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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 1 hour ago
  • Living with Desdemona
    Desdemona 16 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 3 days ago
  • WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted
    W J 4 days ago
  • Multiple Myeloma
    Tess123 13 days ago
  • Mumofcancer
    Mumofcancer 20 days ago
  • Cycle 19 and not working anymore
    Emotions 22 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 23 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • It's Gone Tits Up
    Hanging on the telephone
    18 minutes before my chemo appointment was due to start yesterday, I had a phone call from my oncologist to say it had been cancelled. Again. I was only there on Monday morning for my pre assessment and while I was there asked really nicely if there ...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • diagnosis of melanoma
    It's like seeing the light of the train coming down the track yet being too stupid to get off the line

    I am fair skinned and have always liked the sun, in fact, my skin looked so much better with a light tan.  I've always had moles and kept a check on them but there was one on my shoulder that I saw every day.  I didn't notice it changing much.... until I did.  

    Had it removed three weeks ago and it was a melanoma, just a 1b level.  I have been offered a sentinel lymph node biopsy with wide local excision.  Apparently it will be a while before this can go ahead, but I have to make the decision if...

    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • Community News
    The worry of waiting

    A black and white clock with the words 'are you waiting?' written in white.

    Waiting for test results can be a difficult time. It may take days or weeks for the results of your tests to be ready. You may be waiting for your treatment to start or to speak with the consultant about a concern you have, either way, waiting can be hard.

    The waiting for results and dealing with the unknown blog explores that if you’re feeling worried, you’re not alone in feeling this way. Click on the link if you’ve not yet read this blog.

    Today we’re going to look at some of...

    Megan- Online Community Team over 4 years ago
  • diagnosis of melanoma
    Why using olive oil while sunbathing was a bad idea in the '80s.

    Yep. We did it. Just couldn't get enough sun. No warnings back then, just lots of sun oil and holidays in the Med stretched out on sunbeds by the pool. For hours.

    And now the mole which has been sitting quietly, if rather large, on my shoulder for years just decided to wake up. 

    So here I am just a week away from having a wide area excision (taking more away from the original mole biopsy) and biopsy of my lymph nodes PLUS a possible skin graft!  Bizarrely on the very day that my old school friend...

    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • One Life Live It
    Hormone Treatment - how long???
    Picked up my prescription today for my hormone treatment, Letrozole. The label on the box says it all really - one to be taken each day, for ten years until Sept 2031. TEN YEARS!!!! In a weird and strange way, I am actually more worried about this th...
    Irishgirl16 over 4 years ago
  • A booby is a seabird with blue feet
    Words about Weirdly Wonderful Wonky Wigs
    I cannot keep my new hair on. No matter how gently I tweak my wig first one way, then another, then another, then another. I have been told that once I have no hair, apparently, the situation will be “better”: the wig should (somehow) att...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • It's Gone Tits Up
    Take me to my beach
    Since all of this cancer malarkey started back in April, my routine has been shot to shit. To most that wouldn’t be so bad but I’m little creature of habit and love my ordered life. I like to know what I’m doing when how, who with a...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • One Life Live It
    And back to work
    I took 5 weeks off post surgery, the first time since maternity leave (and that was certainly not a holiday either) that I have had such a long time off and I've just had my first week back and I am absolutely knackered! Alarm clock wakening was ...
    Irishgirl16 over 4 years ago
  • Facing the future: Together
    Scan 16th September

    We didn't expect a phone call from the hospital so quickly after the scan yesterday, 16th September.

    This afternoon Dal was called and informed that although it doesn't look it is too much to worry about, but they have noticed some spots on his lungs. Although they do not think that the spots look like cancer, they need to have the images looked at further by a lung expert, they believe that it may be an infection.

    So off Dal went to have a full Covid19 test at our local test centre and also...

    Lowedal over 4 years ago
  • Cancer just messed with the wrong boobs!
    Feeling down :(
    I don't have many down days, 99% of the time I'm positive, upbeat and very practical in how I think. Cancer will not beat me and I'm going to survive this and come out the other side.  Yesterday I had it confirmed that my teaching sa...
    Jacala over 4 years ago
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