Blogs

Latest blog updates

• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 1 hour ago
• Wittering away...

  Rowan8a3264 3 hours ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  A cautionary tale of personal experience and common misconception

  dolphin99 1 day 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.

  Wayne - Online Community Team 2 days ago
• Slightly Inconvenienced by Prostate Cancer

  Lemsip 5 days ago
• Peter's Blog

  A blog about bowel cancer at a young age

  HawkeyeBrown 6 days ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 7 days ago
• Kidney Not

  Mmum 8 days ago
• Looking after Mr. B

  Miranda t 13 days ago
• One Life Live It

  Sadly not a LandRover road trip, but my journey through breast cancer

  Irishgirl16 14 days ago

Latest blog posts

• Joining the (ovarian) cancer club

  Hit by a train, run over by a bus

  I hadn't felt right physically for around a month. I'm a 58 year old nursery teacher who is always busy outside of work too. I have a fantastic husband and 2 amazing daughters who I am very close to and we spend lots of time together. My elde...

  Ritaginger over 1 year ago
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  Community News

  Hair care, hair loss and styling tips from the Community

  Hair care, hair loss and styling tips from the Community

  Megan- Online Community Team over 1 year ago
• Cervical cancer 2a2 adenocarcinoma im 38

  Intro, smear, colscopy and doagnosis

  Hello my name is Mel, I am 38 years old, single, work in mental health. in oct 2023 I hadnt found my person, i always wanted children and for about 2 years had been working to get a house, stable job and car secretly to try and get ready. In Nov 2023...

  Mcdb over 1 year ago
• Dignity Pants and other misnomers

  To die or to 'assisted' die?

  That is the question or will be this week for our elected representatives. I now fall squarely into the category of people that the proposed legislation is intended to apply to. Two weeks ago my palliative chemotherapy was stopped. The drugs did not ...

  Dignahtee over 1 year ago
• Kidney Not

  Three Years On. 24-Nov-2024

  3 years on and I’m still here!  I have passed the first significant immunotherapy milestone which is 2 years of treatment.  I am no longer on treatment – just watch and wait scans.  My last scan in July 2024 was 23mm. ...

  Mmum over 1 year ago
• Prostate Cancer Recurrence - Triple Therapy

  8 Weeks Post Chemo

  It's now 8 weeks since my last chemo cycle. I saw my consultant last week who officially passed me onto long term HT and Darolutamide treatments with a blood test and initially alternating telephone (with CNS) and face to face (with consultant) revie...

  excavator over 1 year ago
• Adhesions pain post mastectomy

  First holiday since cancer diagnosis

  Last week I went on a Mediterranean  cruise . The dates coincided with a year ago when I had my mastectomy. I wanted to replace a bad memory for November with a good one. I succeeded to a fair extent. I enjoyed cruise life, delicious food, visit...

  Toscana over 1 year ago
• Chrissey

  Shortness of breath after 2 chemos I had after operation for Ovarian cancer

  Has anyone had this, I cannot take more than a few steps without getting out of breath and have to sit down quickly to recover! Its very debilitating!!

  Chrissey over 1 year ago
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  Community News

  The Cancer Experience Forums – finding peer support to match your situation

  The Online Community’s public cancer forums are organised around two main sections: the ‘Cancer Types’ section, and the ‘Cancer Experiences’ section. The ‘Cancer Types’ section hosts all of our groups relating to different cancer diagnoses. But what about the ‘Cancer Experiences’ section? Read on to find out!

  Matthew - Online Community Team over 1 year ago
• Life's adventures

  Results!

  Follow up appointment with the oncologist today. Great news. The tumour and lymph nodes have been shrunk by 50%. The MDT told Rod this is the best outcome they could hope for at this stage. He thought he was getting a whole cycle off but, because his...

  LozzaT over 1 year ago