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  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.

  Dylan - Online Community Team 13 hours ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 23 hours ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted

  W J 1 day ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 4 days ago
• Multiple Myeloma

  Tess123 10 days ago
• Mumofcancer

  Mumofcancer 17 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 18 days ago
• Cycle 19 and not working anymore

  Emotions 19 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 20 days ago
• Pete's cancer blog

  Peterb 25 days ago

Latest blog posts

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

  Post 43: Don’t Panic Yet.

  Post 43: Don’t Panic Yet. BP: Perfect PSA: 305 (up from 133) Other things: Great day, in the end Taken on its own, one fact might not be the horror it seems. I’m a numbers guy. Not like my eldest son—who was the first in o...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• The Waiting Room

  The Waiting Room - by Aaron Watson

  The Waiting Room Repeating words to myself Posters on the wall “You aren’t alone.” “We are here to help.” The dizzying silence, assaulted by the undercurrent of worried whispers The realisation: We are all on borrowed t...

  Cazza1978 over 1 year ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 42: More and More Hiccups.

  Post 42: More and More Hiccups. Being accused of lying about one’s health is a bit of a shock—even if it’s really just being economical with the truth. Trying to be polite when relaying serious health updates to loved ones, while...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• non invasive ductal carcinoma

  Hi Everyone

  I am not sure what to write here. I have never created a blog post before and I am not sure what I am doing.  I have recently been diagnosed with what I am told is referred to stage "0" breast cancer. I know I am lucky that it has been...

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

  Post 41: A mental analgesic.

  Post 41: A mental analgesic. Temp: Perfect  Other items: Admin for her and me. It’s complicated lying in bed with a hundred things on my mind. My Darling is dozing beside me, and I couldn’t be happier that she had the weekend off...

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

  Post 40: Dad is so Embarrassing!

  Post 40: Dad is so Embarrassing! Weight: one pound lighter. BP: perfect. Anything else: Elusive answers frustrate me. When I awake at four in the morning, the first thing I reach for is my phone and glasses to check the time—and then swipe...

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

  Post 38: Its a Lovely Day, Nearly.

  Post 38: Its a Lovely Day, Nearly. Things That Matter: • It’s the weekend soon. • Positivity. Facing facts is right and necessary. Positivity can’t change the facts — but it does shape how we live with them. The truth...

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

  Post 39: Convalescing.

  Post 39: Convalescing. Losing last night’s sleep wasn’t the horror it could have been. Although today will obviously be very short—due especially to waking up to a small but perfectly formed porridge brought to me around mid-after...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• What the ecky fump?

  So... Scheduling chemo & chauffeurs & babysitter

  Jeez, what a palaver. Because I live a simple sounding journey away from the hospital BUT several hours on various public transport ways and have mobility issues I need to be picked up from chemo. I'm fine getting there, it's the after they (...

  JH70 over 1 year ago
• Weaving stories

  Weaving stories - moments of calming creativity

  I recently participated in a well-being enhancement creative workshop, entitled 'Weaving stories'. We were encouraged to explore the simple art of weaving with mixed yarns and found materials, perhaps with a story in mind. I found myself weav...

  Ilexmaria over 1 year ago