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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 11 hours ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Mr U 22 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 4 days ago
  • WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted
    W J 5 days ago
  • Multiple Myeloma
    Tess123 14 days ago
  • Mumofcancer
    Mumofcancer 21 days ago
  • Cycle 19 and not working anymore
    Emotions 23 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • Trying to accept the new normal
    First meeting since diagnosis
    Today is my first meeting with the surgeon since my diagnosis. I have mixed feelings. It is over 4 weeks since I was told I had breast cancer. I always thought that as soon as someone said you had cancer that things would move quickly.  I am hop...
    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • HELPING ME HELPING YOU
    TAILSPIN AND CATASTROPHE THINKING
    Some part of me went into ‘catastrophe overdrive’ in those days after the scan. I consulted a solicitor to write a will, pulled out of a house purchase, signed up for Amazon Prime, ordered supplements, gave up coffee, alcohol, sugar. I ev...
    JWO over 5 years ago
  • HELPING ME HELPING YOU
    EARLY SIGNS
    Could I have caught this earlier? I can’t help asking the question. Were there signs and symptoms that I missed? I’ve always trusted my body to know what it’s doing. I didn’t get freaked out by menopause. Changes are what we w...
    JWO over 5 years ago
  • Cancer Blogs
    Boyfriend has three months to live

    Hi everyone, 

    I just want to reach out to other people who may be experiencing the same or a similar situation as me. I feel so alone and scared! My boyfriend started having stomach pains a few months back and it got to the point where I had to call an ambulance as he was bent over sat on the edge of the bed. After about a month of scary scans we went to see his oncologist to discover he has stomach cancer that has spread to two other places. It is inoperable and they said he has approximately 4 months...

    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • Viv0147
    Session 8
    Just gone over halfway in my treatment and still okay no side effects, after yesterdays debacle having to wait for 3 hours for the ambulance to take me home. I thought it should be okay today! Well, it started showing promise a volunteer car picked m...
    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • Viv0147
    Session 7
    Again the radiotherapy went well and I am not suffering any side effects so far so good, I hope it is having the desired effect. Not the best of endings though because of staff being off, and the ambulance the last patient had covid 19 so it had to b...
    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • Mummy’s poorly, let’s get her better
    Cancer in a time of Covid
    So like so many people up and down the country our plans for Christmas were changed. We were out into tier 4 so no more parents on Christmas Day.  But for my cancer journey the bigger impact is that I got a call on Boxing Day to let me know that...
    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • Community News
    2020 on the Online Community

    Watercolour picture of a snowy forest of pine trees

    Picture from , as part of 2020’s Winter Picture Festival

    Looking back on this year, life might feel very different now than it did a year ago. One thing hasn’t changed: the Online Community is still here for you as a source of support. Here in the Community team, we are so proud of all of our members for sharing their experiences, and offering support to others. We wanted to reflect on everything that the Online Community has achieved in 2020.

    Our Community Champions won the Vicky Clement...

    Eliza -Online Community Team over 5 years ago
  • Viv0147
    Session 6
    Christmas Eve session 6, before the radiotherapy I had to have my blood taken all went well, off now until Sunday, I had a dry mouth during the night, but other than that no other side effects yet.    
    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • Community News
    Meet Amy, Part 2: Introducing Stoic Philosophy

    Wintery scene with some frosted berries hanging off a tree.

    In a recent Community News Blog we met our new guest blogger Amy, who struggled with her emotions after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Amy has since used this experience to write a blog to help others manage their mental health through cancer and is keen to share some of the resources which helped her. If you missed the first part of the blog, ‘Meet Amy – Finding a way to move towards acceptance and peace’, you can find it by clicking here.

    Amy told us about a time when she...

    Steph - Online Community Team over 5 years ago
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