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Blogs

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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 9 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 23 hours ago
  • WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted
    W J 2 days ago
  • Living with Desdemona
    Desdemona 5 days ago
  • Multiple Myeloma
    Tess123 11 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 26 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • Community News
    Changing Seasons - Online Community cancer support in 2022.

    Summer is often thought of as a time associated with holidays and celebration, Autumn can be more of a time of reflection and transition.

    As the cold weather closes in and we all face the dreaded prospect of turning the heating on (given the current cost of living crisis), we’re wondering how you’re all feeling? Are you ready to start reflecting on 2022 yet? Or is it too early for all that?

    In today’s Community News Blog we’re rounding up this year’s blogs so far, sharing highlights...

    Tom C - Online Community team over 3 years ago
  • Second Life
    Vampire
    Here is the last image in the Second Life series of photographs. Whilst having a blood transfusion, I imagined that I was vampire to make the process more bearable. I wonder if anyone else has had imaginative ways of dealing with their trea...
    Former Member over 3 years ago
  • Community News
    Breaking down the barriers and blushes

    Last week we published the ‘why do I feel so guilty?’ blog exploring why we may feel guilty when living with, or being affected by cancer. Today we are talking about embarrassment because it’s often a feeling many people experience when it comes to talking about your body.

    On the Online Community, we often see members posting about how embarrassed they feel to talk about parts of their body with friends, family and medical professionals. Embarrassment shouldn’t hold you back from...

    Megan- Online Community Team over 3 years ago
  • Surely it got the wrong person?
    A break from treatment
    Hello again, After the 12 chemo sessions (I was fortunate, hardly any side effects)  the cold cap had worked so I had minimal hair loss.  The lack of hair growth meant I did not grow the unwanted hair on my chinny chin chin...result! As I h...
    Snooze over 3 years ago
  • Our Battle with Oesophageal Cancer
    The Next Leg of the Journey
    When we returned from our holiday, we had non-stop family visitors for over 2 weeks. Everyone wanted to see M while he was still relatively well and healthy, including his brother from Sydney. There was no time for brooding and plenty of time for day...
    Former Member over 3 years ago
  • Carried on Eagles' Wings
    Wrong script for Act 1, Scene 2, Miss Turner!
    Well, that was a curve ball! Here I am, fourth day in hospital after my first chemo on 13 September. The day itself went pretty well. I tried not to think too much about the toxic cocktail about to be injected into my body, a necessary evil, precede...
    Amy123 over 3 years ago
  • Advice Please x
    Advice Please
    Hi I’m new to the group. I had a clear mammogram 3 weeks ago. I have them yearly as I had breast cancer 12 years ago. I noticed a lump a week ago and was sent to the hospital. I went to the hospital this Tuesday. The doctor said it felt li...
    Former Member over 3 years ago
  • Community News
    'Why do I feel so guilty?'

    Guilt - one of the most confusing and hard to understand emotions out there. Sometimes, we can feel guilty without quite knowing exactly what we are feeling guilty about. Guilt can also feel like a very irrational emotion. Sometimes we know that what we are feeling guilty about isn’t our fault, yet it can still be hard to shake that feeling of guilt.

    Whenever anything big happens in our lives, we can feel lots of different emotions, sometimes even feeling things we haven’t felt before. When...

    Former Member over 3 years ago
  • Community News
    Support from Macmillan with funeral arrangements

    Funerals can be difficult in lots of ways. It can be easy to feel isolated or overwhelmed if you are planning a funeral. It can also be hard to cope with feeling excluded from a funeral or the planning process. While for some people, funerals are a helpful way to find closure and say goodbye, this might not be true for everyone. In today’s blog, we are going to talk through support options from Macmillan and reassurance from the Online Community that you are not on your own. It’s natural to feel...

    Eliza -Online Community Team over 3 years ago
  • Carried on Eagles' Wings
    Before I begin…
    The journey has just begun and so much has happened already! But before I backtrack, there’s something I want to say now: THANK YOU! The love, prayers, care and support I have already received has been nothing short of astounding. So to you, de...
    Amy123 over 3 years ago
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