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• Speaking to an empty room

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

  Mr U 12 hours ago
• Wittering away...

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• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  A cautionary tale of personal experience and common misconception

  dolphin99 1 day ago
• My Mengioma Brain Tumour Story

  GaryG298207 1 day ago
• Looking after Mr. B

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• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

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• My BCG Therapy

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• Pedalling through this journey

  Former Member 7 days ago

Latest blog posts

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

  Post 18: The Overnight Bag.

  Post 18: The Overnight Bag. Vital statistics: Temp: 36.4  BP: 128/77/52 Weight: too many treats Hair: who cares  Anything else? I want to go home? ⸻ Lately, I wasn’t thinking about an overnight bag unless it was for the, now ca...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 17: “Go straight to A&E”.

  Post 17: “Go straight to A&E”. Vital statistics: Temp: 36.4 BP: 107/61/60 Weight: stable  Hair: Still all there  Anything else? Embarrassingnessness  Yesterday’s pains are today’s nightmare. I wake up ...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• Spirituality as therapy

  A Point of Order

  When I created this blog I was unfamiliar with the structure for separating one subject for another and posted what are now separate subjects as Replies to previous Replies. I had a sequence in mind that has been lost in recreating the subject matter...

  Auldheid over 1 year ago
• Spirituality as therapy

  A Message from late Pope Francis from hospital in March 2025

  A Spiritual Message from the Pope in Hospital in March. I read the thoughts of Pope Francis reflecting from his stay in  hospital in March and thought they were more of a spiritual nature than religious, but of particular relevance to thos...

  Auldheid over 1 year ago
• Spirituality as therapy

  Schoenstaat

  Schoenstaat This resource I want to draw to attention is about a beautiful place with beautiful grounds where there is a small chapel that when visited together can set minds in turmoil at rest. I used the term beautiful place because the resource I ...

  Auldheid over 1 year ago
• Spirituality as therapy

  Lanarkshire Cancer Care Trust

  Lanarkshire Cancer Care  Trust   To continue with my " I have sent you nothing but angels" theme although only for patients who live in South Lanarkshire:    I would have found it costly and difficult to get to Monklands...

  Auldheid over 1 year ago
• Spirituality as therapy

  Grounding Spirituality

  Spirituality is all very well but it has to be grounded in some form to make it real. I found the following story about a man stranded on the roof of his house as flood waters rose helped make that connection in a relevant context. A firm believer i...

  Auldheid over 1 year ago
• Spirituality as therapy

  Grieving Cancer

  Grieving Cancer. In a previous blog I mentioned The Beginning Experience, an organisation setup to help folk negotiate their way through the grief that follows the loss of a loved one through bereavement or divorce. ( Beginning Experience Great Brita...

  Auldheid over 1 year ago
• Wessexchorister

  Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour (GIST)

  Has anyone in their 70's experienced a GIST in the stomach and had it removed. My wife is currently being assessed for a GIST and would like to know how others have got on during and after removal. Thanks.

  Wessexchorister over 1 year ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 16: My hormone therapy life.

  Post 16: My hormone therapy life. I’m dedicating today’s blog to my own hormone therapy (HT) treatment, as I’ve noticed it’s been a hot topic on the forum lately. I’m not here to tell you what you should do — th...

  Mr U over 1 year ago