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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 3 hours 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 17 hours ago
  • WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted
    W J 1 day ago
  • Living with Desdemona
    Desdemona 4 days ago
  • Multiple Myeloma
    Tess123 10 days ago
  • Mumofcancer
    Mumofcancer 17 days ago
  • One Step At A Time
    Phild26 19 days ago
  • Cycle 19 and not working anymore
    Emotions 19 days ago
  • Warm your teaspoon
    Mrs of husband with bowel cancer - T3 N1 - chemo to be followed by radio then anterior bowel - depending what they find. Oxaliplatin and Capecitabine being the prescribed drugs. `
    Sierraoscar 20 days ago
  • Pete's cancer blog
    Peterb 25 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • Travel insurance while under Immunotherapy
    Stage 4 Lung cancer responded very well to Chemo and Immunotherapy - need insurance to travel to Goa, can anyone help?
    Hello,  My husband was diagnosed with Stage 4 small cell lung cancer 24 months ago, he is still fit and well, and working full time, after responding very well to treatment, which continues on a monthly basis.  His consultants are happy for...
    Former Member over 3 years ago
  • One Life Live It
    The ongoing Hair Saga
    I've said it before, but I will say it again. No one talks about hair regrowth and quite honestly, for me it's an ongoing reminder, well as much of a reminder as the daily tablets, 6 monthly Zometa and annual check ups, but anyway….bac...
    Irishgirl16 over 3 years ago
  • My colorectal cancer journey
    My story so far
     After 15 years of living in New Zealand, my husband and 3 children decided to move back to Europe and on May13 2019, as all our belonging were loading on a shipping container and our house being sold, I whizzed to a quick PG appointment to...
    Cecile over 3 years ago
  • October 13th 2022
    Limbo
    Hospital rang biopsy results in and made a appointment for the 17th! Hubby didn’t ask any questions just agreed he hasn’t been able to eat anything, when he gets something in most of it comes back up as a result has lost 4kg since the 13t...
    Confused2022 over 3 years ago
  • My husbands story as seen by me
    The beginning. Part one
    This awful journey began back in March 2022. We were out for a curry with Alex’s friend for life Jim. Jim has just found himself a steady girlfriend. Bearing in mind we are all in our sixties, I was over the moon about this. We had met Tina a f...
    Former Member over 3 years ago
  • A trip with triple negative breast cancer
    MRI Scan
    The third scan of the trio was the liver MRI. Actually 3 different types of scan, but all in the MRI scanner. This was possibly the one I had been most worried about based on other people’s experiences. I shouldn’t have worried, it was pe...
    Coddfish over 3 years ago
  • Community News
    On the road to recovery

    Like many roads and paths in life, being on the road to recovery after cancer treatment isn’t always straight forward. Every path is different and everyone’s road to recovery has challenges. One thing that lots of people find in common is the comfort found from connecting with others in similar situations here on the Online Community.

    The Community is a place to share personal experiences and to help each other through the difficult moments. Hopefully reading the following experience...

    Megan- Online Community Team over 3 years ago
  • Community News
    Lung Cancer Awareness Month - support and kindness shared in the lung cancer forum

    November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. In this Community News Blog we will be catching up with the lung cancer forum on the Community. 

    The lung cancer forum, which you can find here is a friendly online support group for anyone with lung cancer, or for anyone supporting a loved one with lung cancer.

    It’s a place where you can share your thoughts, worries and anything else you might be going through with people who have been there themselves.

    Read the blog to find out what support has been...

    Steph - Online Community Team over 3 years ago
  • Community News
    What do you need from the Online Community?
    Let us know what you think about the Online Community in our survey.
    Eliza -Online Community Team over 3 years ago
  • A trip with triple negative breast cancer
    Radiotherapy Planning
    Last night we had a big storm. I live on the South coast in a small city, and our large hospital is about 5 miles away by car, about half by motorway.  I left home shortly after 8am for a 9am appointment, conscious it was rush hour. It didn&rsqu...
    Coddfish over 3 years ago
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