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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

  • Cool Cap Relief
    TerryB 4 hours ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Mr U 15 hours ago
  • Living with Desdemona
    Desdemona 1 day ago
  • Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica
    Beesuit 2 days ago
  • One Step At A Time
    Phild26 2 days 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 5 days ago
  • Multiple Myeloma
    Tess123 14 days ago
  • Mumofcancer
    Mumofcancer 20 days ago
  • Cycle 19 and not working anymore
    Emotions 22 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • Show Up. Breathe. Trust
    Picking my battles
    "Pick your battles wisely" goes the saying. And so, in pursuit of wisdom, I choose not to wage a militaristic campaign against cancer. I am not at war. I am not battling it, or fighting it. The words we use are important in defining how ...
    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • Show Up. Breathe. Trust
    Our cancer
    Last week my 16-year-old son asked, with some trepidation, if he could see my mastectomy. I felt overwhelmingly proud of him. For him to ask took courage and emotional maturity - at the same time as being curious I could see that he was also unsure...
    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • Show Up. Breathe. Trust
    Cancer free?
    ‘As far as we can see you are now cancer free’ my surgeon told me today. Everyone is telling me this is great news. So why don’t I feel relieved? We have been waiting for today’s post-mastectomy follow-up appointment with tr...
    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • Show Up. Breathe. Trust
    Show Up. Breathe. Trust.
    ‘Show up. Breathe. Trust’ – this was my mantra the morning of my mastectomy. Threatened by the potential for spiralling fears on the eve of an operation to remove my left breast and all of my lymph nodes in my left armpit, this c...
    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • Another Prostate Cancer Blog
    Six Weeks Post Operation
    Everything had settled down for a few weeks, almost routine, dry all night and most of the morning depending of the amount of physical activity. Two days ago the weather was terrible rain rain and more rain, because of the weather I stayed in all day...
    Jan52021 over 5 years ago
  • Bawbee's Journey
    PEG Procedure Aborted
    25th May 2021 Arrived early at Ninewells for my PEG implant. Settled in and all admin completed. I was delayed in the endoscopy suite for over an hour due to the ward doctors not completing their proper procedures. I was finally taken in fo...
    Bawbee over 5 years ago
  • Community News
    Being bodies - breast cancer and wearing a breast prosthesis

    Breast cancer and wearing a prosthetic written over a picture of a lake at sunset, with mountains in the background.

    Sapphie, also known on the Online Community as , was diagnosed with breast cancer at just 32. Sapphie talks us through their experience trying several different types of prosthetics following their breast cancer surgery in the 1990s, and how humour has helped them and their family over the years.

    I was diagnosed when I was 32 years old, after finding a lump and being told by a consultant I was too young to have breast cancer and was sent on my way. A few months later we moved to a new area. My new doctor...

    Eliza -Online Community Team over 5 years ago
  • Mummy’s poorly, let’s get her better
    Radiotherapy what’s the plan!?
    So last week I met with the radiotherapist. I’m so used to meeting consultants now I have my patter down. “Yes I am relatively young, yes I’ve been very lucky to keep so much of my hair, yes the cold cap was horrid, no I don’t...
    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • It's Gone Tits Up
    You can buy your hair if it won’t grow
    I’ve had the chop. My beautiful 30 inch platinum blonde hair is now a very short bob. The big reveal failed. My sister was meant to shout ‘Joe! You're one beauty’. The perfect Little Women reference to add a bit of drama to the occa...
    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • Bawbee's Journey
    Update 23-May-2021
    With my birthday past on the 18th, my Facebook Birthday Fundraiser on behalf Macmillan Cancer Support manage to raise £629. I went for a COVID-19 test yesterday before being admitted to Ninewells to have my PEG implant on Tu...
    Bawbee over 5 years ago
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