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

  Mr U 1 hour ago
• Pedalling through this journey

  Fati 15 hours ago
• Wittering away...

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• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  A cautionary tale of personal experience and common misconception

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• 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 3 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 3 days ago
• Slightly Inconvenienced by Prostate Cancer

  Lemsip 9 days ago
• Peter's Blog

  A blog about bowel cancer at a young age

  HawkeyeBrown 10 days ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 11 days ago
• Kidney Not

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Latest blog posts

• 2025 Not a good year so far

  14. Second week Post Treatment

  Saturday 6th sept / Sunday 7th September Throat doesn’t seem to hurt as much this morning but that may be the morphine kicking in. And the other good news is that I am having “movement” each day, which is a relief, so have stopped t...

  NorfolkBor 11 months ago
• Distracting myself, hopefully!

  MRI scan yesterday

  Yesterday was a long tiring day.  I went to Nottingham for my MRI scan.  It reminded me a little of the sort of hectic working days I had when I was many years younger and a lot fitter.  It was exhausting then, goodness ...

  Margaret853 11 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 214: Twenty Minutes of Hell.

  Post 214: Twenty Minutes of Hell. All day today, from the frosty white morning to the cold breeze of dusk, I stayed in bed. I didn’t go downstairs once. I only went to the loo — which is in the next room. The foreman told me to rest aft...

  Mr U 11 months ago
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  What the UTUC!

  The Date is Set.......Nephroureterectomy on 30th December

  I haven't posted in a while, and a lot has happened........ So after many months, I had a meeting with the urologist last week at the hospital where I will have my surgery.  My surgery will be on December 30th, 2025.  I could have had a wee...

  Toulouse4ff1cd 11 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 213: Home, work and uncertainty.

  Post 213: Home, work and uncertainty. Although the green wheelie bin is jammed full of hawthorn and bramble with a sprinkling of wild garlic — which sounds more like a gastronomic delight from Clarkson’s new venture than a heap of garden...

  Mr U 11 months ago
• Distracting myself, hopefully!

  Fed up today

  We had a lovely weekend, it felt like the good old days, we hardly thought about cancer for two days.  Today I came down to earth with a bump.  Woke up feeling very fed up and grumpy.  Went for a blood test this morning which prob...

  Margaret853 11 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 212: Spring bulbs and clever stockings.

  Post 212: Spring bulbs and clever stockings. Reviewing the patient status right now, I’d say things are medium bad, but there are glimmers of hope. ——— After two days where my emotions stayed firmly in their cubby hole, tod...

  Mr U 11 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 211: A better day, hip hip hurrah.

  Post 211: A better day, hip hip hurrah. I slept on it it helped me see That one and one sometimes makes three ——— My Darling was going to get up early so I could stay in bed, but I got up my usual time and helped myself to brea...

  Mr U 11 months ago
• Peter's Blog

  May 2025 to November 2025

  Following on from the results in May 2025, I had my next treatment the week after the results and it was interesting to get the nurses opinion on the Nivolumab jab as her understanding of it was that it might speed up the process slightly but that a ...

  HawkeyeBrown 11 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 210: Tears; for fears.

  Post 210: Tears; for fears. ——— There are no words to ease confusion, of the uncertainty of a future conclusion. ——— Only dry white tissues help me with the streams that are abundant today. I haven’t a cl...

  Mr U 11 months ago