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• Wittering away...

  Rowan8a3264 13 hours ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  A cautionary tale of personal experience and common misconception

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

  Mr U 17 hours ago
• Looking after Mr. B

  Miranda t 17 hours ago
• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  Beesuit 1 day ago
• My BCG Therapy

  Aurelius 2 days 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

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Latest blog posts

• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  The First Nurse

  I met the first nurse in 2022 when I was living in a city in the midlands of England. It was late summer. The air in a crystal clear sky was becoming fresher as autumn approached and then my favourite time of year would arrive. Winter. I've only ...

  dolphin99 13 days ago
• Peter's Blog

  Good News It’s A New Blog Update - October 2026

  Here it is whether you’ve been waiting for it or not, my latest update. Since my last update I successfully managed to lose all my data on my phone including my notes page about how things have been going since my last post, so I have a bit les...

  HawkeyeBrown 13 days ago
• 

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

  Post 539: Anger clouds above me are keeping me safe.

  Post 539: Anger clouds above me are keeping me safe. Thursday is cleaning day and the new routine today is in trying to use my time better. So when I heard the battle cry; I had to listen to the sound of reason. Clutching at positives is the domain...

  Mr U 13 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering away

  Not too long a wait until 3am today and felt much less sick. I slept well. Yesterday I managed a quick bath, that perked me up no end and I put one of my perfume samples on. Lovely. Had a video call with Dana in the afternoon, Thursday is a good day ...

  Rowan8a3264 14 days ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Post-Chemo – Watchful Waiting Commences, Desdemona's Contained and Sleeping

  It’s been a relatively busy two weeks. We had a lean-to constructed in the garden, attached to the back of the house – thanks Gerard for your hard work. Araon and Angela joined us for dinner which was great fun - I even had a very small &...

  Desdemona 14 days ago
• 

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

  Post 538: Getting to be a bit like… anniversary time!

  Post 538: Getting to be a bit like… anniversary time! I don’t sleep much, like many others for various reasons, but today seems like a day off so why am I not more relaxed. My Darling came down after a long lay-in at midday-ish and loo...

  Mr U 14 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering away

  That was an unpleasant wait  3 hour  until 3am. I was close to being sick again for a while when I first woke up and I just feel ill. So I am stopping now. In its own right I would stop but with everything else I feel it's all a bit ext...

  Rowan8a3264 15 days ago
• Kidney Not

  Opthalmology Part 2 - 14 Oct 2026

  I returned to the local NHS Opthalmology dept at QMH in Jan 2026 for a review of my left eye problem.  I had a lengthy discussion with an ophthalmologist who diagnosed: Inflammation deposits on the inner surface of the cornea Posteria synechiae...

  Mmum 15 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering away

  Congrats Rowan, not many could puke quicker after taking the new med, you are  in range of  the podium and medals. I didn't expect it, I thought it would be longer. before anything happened. GP called back, I can try it tomorrow taking ...

  Rowan8a3264 15 days ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  The Three Friends

  I don't have a huge social circle. Most of my friends have never met. Their only link is me. I know that three of them have all experienced skin cancer. Three friends. Three cancers. In the same small group. I'm not a statistician but guess t...

  dolphin99 15 days ago