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• Wittering away...

  Rowan8a3264 7 hours ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  A cautionary tale of personal experience and common misconception

  dolphin99 8 hours ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 11 hours ago
• Looking after Mr. B

  Miranda t 11 hours ago
• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  Beesuit 1 day ago
• My BCG Therapy

  Aurelius 1 day ago
• Pedalling through this journey

  Former Member 3 days 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.

  Matthew - Online Community Team 6 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 6 days ago
• Slightly Inconvenienced by Prostate Cancer

  Lemsip 12 days ago

Latest blog posts

• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  What to do with my Radiotherapy tattoo?

  March 20, 2023 When I had my planning CT ….so long ago, it seems, I got dotted with this! Why couldn’t they at least have got it central? I’ve mithered about what I should do with it for a while. The obvious choices were to ...

  Beesuit 1 day ago
• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  A History of Radiotherapy to celebrate British Science Week

  March 19, 2023 Some science about Radiotherapy. A lovely presentation by Rad_Chat who produce radiographer led oncology podcasts https://linktr.ee/radchat They are really worth checking out for some interesting stuff. More links at the bottom of this...

  Beesuit 1 day ago
• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  SURVIVORSHIP

  January 23, 2023 Today is my fourth Anniversary of treatment end. Something to celebrate? Or something to just note down in the blog on the way to the MAGIC FIVE years?  Or maybe something to use as a vehicle to explore how to cope with life aft...

  Beesuit 1 day ago
• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  What to expect in the first year

  April 4, 2022 When my oncologist first talked to me about my diagnosis and we discussed a treatment plan he told me that the cancer would take a year out of my life……and he was right. “What can I expect” is a common question...

  Beesuit 1 day ago
• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  Three years clear

  March 2, 2022 The first day of Spring I missed my three year anniversary in January mired in anxiety about more cancer. The fear can strike us any time. I spent a miserable Christmas worrying about increasing reflux that wouldn’t respond to tr...

  Beesuit 1 day ago
• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  International Day of Medical Physics

  November 7, 2021 Today is the International Day of Medical Physics So I thought I might start with a physics joke Then I thought I might add some pretty pictures Ending with a really cool picture of protons trav...

  Beesuit 1 day ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  The Second GP

  The rest of 2023 went by in a bit of blur because I left England to join my son and his family in Northern Ireland. What a beautiful place it is and you wouldn't find friendlier folk anywhere on this planet. Then 2024 left me equally dazed but I ...

  dolphin99 1 day ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 551: The holiday is officially postponed, it’s a bit of a blow.

  Post 551: The holiday is officially postponed, it’s a bit of a blow. With the news of our choice to abandon the holiday up north my feelings of the walls closing in are increasing. My world is shrinking steadily but the recent changes are sig...

  Mr U 1 day ago
• My BCG Therapy

  My Journey So Far...

  Hi all, I first noticed blood in my urine towards the end of June 2026. After 48 hours of continuous blood in my urine, I contacted my GP. She asked me various questions and asked me to drop off a urine sample at the surgery the next day. I did as re...

  Aurelius 1 day ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering on

  Can't help myself now I am so excited, if everything continues on track we are going to the beach, with the flask and most importantly my best mate. My dear Jeff. My base lines are pretty much the same, so that's good, yesterday's jaunt h...

  Rowan8a3264 2 days ago