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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 7 hours ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Mr U 9 hours ago
  • Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica
    Beesuit 1 day 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

  • A booby is a seabird with blue feet
    Meeting The Red Devil
    For this appointment, I was allocated the very, very large armchair in the Day Unit. The one that might possibly make a person feel like royalty or a hippo, depending on their mood. In an effort to settle in nicely, I spread some friendly-looking clu...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • Cancer just messed with the wrong boobs!
    Radiotherapy appointment
    So I have 2 weeks until chemo finishes and it's now time to start planning my radiotherapy. I met with my oncologist today and the plan is to still have 5 sessions of radiotherapy which will commence 3 weeks after chemo finishes so roughly 7th Ma...
    Jacala over 4 years ago
  • It's Gone Tits Up
    There’s only one Bobby Robson, One Bobby Robson
    In the last 7 day’s I’ve had 2 appointments at the Sir Bobby Robson Cancer Trials Research Centre. I’m so lucky to have all this on my doorstep. I had a meeting with the director of the trial’s unit. She is literally the most ...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • TCHP journey
    Day 1
    The one thing you don’t need is stress! Alarmed that my 40 minute journey to Brighton (Royal Sussex County Hospital) would be hampered by major roadways so a 40 mins journey took an hour and 20 but arrived with 10 mins to spare for 09:30 appoin...
    Amelie11 over 4 years ago
  • A Total Whimp's journey
    Steve E

    I'm a bit a somewhat nervous as within 2 weeks I was diagnosed as having bladder cancer and had my operation to remove the tumor. Had my follow appointment on Monday to be told I have more treatment to go through. Thinking I had plenty of time before my treatment would start . Then get my appointments through today to my treatment starts this Friday. Bricking is somewhat of a understatement.   But like the old saying goes no pain no gain. Onwards and upwards. 

    Steve E over 4 years ago
  • Community News
    January 2022 - Finding peer support from the Online Community

    Now we've nearly reached the end of January 2022, we're looking back on the last few weeks and sharing some of the amazing emotional support you've been offering each other. 

    So far in January, we've seen 1,568 new members join the Community looking for peer support. Although we're always sorry that circumstances have brought you here, we wish you all a warm welcome to the site. 

    If you're new to the Community, it's a collection of online support groups, divided into separate...

    Steph - Online Community Team over 4 years ago
  • Cancer wife
    Our journey so far
    XxxI wanted to start a blog at the beginning of our journey but couldn't find the words for it to make sense .But here I go  There we were in our garden having a BBQ  on a hot summers day in June 2021 . Our eldest 2 children 20 &18...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • Cant beleive it
    Steve E

    Had my follow up appointment today and thought it was all done and dusted at Christmas after having my bladder cancer operation 3 days before Christmas and allowed to go home on the 23 December. 

    How wrong can a person be. So saw the lovely nurse today and thought the bottom had dropped out of my world. To be told I had had a aggressive type tumor and would be starting more treatment in a week or so.

    And to put the icing on top of the cake I am told I have a 3 cm cyst on my left kidney that is going...

    Steve E over 4 years ago
  • Facing the future: Together
    January 2022 update

    I just wanted to leave a note here... 

    Dal has managed to beat the chest infection / cold which lingered for quite some time..  he also continues his treatment

    Although delayed he has had a his CT scan and his Echocardiogram, bloods and Oncologist update... 

    It is amazing to report, that Dal continues to do well, the bloods continue to remain very good, the lymph nodes around his stomach are returning to normal, his chest/lungs though weaker than they previously were, and showing slight sign on infection...

    Lowedal over 4 years ago
  • Who’s idea was this?
    Chemo 4 PTD
    I Just had my 4th round of chemo two days ago, this one is PTD so side effects to be expected, don’t seem to have any sickness or the other SE I had with EC. Yesterday I had a lot of energy and still seem to have quite a bit, I think it&r...
    KM26 over 4 years ago
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