Macmillan's Cancer Information Blog

  • National Best Friends Day - 10 top tips for supporting a friend with cancer

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    Happy National Best Friends Day, which is celebrated on the 8th June every year. In this blog, Content Developer Azmina gives 10 top tips for supporting a friend with cancer.

    National Best Friends Day is an annual celebration of how friendships enrich our lives. Many of us have a special person that we call our ‘best friend’. They are always there to support us and share both our laughter and our tears.

    Today…

  • Meet the nurse – Working with Macmillan’s Information Development team

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    To mark International Nurses’ Day, we thought we’d introduce you to one of the nurses working in our team. Happy nurses’ day, Hilary!

    'Thanks very much. And happy birthday Florence Nightingale.'

    So what do you do in Macmillan?
    'Well, I work in the team that produces Macmillan’s cancer information. That’s the information written for people who are affected by cancer in some way. It covers different…

  • European Day of Languages and showcasing our multi-language information

    Today is European Day of Languages - a day designed to showcase the richness of the many different languages across Europe. It is also an opportunity to honour and promote multilingualism and language learning.
  • Anger Awareness Week - Dealing with anger

    This week is Anger Awareness Week. Anger is one of the emotions you might feel when you have cancer and this is totally natural. In this blog, content channel editor Tania suggests a few ways to help you cope with any anger you may have. She also gives tips on how to respond if people around you are angry or frustrated.

    We all feel angry from time to time. It’s a natural human response which sometimes hides other feelings…

  • Anger Awareness Week 2017

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    This week is Anger Awareness Week, and our editorial assistant Amy-Louise has been speaking to some of our volunteer reviewers about the anger they have experienced as a result of being affected by cancer. In this blog, we also talk about coping with anger and how you could help a loved one with their anger.

    Our reviewer Joyce spoke about how she felt angry after her treatment for mouth cancer, having been left unable…