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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. 

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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.
    Megan- Online Community Team 17 hours ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
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  • One Step At A Time
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  • Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica
    Beesuit 6 days ago
  • A trip with triple negative breast cancer
    Coddfish 6 days ago
  • Slightly Inconvenienced by Prostate Cancer
    Lemsip 10 days ago
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    Eunice77 12 days ago
  • Living with Desdemona
    Desdemona 12 days ago
  • Prostate Cancer Recurrence - Triple Therapy
    excavator 15 days ago
  • WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted
    W J 15 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • WHEN I'M 64...
    GOOD NEWS!

    As some of you know, added to the worry of my bladder cancer were a couple of strange looking moles on my partner's leg. I'm glad to say that he's seen the doctor who said that they are not cancer. He has to go back in a couple of weeks to make sure but she's pretty sure that it's not. Phew!  

    I have my two appointments tomorrow afternoon, first with the surgeon, second with the radiologist. I'm nervous now it's here. I will have chemotherapy if they recommend it having spoken...

    Former Member over 9 years ago
  • Suspected Breast Cancer
    And the panic ascends!

    Just

    JoDec over 9 years ago
  • Small cell cervical cancer
    Small cell cervical cancer

    my wife was diagnosed with small cell cervical cancer back in November. And recently she has been in a lot of pain so we have been back to the hospital for more scans to find it has spread to her lungs liver and lymph nodes and her abdomen and possiblely her brain but we don't have the results back yet. At only 34 years old with 2 children this has come has a massive shock to all the family. My question to you all is there anyone else out there that has had this type of cancer?? 

    Thanks 

    ...
    Former Member over 9 years ago
  • My eyelid skin cancer journey.
    Dealing with my emotions.

    My emotions

    When I had the prospect of my full excision biopsy, the results and then the diagnosis hanging over my head, I was feeling emotionally fragile. The whole process from when I went to the optician has been going on for about three months. After the diagnosis I felt a knot in my stomach for two days. I would wake up and think, "Oh oh, I've got cancer". I felt that I wasn't relating to people as 'normal' me. I'm also very good at ruminating over the same worries again and again until...

    Former Member over 9 years ago
  • Prostate cancer
    Prostate cancer

    HI,

    I'm 58, diagnosed with T2c poss T3a back in Apr this year, MDT are airing on the worst case, Gleason 4+3, I was given 3 choices of treatment Open, Robotic or RT. 

    I have got it down to Robotic or RT, I am already on HT, been on it for about 3-4 weeks.

    Just asking has anyone had surgery only and been successful or likewise with RT.  It appears that most of the bloggs I have read, once you have had radical prosectomy it is likely that you will have to have salvage RT?. 


    Many...

    Former Member over 9 years ago
  • WHEN I'M 64...
    A WINDY TIME

    My new diet of more proteins, fats and vegetables with less carbohydrates and sugars is going really well. I feel a lot more energetic. Unfortunately I have the most enormous amount of wind. I'm thinking of storing it and using it to power my apartment.

    Former Member over 9 years ago
  • The Singing Biker
    Facial changes and worries about bone loss

    So far, I've mainly blogged about singing and biking. This time, it's about the cancer situation. I have some palliative surgery soon, and I figured it might be good to record how things go.

    I have cancer in my sinuses and behind my left eye. Since the cancer returned in 2015, the eye has gradually been pushed forward, losing its mobility. Because of increasing double vision problems caused by the eye's limited movement, since January 2017 I've resorted to covering it, either by a pirate...

    Former Member over 9 years ago
  • My eyelid skin cancer journey.
    Appointment to discuss operations with specialist nurse.

    This appointment to talk about my diagnosis and planned operations with the Specialist Nurse was made for me when I asked to see my consultant, (who despite presumably being the one who is deciding on what treatment I need, has never seen me), before the day of the first surgery. I thought the appointment was to see him until the appointment details came through in writing.

    I then managed to book a consultation with my fully booked consultant by telling his NHS Personal Assistant (PA) I was...

    Former Member over 9 years ago
  • breast cancer and me
    1st post

    I have come to the site, like many others I am sure, looking for information that might help me to understand what I should expect. I kind of have a diagnosis, its definantly cancer from the biopsys, its hormone responsive and HER2+, ive had a ct scan last sunday but still dont have the results of that. I was expecting bad news from the biopsies and am prepared to fight. I am trying to stay positive, to be really strong and just get on with what needs to be done, but as you all know, it is hard....

    Former Member over 9 years ago
  • A Diary Of A Mesowarrior Living With Mesothelioma —
    Lets talk about Trials
    A Diary Of A Mesowarrior Living With #Mesothelioma #Asbestos – Lets talk about Trials by Mavis Nye

    teleconference

    I’m really getting involved in the modern world of conferences. It was the first CONFIRM TMG the trial I have been involved in all year. You phone in and use a PIN Number and there you are in a conference. amazing. it is difficult to break in with comments and you feel you are over riding others. It is so different to being in the same room you can then judge when to cut in, but on the whole...
    locovan over 9 years ago
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