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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

  • Living with Desdemona
    Desdemona 5 hours ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Mr U 7 hours ago
  • Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica
    Beesuit 23 hours ago
  • One Step At A Time
    Phild26 1 day 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 2 days ago
  • WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted
    W J 4 days ago
  • Multiple Myeloma
    Tess123 13 days ago
  • Mumofcancer
    Mumofcancer 19 days ago
  • Cycle 19 and not working anymore
    Emotions 21 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 22 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • Sixtyone plus Donald
    Day before meeting the surgeon
    Hello, here I am up at 4am having a cup of tea as OH's alarm woke me and I can't get back to sleep. Been sitting with him for more than an hour and total conversation consists of how many turns it took to get the Wordle!  Obviously he is...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • No Pink Teddies
    On Parliament Hill - a pre-diagnosis poem
    This is a poem I wrote about that strange, difficult time between first biopsy and official diagnosis, a void where all kinds of awful anxieties rear their heads and sometimes what’s coming out of your mouth, even with loved ones, seems a milli...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • Community News
    Here's to you, our Community members.

    Our recent Community news blogs ‘Being a partner and carer, how cancer affects relationships’ and ‘Let’s talk about cancer and sex’ open up the discussion of how cancer can impact your personal relationships and sex life.

    There’s another important relationship that we’d like to feature in today’s blog. That relationship is between you, and the other Community members.

    The Community is here all hours of the day to listen, to care and to help. Everyday...

    Megan- Online Community Team over 4 years ago
  • One Life Live It
    One year on….
    Exactly a year ago today I didn't sleep, I felt sick, I cried, I hugged my husband and I didn't know what to do. I'd just been for my check up (having found a lump) and the consultant called to tell me he was pretty certain I had breast c...
    Irishgirl16 over 4 years ago
  • Sixtyone plus Donald
    How do you tell people?
    I'm struggling to tell people I've been diagnosed with breast cancer. I've only told my employer and a few close friends.  I keep thinking I'll tell them when I know what the plan is, then put it off till the next appointment is ...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • Community News
    Catching up with the ‘Anal cancer’ group

    Here on the Online Community, we have lots of different groups where you can find support from someone with a similar diagnosis. If you or your loved one have been diagnosed with a form of anal cancer, the ‘Anal cancer’ group is a safe place to find support. In the Community News blog today, we’re going to feature some recent discussions and highlight how supportive our members are. Our members are here to reassure you that you’re not alone, and it’s ok to talk about what you’re going...

    Eliza -Online Community Team over 4 years ago
  • vital's APC blog
    Motorhead lyric "All things come to he who waits ... The waiting never ends"
     Wot now?  I hear you say, or rather I don't. Yesterday I had the results of the last 'blood letting' which show my PSA level has risen slightly to 0.38, and the Testosterone level is apparently 0.8. That slight increase is &quo...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • Sixtyone plus Donald
    Happy Birthday Me! Not.
    In January I had my sixtyfirst birthday.  In that week I was recalled for review following my mammogram in December.  Shocked and scared to find that the discrepancy on the mammogram was in fact invasive ductal cancer. My daughter decided I...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • Cancer just messed with the wrong boobs!
    The end of the chemo train next stop radiotherapy
    So today I had my 12th chemo, 9th paclitaxel. All went to plan, my nurse was mega efficient and it ran like a dream. I watched 2 episodes of Call the Midwife and one of Emily in Paris. I had a sandwich courtesy of the NHS. No chat in my pod, 2 older ...
    Jacala over 4 years ago
  • Community News
    Oesophageal Cancer Awareness and Fear



    February is oesophageal cancer awareness month and we're taking some time today to highlight some of our recent content relevant to people affected by an oesophageal cancer diagnosis, treatment or side effects.

    We also want to talk about fear. We know that many people affected by cancer face fears around cancer treatment options and how the side effects can impact quality of life. We are here as an open and frank space where you can express your fears. They may be fears for your own cancer...

    Tom C - Online Community team over 4 years ago
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