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Blogs

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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 12 hours ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Mr U 1 day 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

  • Feel Lonely
    Hi
    Loneliness is one of the worst things to feel on a cancer journey! I had 25 rounds of radiotherapy at the Christie in jan/Feb then major surgery in May to remove a huge sarcoma my leg isn’t working post surgery and then I was rushed in 3 weeks ...
    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • Community News
    A period of change

    The words 'Period of change' written in purple over a photo of Green, orange and red leaves hanging on a string

    This month we start to see the changes from Summer to Autumn. We know this happens every year but unexpected changes like a new symptom, side effect or waiting for test results, can bring a lot of uncertainty and make us feel uneasy.

    We often discuss change on the Community. How we see change depends on who we are and our current situation. It may be forced upon us or something we are expecting, but either way we have to adjust.

    What we see on the Community is how you respond to change matters....

    Megan- Online Community Team over 5 years ago
  • Community News
    Fixes and issues - an update for members, September 2020

    Hi everyone,

    We want to say a huge thank you for your continued feedback and your patience since we upgraded the Community.

    We have been escalating all issues that have been reported and we are listening to all of the feedback we’re receiving. It has been really helpful for us to understand how you feel the site is working and what we can do to improve.

    We know the Community is a lifeline for many of our members and we know how important it is to be able to reach out to get support.

    Below is...

    Ellen - Macmillan over 5 years ago
  • Feel Lonely
    Any other guys felt thay look weird after testical op?
    Hi guys just a fter advice how other testicular patients felt in the trouser departmeant after op i just feel im not as big and look lopsided any one else felt like this ?
    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • Feel Lonely
    Bless ya hun
    Hi  Sorry I'm new here and was having a look around the site and read your post sorry about my spelling    I know how u feel I had the same back in 2004 lucky 4 me i had 3 young children to help cope with the loneliness. But last y...
    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • Community News
    Signatures are back

    Hi everyone,

    We are happy to say that signatures will be back on the forum. We know how important these are for our members and we received a lot of feedback from you telling us you'd like to see them underneath each of the posts you make. 

    Signatures will now appear underneath every reply, but not underneath the original post (the post that starts the thread). This is the only way we can configure signatures in the new platform. 

    We're happy to have these back up and running on the site and we...

    Ellen - Macmillan over 5 years ago
  • Community News
    Temporarily disabled email notifications

    Hi everyone,

    Last week, we used a feature to send an email notification to all members to let them know about our update on the site upgrade. You may have seen the below email in your inbox:

     Screenshot showing an email notification from the Community team

    Unfortunately, due to a technical glitch, this email is being sent to users multiple times. Because of this, we have had to temporarily disable email notifications from the Community. This means users will not receive any email notifications from the Community.

    We have raised this as a critical issue and this...

    Ellen - Macmillan over 5 years ago
  • Community News
    Viewing groups - which do you prefer?

    Hi everyone,

    It’s Ellen here from the Community team. We are hoping to get your thoughts on a change we are thinking of making to the way you currently view groups. We’re looking at making this change based on some of the feedback we’re seeing across the site, and within the feedback survey.

    You’ll see a poll below this post, where you can vote for what you like best.

    Currently, when you go to your group, you see a list of discussion titles. This is shown in picture A below...

    Ellen - Macmillan over 5 years ago
  • Community News
    Community upgrade: an update for members

    On 29th July, we launched an upgrade of our Community site. The changes we have made are to ensure that the Community is working on a much more stable platform so that our users encounter less technical issues and that we can grow and develop the Community in a safe and well-supported way.

    We are not where we had hoped to be since launching the upgrade. We are working through a list of bugs and issues which we did not expect to see and these are taking much longer to resolve than we had hoped.

    We...

    Ellen - Macmillan over 5 years ago
  • Feel Lonely
    going to the park alone
    I am alone since my husband died but went to the park with a neighbour who takes his dogs and he talks to everyone. I also go alone, without a dog and find I can still talk to people-with and without dogs-more women are willing to chat. I haven't...
    Former Member over 6 years ago
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