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• Wittering away...

  Rowan8a3264 2 hours ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  A cautionary tale of personal experience and common misconception

  dolphin99 3 hours ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 6 hours ago
• Looking after Mr. B

  Miranda t 6 hours ago
• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  Beesuit 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 12 days ago

Latest blog posts

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

  Post 537: Curry dinner after a great day at work.

  Post 537: Curry dinner after a great day at work. There’s not much you can do in a day at work that’s as long as mine; two hours l, it’s not long enough to do anything… But today I found myself at the end of the first big p...

  Mr U 15 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering away

  Had a  really good sleep again. Pain level in my back low on waking and  first getting up. Increased as time ticked on but good control with pain relief. It's a dangerous time, it is easy to forget in the moment when pain control is goo...

  Rowan8a3264 15 days ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 536: U3A homework, can I use use…

  I’m Post 536: U3A homework, can I use use… Can I use an already written poem for the U3A homework next week. Should I use it, or not? I received an email regarding this request for creative writing club and I already have a perfect ...

  Mr U 16 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering away

  Slept for 6 hours solid, it has been months since I have done that. Woke up with a clear head. Moved with extreme caution and found that back pain so much reduced. Made it to the loo in a timely fashion and in my head I was skipping there and back.&n...

  Rowan8a3264 16 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering away

  A lovely trip to the beach yesterday, favourite parking spot right close to my favourite bench, front row view. Plenty to see, wild life, people and happy dogs. Went to supermarket afterwards, I don't usually go in but there were bits and bobs th...

  Rowan8a3264 17 days ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 535: A walk, some shopping and a tiring walk home.

  Post 535: A walk, some shopping and a tiring walk home. Again, the waking after another poor night’s sleep was in excitement for another walk, but this time towards, not away from, the shops in town. At least that’s what I hoped. There ...

  Mr U 17 days ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 534: A long walk, a lovely dinner and AFib for afters.

  Post 534: A long walk, a lovely dinner and AFib for afters. Sometimes everything falls into place and you get what you want but why do you have to pay for it afterwards. It was that walk to view possible fungi that I wanted all week and today with ...

  Mr U 18 days ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering away

  Not long to wait until I can take the metacloperide. I am sitting kind of comfy, unless I cough, given COPD, Covid damage to lungs and the cancer, a cough is part of the course. I have a history of depression, it can get severe. Since I moved to Scot...

  Rowan8a3264 18 days ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 533: Friday fish and chips and beer.

  Post 533: Friday fish and chips and beer. All summer there were weddings and holidays that separated my regular meets with Dave but after two quick texts a hasty response made a confident booking in the diary for a beer. The beery meets with pals h...

  Mr U 19 days ago
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  Community News

  Mental health and cancer: Tips and support for your wellbeing

  It's important to look after your mental health, especially when a cancer diagnosis is involved. Lizzie shares examples from the Online Community for World Mental Health Day 2006.

  Lizzie - Online Community Team 19 days ago