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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
    6 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

  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Mr U 50 minutes ago
  • WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted
    W J 12 hours ago
  • Cool Cap Relief
    TerryB 1 day ago
  • Living with Desdemona
    Desdemona 2 days ago
  • Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica
    Beesuit 3 days ago
  • One Step At A Time
    Phild26 3 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.
    Dylan - Online Community Team 5 days ago
  • Multiple Myeloma
    Tess123 15 days ago
  • Mumofcancer
    Mumofcancer 22 days ago
  • Cycle 19 and not working anymore
    Emotions 24 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 156: Alternative reality causes confusion.
    Post 156: Alternative reality causes confusion. Waking up in the darkness with a warm hand on my lower back suggests my Darling is already aware of my pains — so why am I so pained and confused? ——— After a decent day where...
    Mr U 11 months ago
  • Distracting myself, hopefully!
    Great centimorgan news!
    I was feeling very down in the dumps yesterday evening.  It's been a emotional time lately.  I was a teenager in the 70s. If you'd asked me then to name my favourite actor I would have instantly replied Robert Redford.  Ph...
    Margaret853 11 months ago
  • Distracting myself, hopefully!
    Busy with the shredder
    I don't think I'm going to have time for very much blogging over the next few days.  Unanticipated problems have arisen which can be easily resolved by acquiring the following items.  If I get round to it one day...
    Margaret853 11 months ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 155: If I’m not feeling myself, who am I feeling?
    Post 155: If I’m not feeling myself, who am I feeling? The cuts and bruises are healing up fast from the feline attack, but the mental scars will be there for a long time to come. ——— This tangled web we weave has left me u...
    Mr U 11 months ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 154: One small thing can send me into orbit.
    Post 154: One small thing can send me into orbit. But first… I was thinking about leaving (not that leaving—the big leave), and I sketched out a line or two — because I could: I want you knowing I still do care Even when I’...
    Mr U 11 months ago
  • Distracting myself, hopefully!
    It's one of those nights...
    It was going so well yesterday.  Spend a lovely afternoon on the sofa with H watching crime dramas. We got engrossed in a 2 hour programme with a very complicated plot that needed a lot of concentration.  We both remarked afterwards th...
    Margaret853 11 months ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 153: Warm welcomes and angry goodbyes.
    Post 153: Warm welcomes and angry goodbyes. The Autumn weather subdued the mood but Kevin got his blessings, after all. ——— Ending the day with a visit from our mates, who drove through the wind and rain to have a chat with us, w...
    Mr U 11 months ago
  • 2025 Not a good year so far
    9. Third week of treatment
    The weekend went ok but on Sunday morning my throat was hurting a little more than it was last week when I swallow… is this the sign of things to come? Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th August Radiotherapy session all went ok, the mask is still a li...
    NorfolkBor 11 months ago
  • Distracting myself, hopefully!
    Getting organised. Day One.
    Gosh, I can't believe how my life has changed in a week.  This time last Sunday H was frantically packing for our trip to A&E.  Fortunately I had compiled bag content lists from 2013 and knew exactly which filing cabinet they were i...
    Margaret853 11 months ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 152: After the Lord Mayor’s Show…
    Post 152: After the Lord Mayor’s Show… Life’s rollercoaster. Up and down I go with unerring frequency — and right now, it’s not an easy thing to cope with. ——— I looked out of the bathroom window to...
    Mr U 11 months ago
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