buddhists. If you are living with cancer or supporting someone with cancer, Diwali may feel different this year. Treatment, side effects and emotional wellbeing can affect how you celebrate, but there are ways to mark the occasion that feel right for you.

  Why Diwali may feel different when you're living with cancer

  Cancer can change your routine, whether that is due to having treatment, dealing with side...

  Lizzie - Online Community Team 18 days ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  The Second Dermatologist

  The next NHS letter I received came as quite a surprise. It hadn't come from the bots. Instead, I'd been given a Dermatology outpatients appointment, where presumably I might even encounter an actual dermatologist. Things were looking up. Was...

  dolphin99 18 days ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 549: Let’s talk it over a pint of mild.

  Post 549: Let’s talk it over a pint of mild. The bumps on the way to the pub made the journey very uncomfortable but the warm welcome from er, Brian and Lorraine was enough to ease any pain I had, and the table we reserved for dinner became al...

  Mr U 18 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering away

  Quite a wait, but not the worst given the clock going back. My only options for pain and nausea now is codeine and the oil I get on private prescription. I tend not to take these together but today needs must. I' m not too wobbly on my feet and m...

  Rowan8a3264 18 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering on

  So my phone call on Thurs will be the results of my bloods, which I do fret about, and then check list of has anything changed or been different since the last time, of which there has been quite a lot.  Mandy is blunt and she steam rolls throug...

  Rowan8a3264 18 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering on some more

  The leccy came back after a couple of hours or so and so far has stayed on. Not counting any chickens yet still a few more hours to go. I felt quite rough this morning, I decided that as it was already ropey and am grounded anyway I'd take a bigger h...

  Rowan8a3264 19 days ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 548: Weeeeee’re all going down the pub…

  Post 548: Weeeeee’re all going down the pub… With the only really useful thing I did today being a phone call there was a real feeling of hiding from the storm and resting to get out and about later, I didn’t like it but it had to...

  Mr U 19 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering away

  Ooof, it was a wait for the meds for nausea, I felt quite sick. Baseline pain levels are reduced, this is now a sustained improvement. It's windy out there, gusts sound like small booms of thunder sometimes. The lamp post is doing a lively jig. A...

  Rowan8a3264 19 days ago