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

  Mr U 3 hours 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.

  Dylan - Online Community Team 18 hours ago
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  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 19 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

• Joining the (ovarian) cancer club

  Ovarian cancer pain

  Hellloo. I have just been diagnosed with ovarian cancer, 3c. I started my chemo on Friday. I have severe pain in my lower abdomen which is how I was diagnosed. Since the chemo the pain seems to be worse. Has anyone else experienced this? I am trying ...

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

  Post 7: Clogged pipes.

  Post 7: Clogged pipes. Vital statistics: Temp: normal  BP: 120/75/56  Weight: stable  Hair: still there  Anything else? Slight sniffles Breakfast arrived while I was still in bed at 9:00am, delivered with My Darling’s ...

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

  Post 6: First Day Nerves.

  Post 6: First Day Nerves. I wake at 5:23 a.m. with My Darling’s worried little hand reaching over to my forehead, checking I’m still there—still alive. Immediately, I become aware of my whole body and, lying beside her, I silently...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
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  Community News

  Meet Kirsty, diagnosed with breast cancer in 2024 alongside an existing health condition

  May we introduce you to Kirsty, who is here to share her story about coping with a breast cancer diagnosis alongside other long-term health issues. Kirsty described living under the shadow of acute Ulcerative Colitis for 21 years before finding a lump in her breast last April. In Kirsty's story, she describes with candid honesty and humour how she dealt with tests for cancer whilst managing relationships with her loved ones. In this first of two blogs telling Kirsty's story, you will hear Kirsty's experience as she told it to us.

  Steph - Online Community Team over 1 year ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 5: Five hours of fun.

  Post 5: Five hours of fun. It’s the day My Darling has been dreading, she’s up at a quarter before eight to make me a light porridge breakfast. I guess it’ll be a while till we get home from the the first infusion, which sounds mor...

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

  Post 4: Tea cups and Tricycles.

  Post 4: Tea cups and Tricycles. Chemo minus one day. I’m fine. My darling looks fine on the outside—but unset jelly on the inside. The family came to visit yesterday. All nine of them: brother and wife and kids, sister and hubby, our yo...

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

  Post 3: Beep! Beep! Beep!

  Post 3: Beep! Beep! Beep! I know I’m not an early riser. The 10:30 pill call is all I live for—not! But it’s all I have, so I’d better get up and face the realities of our cruel world. I cast my mind’s eye across my la...

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

  Post 2: Three Days to Chemo.

  Post 2: Three Days to Chemo. Only three days remain. I’m lying here like a fish in a bucket, waiting for processing. I’m in bed actually, lying in is warmth, but not as warm as when my darling’s here beside me. That could change i...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• Trev

  Lost and don't know what to do or who to talk to

  I had an MRI scan in October 2024, 6 weeks ago I eventually got an appointment to see a consultant, It all happened so quick and I had no time to take it in or to ask any questions, I was told that I had prostate cancer and that no treatment was avai...

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

  Post 1: Four days till chemo (11/4/25).

  Post 1: Four days till chemo (11/4/25). To Hop-on or hop-off is the question? Four days to go. Am I bovered? Damn right I am. My wife of 34 years (and 10 months), and our cat Stormy (who I’d gladly divorce), are currently unaware of this blo...

  Mr U over 1 year ago