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Blogs

Create a blog

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 3 hours ago
  • Living with Desdemona
    Desdemona 23 hours 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.
    Lizzie - Online Community Team 1 day ago
  • Multiple Myeloma
    Tess123 6 days ago
  • WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b HD
    W J 9 days ago
  • Mumofcancer
    Mumofcancer 13 days ago
  • One Step At A Time
    Phild26 15 days ago
  • Cycle 19 and not working anymore
    Emotions 15 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 16 days ago
  • Pete's cancer blog
    Peterb 21 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 116: Cameras, lights, but very little action.
    Post 116: Cameras, lights, but very little action. Chemo week is here, and there’s a lot riding on it—but it should go to plan. ——— I’m happier, with less pain, and Nurse Darling is weaning me off the morphine ...
    Mr U over 1 year ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 115: Summer storms and significant smiles.
    Post 115: Summer storms and significant smiles. Spirits can soar once freedom is restored—with surprising speed. ——— While yesterdays storm blew overhead I was reminded of a trip to Ireland 37 years ago (this week) to atte...
    Mr U over 1 year ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 114: Nurse Darling, take a bow.
    Post 114: Nurse Darling, take a bow. After nearly a week of serious pain, I think we’re now getting on top of it. ——— A meaningful smile is such a little thing, but in reality, such a hard thing to maintain when you’...
    Mr U over 1 year ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 113: Mr U is a Macmillan guest blogger.
    Post 113: Mr U is a Macmillan guest blogger. Whether or not anyone reads my blog is not important—writing it helps me get through some of the ups and downs of my personal cancer travels. ——— Nurse Darling has been put to th...
    Mr U over 1 year ago
  • Community News
    Cancer, self-advocacy and pre-existing health conditions on the Online Community

    Our forum members share experiences of self-advocacy, pre-existing health conditions and variations in cancer care. Self-advocacy means speaking up, asking questions, and making informed decisions, whatever stage you're at.

    Managing your own healthcare can be even more difficult if you have other health conditions as well as cancer. And there are unacceptable variations in cancer care across the UK. This means not everyone gets the same experience, depending on who they are and where they live...

    Steph - Online Community Team over 1 year ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 112: Treadmill set-up & morphine day one.
    Post 112: Treadmill set-up & morphine day one I feel like my life has reduced to watching life go by while I sit in pain. ——— After the new-usual struggle out of bed and the careful descent downstairs to my comfy rocker, I pu...
    Mr U over 1 year ago
  • Community News
    Meet Mr U - self advocating through cancer treatment with a pre-existing heart condition
    Community member Mr U was diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer in 2022. He also has a pre-existing heart condition, making treatment more complicated. In his Online Community blog Mr U has shared his story of self-advocacy through treatment and pushing for better outcomes. Dealing with different hospital departments and trusts, whilst trying to remain positive isn’t easy. Mr U shares how he has coped, whilst staying strong for his wife and family.
    Steph - Online Community Team over 1 year ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 111: The pain is just bearable.
    Post 111: The pain is just bearable. Chronic pain is something other people have— until now. ——— My mother-that-didn’t-give-birth-to-me, Peta, arrived on time today and stayed for a few hours, chatting and catching up...
    Mr U over 1 year ago
  • 2025 Not a good year so far
    7. Recap and First week of Treatment.
    So a recap as to where I am; Diagnosed with Cancer of the tongue, had 4 lymph nodes removed along with the right side tonsil and a slitter of the base of my tongue both sides. The surgery went well, the scar down my neck is healing very well, but my...
    NorfolkBor over 1 year ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 110: Rest and Lionesses.
    Post 110: Rest and Lionesses. Only occasionally does a sporting occasion go the way you’d like—but when it does, it feels really good. ——— The night was uncomfortable again—best not to dwell on it. I’d int...
    Mr U over 1 year ago
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