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• Wittering away...

  Rowan8a3264 7 hours ago
• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  Beesuit 16 hours ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  A cautionary tale of personal experience and common misconception

  dolphin99 21 hours ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 1 day ago
• My BCG Therapy

  Aurelius 1 day ago
• Pedalling through this journey

  Former Member 2 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 5 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 5 days ago
• Slightly Inconvenienced by Prostate Cancer

  Lemsip 11 days ago
• Peter's Blog

  A blog about bowel cancer at a young age

  HawkeyeBrown 12 days ago

Latest blog posts

• Wittering away...

  wittering on

  It was wonderful to be at the beach yesterday, there was the lovely view and the rain held off .The flask was lovely and a bonus, we got to pet a couple of friendly dogs and pass the time of day with their human. Did me the world of good. I also got ...

  Rowan8a3264 7 hours ago
• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  Seven Years Clear

  January 25, 2026 Friday January 23rd marked my seven year anniversary, I celebrated with a beer and ……………losing a front tooth…..bugger bugger bugger!!!!!!!!!!! I have …or I did have … a crown on...

  Beesuit 16 hours ago
• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  The end

  May 3, 2024 A postscript is text added at the end of a book or other document, in this case the blog. It’s so long that by the time you finish it, you’re too exhausted to read the postscript so I’ve put it at the beginning. Tim...

  Beesuit 16 hours ago
• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  What's the difference?

  January 23, 2024 What’s the Difference Between this   And This… Venison Steak, Parsnip Puree Broccoli (excuse the presentation ) and a huge helping of Tiramisu Answer……….Five Years Today is five years...

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

  A recovery update

  September 22, 2023  I haven’t posted for a while. Life is good and I’m just getting on with it. Yesterday Today was an especially good day Five years ago, bar one week, I stood in Mr Kittur's man’s office at The Morriston H...

  Beesuit 17 hours ago
• 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 17 hours 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 17 hours 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 17 hours 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 17 hours 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 17 hours ago