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

  Mr U 4 hours ago
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• 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.

  Lizzie - Online Community Team 4 days ago
• Multiple Myeloma

  Tess123 9 days ago
• Mumofcancer

  Mumofcancer 16 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 18 days ago
• Cycle 19 and not working anymore

  Emotions 18 days ago
• Warm your teaspoon

  Mrs of husband with bowel cancer - T3 N1 - chemo to be followed by radio then anterior bowel - depending what they find. Oxaliplatin and Capecitabine being the prescribed drugs. `

  Sierraoscar 19 days ago
• Pete's cancer blog

  Peterb 24 days ago

Latest blog posts

• Welcome home

  Update after 10 cycles of Folfiri for metastatic bowel cancer (on liver)

  It's been a while since my last post. During that time we've settled into our new home and new hospital. We are now just 10 minutes from the general hospital which is a great relief in case of emergencies. (We had the dreaded HEAT scare a cou...

  Lizig 9 months ago
• Distracting myself, hopefully!

  Kindle books

  One of the most important preparations for my forthcoming treatment is filling up my Kindle with plenty of books to read.  Reading was the main thing that kept me sane during my first cancer journey in 2013.  I read over 100 books that year...

  Margaret853 9 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 203: All good things come to an end.

  Post 203: All good things come to an end. With the key in the door and the meows at my feet from Mr Vicious — who sounded very hungry — I stepped into our home after a mini break away from the trauma and administration of life as a patie...

  Mr U 9 months ago
• Distracting myself, hopefully!

  Feeding tube news.

  I have now heard that the operation to put my feeding tube in will be on Monday 24th Nov.  Back in 2013 I had the PEG feeding tube.  This time I am having a RIG.  Sounds very similar, main difference is that the insertion procedur...

  Margaret853 9 months ago
• Distracting myself, hopefully!

  Busy phone day

  Today was the first day this week when neither of us had phone or hospital appointments booked.  So we decided to make the most of it.  H went out to catch up with friends at a social group this morning.  Actually it used to be my week...

  Margaret853 10 months ago
• (Cancer) Garden journey day by day

  Counting, counting

  When I started this blog, the theme has been counting: counting down the days and chemo cycles, all mirrored by what is going on in the garden. It's been a while since I last posted, as this time, I've been captivated by the falling leaves, w...

  WalkerGirl 10 months ago
• Distracting myself, hopefully!

  Early start today

  We went to bed at 9.30pm last night in readiness for an early start this morning.  We left at 7.15am to get to the hospital for H's pre op assessment appointment at 8.30am.  It's only 20 miles away but we don't have an...

  Margaret853 10 months ago
• What the UTUC!

  TikTok versus K-Drama

  I am excited and grateful!  A few people have been reading my blog, and I only started posting a week ago!  And a couple of you have actually left comments too! I might even get a few followers, like my wife has on TikTok!!!! Now my wife is...

  Toulouse4ff1cd 10 months ago
• What the UTUC!

  My wife, my brother and a doctor walked into a bar..........

  Ah!  The good old three people walked into a bar joke....... So before you consider me frivolous, or inconsiderate, on starting with a joke line on a cancer blog, let me elaborate. When delivering a joke, there are key fundamentals to communicat...

  Toulouse4ff1cd 10 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 201: Green Leaves.

  Post 201: Green Leaves. Autumn sadness fills the air Showers of rain with deep despair Fallen leaves are orange and gold Reminding me I’m getting old On days like this I stop and think Of winters left time gone too quick With words unsaid the ...

  Mr U 10 months ago