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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 18 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 1 day 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 18 days ago
  • One Step At A Time
    Phild26 19 days ago
  • Cycle 19 and not working anymore
    Emotions 20 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 21 days ago
  • Pete's cancer blog
    Peterb 26 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • Double C
    It started with and itch - 'who ever thought it would come to this'
    17/08/2021 (Credit: The cradle rocks) To begin my blog, I thought it best to explain how my breast cancer story started. I first became aware of my lump in the wee small hours of Tuesday, 17 August 2021. I had stayed up late watching television when...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • Double C
    Bah Humbug!
    09 September 2021 On 09 September 2021 (five months before William’s diagnosis), my oncologist told me “you have a small cancer.” Those five words cemented the fact that the Humbug size lump nestled next to my right nipple wasn&rsq...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • Spindrift Summer
    I did it!!!
    Today i swam without wetsuit for 30 minutes!!! When i got in i thought i'd last five! Getting in was pretty brutal but within minutes i was loving it!! Three if us were swimming, tomorrow morning tg 'll be five of us swimming along, hopefully...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • Double C
    Where our cancer story begins
    Hi, I’m Fiona and this is my husband William. We’re both 50 years-old and share the same Zodiac sign, Libra. It would be ironic if it was Cancer because along with three children, four cats the marital home and bed, cancer is a disease t...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • Community News
    Coping with anticipatory grief when you're supporting someone living with cancer

    The feeling of grief and loss before a loved one’s passing is something that is often discussed here on the Community. If you’re feeling this way at the moment, or have done in the past, you’re not alone.

    This blog is exploring anticipatory grief and hopefully you’ll find some comfort and ways of processing anticipatory grief after reading the following.

    What is anticipatory grief?

    Anticipatory grief can be experienced when you’re aware of an impending loss. It’s the feeling...

    Megan- Online Community Team over 4 years ago
  • Be a duck
    Caring is difficult and autism makes it harder.
    Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath. Michael Caine. A little about me I'm on the autism spectrum (Asperger's) and am prone to bouts of considerable anxiety and depression. To all intents and purposes, ...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • Eddie has entered the room
    Bowel cancer needn't be s**t.
    I'm now well on the road to recovery from a life changing op to remove half my bowel and bring "Eddie Stomart" into my life! Feb 2021 my life was saved and now the journey with my new friend Eddie has begun. The op was it seems very suc...
    Eddiestomart over 4 years ago
  • Community News
    Cancer and Peripheral Neuropathy - support from the Online Community

    Online Community members are affected not only by cancer, but other conditions caused by cancer or cancer treatment. The Community is a place where people can come together and share experiences and tips so you don’t have to go through it alone.

    Peripheral neuropathy is damage to the nerves connecting the brain, spinal cord and the rest of the body. It can be caused by cancer, or its treatment, and is one side effect we hear mentioned a lot across the Community. In today’s Community News Blog...

    Steph - Online Community Team over 4 years ago
  • It's Gone Tits Up
    It’s all so quiet
    Famous last words. I hope I’m not tempting fate with them. It has been a very quiet few weeks because I’ve slept through most of it. I had my last chemo with no issue 3 weeks ago and had my Oncology review booked for today. Stupidly, when...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • Spindrift Summer
    Taking the plunge.
    Today i'm going to swim in swimsuit not wetsuit for first time!! It's lightly raining. Tourists are wearing coats with hoods up!! The others are mainly swimming in swimsuits now but i'm new this spring. I will have diving gloves and boots...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
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