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• time for a cuppa....

  hugs 33 minutes ago
• Speaking to an empty room

  RedTree26 2 hours ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 12 hours ago
• Wittering away...

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

  A cautionary tale of personal experience and common misconception

  dolphin99 1 day ago
• My Mengioma Brain Tumour Story

  GaryG298207 1 day ago
• Looking after Mr. B

  Miranda t 5 days ago
• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  Beesuit 6 days ago
• My BCG Therapy

  Aurelius 6 days ago
• Pedalling through this journey

  Former Member 7 days ago

Latest blog posts

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

  Post 82: Another good day.

  Post 82: Another good day. When my mind is not full of self-advocacy, it’s a good day. ——— If it wasn’t for last night’s continual, brief—but necessary—bladder events every hour and a half, I’d...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• Benefits

  Benefit

  Hello everyone, a week ago I received my diagnosis, I have pre cancer in the intestine and it has metastasized to the liver. Currently,  I am sharing a house with strangers, and I would like to know if I could apply for any benefits to be in a m...

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

  Post 81: No Pain but Very Tired.

  Post 81: No Pain but Very Tired. A peaceful day started well and ended early. ——— After only a few hours out of bed today, the logical conclusion is that chemo is giving both the cancer and my body a thorough workout. That, in i...

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

  Post 80: A Quiet Start to Tricycle Two.

  Post 80: A Quiet Start to Tricycle Two. BP: perfect  Hair: greased up  Pain: none  Appetite: great  Anything else: Titus returns ⸻ Awakening on the first morning after the second infusion of Carboplatin was a dream. I knew...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
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  Matthew - Online Community Team over 1 year ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 79: Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy.

  Post 79: Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy. The end justifies the means; all’s well that ends well… ⸻ As you can imagine, being asked after half an hour in the local chemo Day Unit, “We’re not sure why you’re here — wh...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• Rolling along on the cancer journey

  The start

  For some reason, I had always had a lingering fear of breast cancer since a child. I think it was an Eastenders story back in the 1980s which triggered it which meant when I started developing breasts, my first thought was that the breast buds must h...

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

  Post 78: Bloods and a Bus Ride.

  Post 78: Bloods and a Bus Ride. ⸻ When faced with a challenge, think quickly and decisively. (And then… try not to lose your cool when the bus is early; or late?) ⸻ My Darling came downstairs looking like she’d stepped out of a glos...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• My Hodgkin's story

  Checking in

  I haven't written anything this month. I have started to feel much better and I think mentally I have made a lot of progress since my last appointment. I haven't felt discomfort in my leg and I haven't had many intrusive thoughts since. I feel like g...

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

  Post 77: A lazy day with a hospital twist.

  Post 77: A lazy day with a hospital twist. Weight: stable  Blood pressure: good  Hair: coiffured   (with a hint of aging despair) Today started as all the best ones do — under a duvet, mid-episode of a mu...

  Mr U over 1 year ago