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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?

Community News Blogs

  • Meet Mr U - self advocating through cancer treatment with a pre-existing heart condition
    18 days ago
  • Cancer, self-advocacy and pre-existing health conditions on the Online Community
    18 days ago
  • We're here for you: Find cancer support services near you
    1 month ago
  • Awake and up all night? Get emotional support around the clock!
    2 months ago

Recent Blogs

  • Breast cancer ... Neo adjuvant chemo prior to lumpectomy

    Breast cancer chemo treatment with EC and Docetaxel prior to lumpectomy.
    2 posts
    FormerMember
    First Docetaxel and Herceptin done and dusted .... over 10 years ago
  • Today I heard I have a use by date...........

    This is a blog of my life. I am 35 and wife and mother to 3 amusing weirdos. In 18 months I have been diagnosed, beaten cancer and diagnosed again, with not so much of a happy outcome this time around.
    1 post
    FormerMember
    Shit happens over 10 years ago
  • My Journey

    Ductal Carcinoma in Situ with Mastectomy
    3 posts
    FormerMember
    Hospital tomorrow over 10 years ago
  • Living.

    My Dad has decided to stop treatment for his lymphoma after chemotherapy didn't work. He is likely to live no longer than a few more weeks. This is my blog for recording my thoughts and feelings as I watch my Dad die.
    1 post
    FormerMember
    The Beginning of the End. over 10 years ago
  • Enlarged lymph nodes..... Is it back ?

    I had vulva cancer 3 years ago which was successfully removed. I had a recent MRI due to pain in hip leg and back. Scan showed enlarged abnormal looking lymph nodes. GP has recommended detailed MRI of the pelvic area. Oh god I think the big C is back.
    1 post
    FormerMember
    Not again ? over 10 years ago
  • Where to go next for advice and support

    leaving for Spain 1st, bringing my parents home. both are receiving treatment Mum lung cancer, Dad aggressive form of blood cancer which has reached the stage of blood transfusions. What support is available to us as a family unit.
    1 post
    FormerMember
    Checked web page over 10 years ago
  • Just as it is; honest; straightforward

    honest straight forward, good news no hype, no exageration; bad news, as it is, no softening; waiting, prevarication very difficult.
    1 post
    FormerMember
    as it is over 10 years ago
  • OVERWHELMED BY KINDNESS

    LOST MY DEAR FATHER TO CANCER IN SEPT 2012 AND THEN I RECEVIED THE BLOW MYSELF JANUARY 2013. I HAD BREAST CANCER .AFTER ALL THE CARE AND KINDNESS RECEIVED I DECIDED WHILE HAVING MY TREATMENT I WOULD HAVE A MACMILLAN COFFEE EVENING.
    1 post
    FormerMember
    COFFEE EVENING over 10 years ago
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