In this blog, Content Developer Azmina explains why gardening is a great way to keep active when you have cancer. She also gives 10 top tips for National Gardening Week.
What is the aim of National Gardening Week?
National Gardening Week takes place from 29 April to 6 May 2019. The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) organises this annual celebration of gardening. It suggests lots of imaginative project ideas, from planting…
Have you been meaning to give up smoking but just can’t seem to make that cigarette your last one? Or perhaps you’ve tried to quit but have found it too difficult and have started smoking again. Macmillan have developed a new booklet about Giving up smoking and it’s full of handy tips and advice to help you stub cigarettes out for good. You can order a copy now.
Living with cancer…
We know that coronavirus (COVID-19) is still affecting everyone’s life dramatically. But for people with cancer and their friends and families, the pandemic may create even more concerns. This blog is part of a short series about cancer and the coronavirus from Macmillan’s Cancer Information Development Team. This blog is about cancer treatment and coronavirus.
Many people with cancer are anxious about the…
Last Saturday 12th October was World Hospice and Palliative Care Day - a chance to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world.
Our information development nurse, Rebecca, has written this blog using her own experiences working as a palliative care nurse to help answer some common questions about what palliative care is.
When I worked as a palliative care nurse, it was a privilege to be able to…
October is breast cancer awareness month, and today we have a guest blog from Jazz. She shares her experience of breast cancer, from diagnosis through to her incredible fundraising efforts after treatment.
"I'd love to do a blog" I said, and I would!
"I've got so much to say" I said, and I have!
"Go on then Jazz, you've got 500 words!"
Aha, ho hum, hmm… I'll begin at the beginning…
