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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 5 hours ago
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    Mr U 16 hours ago
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    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 4 days ago
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    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

  • Community News
    Skin cancer and Melanoma signs and symptoms check

    The words 'skin cancer and melanoma symptom check written in white on an image of a grey cloud over a hill with green trees and a faint rainbow in the sky.

    You may have seen Steph’s recent blog about Sun awareness month and the practical tips to help keep yourself safe in the sun and ways to adapt to sun exposure. After reading this, you may have thought that you’re doing everything you can to protect yourself, but you’re concerned and worried about a new dark spot or mole lesions on your skin. As it’s Melanoma month, we want to share information about what you can do to check for signs and symptoms of Skin cancer and Melanoma.

    Skin cancer...

    Megan- Online Community Team over 5 years ago
  • It's Gone Tits Up
    Baby Talk
    For someone who never wanted kids, I’m now stressing about wanting kids. An appointment with the fertility clinic and the option to have eggs harvested and frozen (sounds like I’m meal prepping) is not an option. There’s no time. It...
    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • Coping with Prostate Cancer with humour
    Cancer Biomarkers Market: Increasing Popularity of Personalized Treatment for Cancer to Help Attract High Market Revenue, Foretells Fortune Business Insights

     

    The global cancer biomarkers market size isforecastto reach USD 48.20billion by 2026 on account of the increasing popularity of personalized treatment for cancer worldwide. Biomarkers help to detect cancer at an early stage and facilitate noninvasive diagnosis at high-speed by utilizing different proteomic and genomic markers.As per a recently published report by Fortune Business insights titled, “Cancer Biomarkers Market Size, Share & Industry Analysis, By Cancer Type (Breast Cancer, Lung...

    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • Bawbee's Journey
    In The Beginning
    Turning 70 on May 18 2021 and recently confirmed with tongue cancer T1 N1 M0 HPV positive. Due to commence radiotherapy soon. I had a heart bypass in April 2018 and my GP promised me that I would be a new man afterwards - the ‘new nan...
    Bawbee over 5 years ago
  • One Life Live It
    Overcoming Grumpiness - a day out in Dorset
    I've been a bit grumpy this weekend and I don't really know why. I've been managing my side effects ok, but the weird taste in my mouth is just annoying as food doesn't taste quite right and nothing is helped by the weather, as clearly it's decided t...
    Irishgirl16 over 5 years ago
  • Facing the future: Together
    Sad update on Brother-in-Law

    After a brief but brave fight with secondary liver failure, Dal's brother Mark passed away at 5am on 15/05/2021 I am so grateful that his fight enabled all of the my children to attend their Grandad's funeral on the 13th, Mark battled hard and made that possible. 

    Only two dedicated people had been allowed in to see him at the hospice, my mother in law and my second youngest daughter, sadly on the morning of his passing they arrived 15 minutes too late. Maybe that is how Mark would have wanted...

    Lowedal over 5 years ago
  • It's Gone Tits Up
    Let's get down to business
    We are currently measuring in at a whopping 5 cm cancer in my left boob, however, we’ve got no spread (thank the lord for small mercies).  The next 4 weeks seem jam packed. My calendar has never been so full in the past 18 months (how sad)...
    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • Here I Go Again???
    Panic Setting In!

    I had my blood test Monday, haven't heard anything yet so I'm assuming that's good news or the doctor would have called me. I can't ring up for the results because that's tempting fate. This just sounds so stupid now I'm typing it out, but it's how I feel.

    I have a transvaginal ultrasound booked for Wednesday. I've had this before when I had a cyst on my ovary. Thing is they never found anything. It was only when I got a CT scan that my cyst was discovered. I believe this...

    PinkSparkle over 5 years ago
  • BC, the inflammatory one.
    Normal
    Expect the worst but hope for the best. That old cliche. Pre-armoured. Bulletproof. An invite to misfortune offered by the gods of optimism.  Feeling. Poking and prodding. Everything feels normal. Everything looks normal. Talk of minimal things....
    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • TEB72
    New Challenges
    When I decided to take voluntary redundancy from my job in travel after 30 years to explore new challenges, I wasn’t expecting to be dealing with a cancer diagnosis as one of them!   I found a lump in my right boob in the shower, I kept th...
    Former Member over 5 years ago
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