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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 posts

  • Community News
    Feeling the heat? Here are some tips to help you stay cool

      

    This week, parts of the UK will reach record-breaking temperatures. It's nice to be able to enjoy the summer weather, but wherever you are and whatever your plans are, we hope you manage to stay cool and be safe in the sunshine.

    This blog can be used as a useful resource if you're looking for some guidance on keeping cool in the heat. If you have any tips that you'd like to share, there's a comment box at the bottom of the page. Click here to add your comment.

    The heat may affect...

    Megan- Online Community Team 2 months ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 430: Day 3 of Magic Pills Makes Me Smile.
    Post 430: Day 3 of Magic Pills Makes Me Smile. Although there is a heap of things in the background of my life that are not managed, or to put it another way, there’s so much on the back burner that I’ve missed the tipping point and need...
    Mr U 2 months ago
  • Speaking to an empty room
    Oncology...
    Had the first oncology appointment today basically told the cancer was stage four ,three lymph nodes involved,not primary and containers squamous cells.... Long rotton story short,radiotherapy will be shit,lots of awfull side effects and no guarante...
    RedTree26 2 months ago
  • Community News
    Share your summer

    There are lots of conversations about cancer in the forums, but sometimes you may feel the need for some light relief from talking about appointments, treatment and the emotional effects of cancer. Signs of summer are around us at the moment, and we have created a space for you to share your summer activities and plans. 

    We have set up the Share your summer discussion thread in the Express Yourself forum. This discussion thread is similar to the ‘Bring your Spring’ space, but with a summer...

    Megan- Online Community Team 2 months ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 429: Sons for Sunday — What a Lovely Day
    Post 429: Sons for Sunday — What a Lovely Day It seems the crutch I’ve relied on so much, the MacMillan Prostate Cancer Forum, which helped me understand better all the responsibilities I had to myself and others, and was a place where I...
    Mr U 2 months ago
  • Speaking to an empty room
    Oh FFS !!!!!
    You couldn't make it up Dad decided hed cut the garden hedge....why FFS...normally hed do it ,but he's got cancer,he ain't himself after the surgery and plus he's not sleeping and even before the cancer his heart af made him knackered...
    RedTree26 2 months ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 428: Steroid Start Simply Stunning.
    Post 428: Steroid Start Simply Stunning. Within two hours of taking three little pills first thing this morning I had a response I could only dream about. The walking stick was forgotten in place of a normal amount of energy and strength that went ...
    Mr U 2 months ago
  • One Step At A Time
    Chapter 19 — Ten Quiet Days
    It's been ten days since I last wrote one of these. Ten days is a long gap by my standards over the last few months, and I think that gap actually tells its own story. When there's less to write about, less drama to process, that's usually a sign thi...
    Phild26 2 months ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 427: A Visit from a Taxi Friend Made a Perfect Start to the Day?
    Post 427: A Visit from a Taxi Friend Made a Perfect Start to the Day? Hello my friends, I’m a bit late but this is mainly today about lovely friends. I hope you know a few friends like my Darling and me. I had a WhatsApp message: &ldquo...
    Mr U 2 months ago
  • WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b HD
    Bloods
    I am still on my gap because of my bloods were low. I’ve been very tired, a bit more than usual. My iron and other levels were under the cusps.  This time I gave blood for the general and extra to check everything. They’ve told me fr...
    W J 2 months ago
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