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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 8 hours ago
  • Multiple Myeloma
    Tess123 5 days ago
  • Living with Desdemona
    Desdemona 5 days ago
  • WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b HD
    W J 7 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.
    Megan- Online Community Team 8 days ago
  • Mumofcancer
    Mumofcancer 11 days ago
  • One Step At A Time
    Phild26 13 days ago
  • Cycle 19 and not working anymore
    Emotions 13 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 14 days ago
  • Pete's cancer blog
    Peterb 20 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • Community News
    Celebrating Eid while living with cancer

    Eid is a special time for many people. It can be full of family, good food, prayer, and celebration. But if you are living with cancer, Eid might feel different this year. 

    You may feel more tired. You might not feel well enough to join in as much as you would like. Or you may feel sad that things are not the same. 

    If this sounds like you, you are not alone. The Macmillan Online Community is here to support you. 

    Why Eid can feel different 

    Cancer can change your routine, whether that is due to having treatment...

    Emma - Online Community Team 3 months ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 401: Putting something off is not going to stop it from happening.
    Post 401: Putting Something Off Is Not Going to Stop It from Happening It’s the Sunday after the 400th post and, as per usual, something happens to hurt me right down to my toes. And I’ve been putting it off for nearly four years. The m...
    Mr U 3 months ago
  • Hubbys cancer
    Terminal lung cancer patients
    Im looking for people going down same journey as my husband .hes 72 and was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer on 27th nov 2025. And is currently getting immunotheraphy treatment.had his 3rd one on 11th may 2026. He cant get chemo as they said tumor...
    Hovis1957 3 months ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 400: Da-dada-da-da Da-da.
    Post 400: Da-dada-da-da Da-da Four hundred posts. Wow! I just can’t believe it. I started this blog as somewhere to get rid of my worst thoughts of either pain or depression during the approach to the chemotherapy (Carboplatin). I was pro...
    Mr U 3 months ago
  • The Vanquishing of The Insidious Octopus Gunther
    Introducing The Insidious Octopus Gunther
    The first thing I thought, sitting 32 weeks pregnant in the hospital, when I saw the ultrasound of my newly discovered breast cancer tumour with its central mass and invading tendrils was “That looks like an octopus”. Thinking how I was o...
    Nitch 3 months ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 399: Second Doctor’s Appointment This Week — Surely Lightning Doesn’t Strike Twice
    Post 399: Second Doctor’s Appointment This Week — Surely Lightning Doesn’t Strike Twice Today is just another Friday which starts with a kiss and ends with a beer, but has an altogether better feel than terrible Tuesday I get read...
    Mr U 3 months ago
  • Living with Desdemona
    Chemo Impact, Week One: Dancing with Desdemona
    Day 1: 24 hours after the treatment and physically, I’m feeling much the same as immediately before the treatment; I am surmising that this is down to the ‘Dexa’ steroids I had in advance. So, I have taken advantage of this and just...
    Desdemona 3 months ago
  • One Step At A Time
    An Update — This Week
    Immunotherapy is confirmed for Tuesday. That’s about as quickly as they could have started it given everything that’s happened over the last few weeks — the Gamma Knife, the seizure, the steroid reduction — and the fact that i...
    Phild26 3 months ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 398: Another Gulp of Oramorph Spells Danger.
    Post 398: Another Gulp of Oramorph Spells Danger  ️ I got up for the hungry horror downstairs — no, not my Darling, silly. Mr Vicious. I’m trying to teach an old cat new tricks. It’s only the “away” command to kee...
    Mr U 3 months ago
  • Active surveillance a journey to where…
    The hardest week
    I thought this update would be about settling into active surveillance gaining confidence in my decision and getting on with life. That was the plan. Instead, everything changed in a way I can't see a way past. Three weeks ago, my wife died very ...
    JohnPM 3 months ago
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