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

  Mr U 1 hour ago
• Looking after Mr. B

  Miranda t 1 hour ago
• Wittering away...

  Rowan8a3264 9 hours ago
• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  Beesuit 19 hours ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  A cautionary tale of personal experience and common misconception

  dolphin99 23 hours 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

Latest blog posts

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

  Post 552: Plenty of laughter at the laughing fish.

  Post 552: Plenty of laughter at the laughing fish. A long day today had me running around from parlour to work to pub and all were successful and enjoyable. First up and I was showered and fed before heading into the town centre to fight the roadwo...

  Mr U 1 hour ago
• Looking after Mr. B

  Bad Days and Better Days

  The Saturday before last was a Better Day.  Mr B’s carer arrived at 09:15 so he was up, dressed and ready to go out by 10:15. We drove into the nearby village, had toast and coffee for breakfast in a little bar, then wheeled the shopping t...

  Miranda t 1 hour ago
• 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 9 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 19 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 19 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 19 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 19 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 19 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 19 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 19 hours ago