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• Wittering away...

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

  Mr U 18 hours ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 3 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.

  Megan- Online Community Team 3 days ago
• Benign Thymoma

  Jenz 4 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 6 days ago
• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  Beesuit 11 days ago
• A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  Coddfish 11 days ago
• Slightly Inconvenienced by Prostate Cancer

  Lemsip 15 days ago
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Latest blog posts

• Wittering away...

  wittering on

  Clock watching until 3am since 2.10am  then I can take metacloperide and codeine got 10 mins. I have slept well just in batches and awake in  the early hours.  Been browsing t shirts and bras. That's got through to three, relief is...

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

  Post 527: Am I being a wuss or being too slow on the uptake?

  Post 527: Am I being a wuss or being too slow on the uptake? On the day that England score 7 in a nations cup match I can’t put my finger on what to do for my back. The day started ok and with the cat fed and my purple hoodie on for good meas...

  Mr U 18 hours ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 526: Sisters and Bruver visit and we laugh.

  Post 526: Sisters and Bruver visit and we laugh. So the air this morning was filled with spicy bathroom shower smells while I lounged on in bed, awake and happy to be lazy for now. In a while I needed a shower myself but that could wait, I was in th...

  Mr U 1 day ago
• Wittering away...

  wittering away

  One minute 22 seconds is how long the call took, scan shows nothing new, everything remains the same, this is as much as we can hope. Carry on with the Chemo. Such a huge relief. Of course we are happy but mainly relieved and also worn out. It can be...

  Rowan8a3264 1 day ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 525: Vagal nerve is a possible player in my AFib.

  Post 525: Vagal nerve is a possible player in my AFib. I’m getting fed up with the blinkin’ AFib which is happening all too often. The local Hospice will be checking up on me around the 4th/5th October about the steroids they put me on ...

  Mr U 2 days ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Post-Chemo – Watchful Waiting No Man's Lands: Desdemona Is Sleeping – For Now!

  Two weeks since my last consultation and I now have my next consultation booked in for two weeks from now. So, I’m in a ‘no man's land’ between ending chemo and moving onto ‘watchful waiting’. It’s a little fru...

  Desdemona 3 days ago
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  Community News

  Join the Autumn spotting festival 2026

  Today we are launching the 2026 Autumn spotting festival. It is a dedicated space to share seasonal joy. 

  This discussion is a space to connect with others during the cooler and darker evenings through a shared appreciation for seasonal crafts, recipes, and hobbies. You are welcome to share:

  • Craft and creative projects 
  • Self-care tips 
  • Any pictures of the autumn season you may have taken 
  • Hobbies you like to do during the autumn months 
  • Recipes- it is the season for comfort food, after all. 
  • Poems and...

  Megan- Online Community Team 3 days ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 524: It feels like a Friday, midweek.

  Post 524: It feels like a Friday, midweek. White Rabbits. Sometimes a simple suggestion on a day with nothing happening is something that ushers in a pair of smiles that we just can’t shake off. Today is a good day and it’s just started. ...

  Mr U 3 days ago
• Benign Thymoma

  Just been diagnosed with Thymoma

  Hi, i have been diagnosed with Thymoma, possibility type B. I will be having a sternotomy in a few weeks, the cancer is partially encasing the brachiocephalic and cartoid vessels which makes surgery more complex. I'm terrified. Im 42, have teenag...

  Jenz 4 days ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 523: I am a thicko, I forgot my thread.

  Post 523: I am a thicko, I forgot my thread. Yesterday’s blog (title) heading was about a call from a doctor about my written complaint about a blood review results from the previous week in which I was told I was diabetic and I needed statins...

  Mr U 4 days ago