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Blogging can be a great way to journal your experiences and share with others. Why not create your own cancer journey blog, or have a read of other blogs created by our members?

Unsure how to get started? Take a look at our help pages on blogs. 

Macmillan Information Blogs
  • Random act of kindness
    Random act of kindness
    7 months ago
  • The Changing Faces of Cancer- Scalp cooling, Hair loss and Regrowth.
    The Changing Faces of Cancer- Scalp cooling, Hair loss and Regrowth.
    over 2 years ago
  • If I could go back to the day of my cancer diagnosis
    If I could go back to the day of my cancer diagnosis
    over 2 years ago

Latest blog updates

  • Megan's Macmillan blog example
    Moderator - Macmillan Community 2 hours ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Mr U 17 hours ago
  • Slightly Inconvenienced by Prostate Cancer
    Lemsip 3 days ago
  • Eunice77
    Eunice77 4 days ago
  • Living with Desdemona
    Desdemona 5 days ago
  • Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica
    Beesuit 7 days ago
  • Prostate Cancer Recurrence - Triple Therapy
    excavator 8 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.
    Emma - Online Community Team 8 days ago
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    W J 8 days ago
  • Cool Cap Relief
    TerryB 11 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • Community News
    Cancer & me 35 years on - Metastases and radiotherapy

    cancer & me 35 years on written over a sketch of a nurse sitting on a patient's bed while the patient is lying down. There are flowers on the bedside table.
                                               Sketch, and all other artwork, by Willo

    Today we are back with the next instalment of Willo’s blog, ‘Cancer & me 35 years on’.  Willo was diagnosed with Anal cancer in 1986 while living in Zambia. In this blog series Willo has been sharing her experience of living through and beyond cancer. Alongside sharing everything she has been through, Willo has also been sharing the amazing artwork she created during this time in her life.

    From talking about how she...

    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • One Life Live It
    Seroma = Delay
    I have developed a seroma, which for the uneducated out there (like me last week) is a fluid build up around the wound, so basically a large swelling, which is tender and uncomfortable and explains why I am only able to sleep on my back right now. Ap...
    Irishgirl16 over 5 years ago
  • One Life Live It
    The cancer has gone…..what's next?
    Having met with both my breast surgeon and oncologist this week, I now have a good (ish) understanding of what's going on. First up, there were no active cancer cells in my breast by the time I had surgery, all that was left was scar tissue. Even...
    Irishgirl16 over 5 years ago
  • Community News
    Head and neck cancer - when food is fuel

    A photo of a pathway leading into a tunnel formed by overhanging trees

    We know that receiving a cancer diagnosis can be scary, especially when you don’t know what to expect.

    Members in the Community have been there. They can help you to face those worries. Through shared experiences, they can help you face the unknown and make you feel much less alone. 

    In this Community New Blog, we’re highlighting the head and neck cancer group and some of the issues members face through treatment and beyond. We’ll be focusing on eating problems, maintaining weight through treatment...

    Steph - Online Community Team over 5 years ago
  • Not this time!
    #11 My Support Team
    OK, so the cancer is in your body, but you do not need to go through this on your own. It is lonely at times, and you will think that no-one else in the world understands, but many do. Even if they don’t you will need some people, some will be ...
    Ronnie95 over 5 years ago
  • Mark Garside
    My oesophageal cancer journey
    I hate that 'journey' term, but here goes. I'm four years post Ivor Lewis op. But I want to talk about my cancer so I can to talk others about their oesophageal cancer. This is some stuff I wrote this evening. It's a personal not...
    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • One Life Live It
    Results!
    I know the MDT meeting was Thursday lunchtime and a strong chance they would be discussing my results.  My impatience kicked in at 4pm when I sent a polite enquiring text to the oncologist.  She rang almost immediately, promising a proper a...
    Irishgirl16 over 5 years ago
  • Cancer just messed with the wrong boobs!
    The waiting continues.....
    I'm now nearly 3 weeks post op (on Monday) and it's flown by. My armpit feels sticky and clammy which I presume is the lack of lymph nodes and I'm still wearing my bra at night. It just doesn't feel comfortable if I go bra less. My bo...
    Jacala over 5 years ago
  • It's Gone Tits Up
    You've got wires, coming out of your skin
    This week has been intense but productive. I’ve had MRI and ultrasound scans and two appointments with my oncologist. Firstly, all is good on the scans. No other lumps on my right side and the cancer on my left side is breaking up but not sprea...
    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • It's Gone Tits Up
    Baby I've got ya money
    There's not much information out there on what help us cancer troopers can get when we make the decision to still work and fight for our lives. I’ve never claimed a benefit in my life so had a little look around all the cancer websites and foru...
    Former Member over 5 years ago
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