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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?

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Latest blog updates

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    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.
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    Sadly not a LandRover road trip, but my journey through breast cancer
    Irishgirl16 6 days ago
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  • Speaking to an empty room
    RedTree26 7 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • Knocked Sideways!
    NUMBER FOUR I'M KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR!!!!!!

    Monday morning and the start of another week, can't believe I've been away from school for five months, never had that much time off (apart from when the children were little), but finding loads to do and keeping very busy, have borrowed my friends teenage sons cross trainer which is hilarious to use!

    Thursday takes me to see my Onc the lovely Dr. Bryant  and bloods tests etc to see if I can have chemo number 4.

    Am anxious not had Docetaxel before and having three cycles, just hoping not...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • Ramblings of a Bad Fairy
    Mirror mirror on the wall....

    …….whoops! It broke.

     

    Who needs mirrors anyway? Any good friend worth their salt would tell you if you had a bit of greenery stuck in your teeth or if you’d dribbled your spaghetti down your chin.

    Picture this. Take one friendly but hungry hamster. Take one bag of hamster snacks. Put hamster and hamster snacks in a small enclosed space and let the hamster stuff his little podgy face. When he’s stuffed and has cheeks bulging with goodies, carefully remove him from the enclosed...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • jenni b
    i am such a proud mum ,

    Well lets start with the result .... sadly after playing very well portsmouth lost but thats not the important thing,,, ill start with the night before ,

    I heard my son  singing songs from the lion king at the top of his voice in the bath ,it was so funny ,bless him  , he was so excited he couldnt sleep , up at 7 am and breakfast had ready to go, i took some pics but dont know how to put them on here , but they are on my facebook if anyone wants to see them (jenni butler. west sussex ) i think , im...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • My Partner Has Breast Cancer - Our Story
    Steady As She Goes

    It has been a couple of days since posting so I thought I would drop in and post an update.

    The good news is that there isn't much to report. Sal is very fatigued and spends all day resting in her chair at the moment but that is the bulk of the effects of chemo 2 at the moment. This is pretty similar to cycle 1 which didn't go wrong until she started taking the antibiotic on day 5. This time the oncologist has said that she should not take any antibiotic during days 5-9. They feel that this is probbaly...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • belfast's blog
    wait n see(non-hodgkins follicular lymphoma)

    hi everybody!! ....I have never did a blog thing before so im just saying that im still on a wait n see and im doing well.

     

     

     

     

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • elise_gemini
    Not Again!!!!!!

    Hi I'm Elise and I am 23. I have never written a blog before but I thought it might help. 

    Ok where to start? When I was 13 my dad died of cancer of the oesophagus. It was hard and people at school never treated me the same after my time off grieving. Mum was my strength, we became very close like best friends. i move away when I started uni. I moved to bristol from hertfordshire. I graduated and found it hard to get on to a Post grad teaching course so I decided to become a nursing assistant...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • darter's data
    rocking darter

    thanks for the blog nutcracker, i will certainly be shaking the airwaves later on. I'm listening to 'Planet Rock' on Digital Radio at the moment.  I'm hoping the postie will bring me some good news on monday regarding the result of my bloodtest.  Darter.

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • youngish mum with breast cancer
    Second FEC

    Thanks for all your comments...really helpful!

    This time I didn't have the cold cap and the treatment went straight into the central line(too many years of watching ER,I know it's actually called a Port a Cath?)so I actually felt much more in control! For once.Although now I' m shedding hair about like noone's business!I keep blaming the cat.The first night after FEC all shivery and shaky but now two days on just nausea just like in pregnancy! Isn't it bizarre how poison can basically imitate a...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • chrissiQx2's blog
    my eventful and exhausting week!

    Tonight I am baking a chocolate and chilli cake to take to work tomorrow.  I made banana muffins the other night, Kelly our receptionist baked a Nutella cake and we all had that for brekky today.  Mine will be lunch for tomorrow as I dont start til 1pm...the mixture had a bit of a kick so it should get everyone going for a busy afternoon ;-)).

    I havent been feeling too great this week...very tired but I think I have been overdoing it with all these extra hours covering for people and rushing around...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • darter's data
    grateful darter

    Hi folks, a very big thanks to all who blogged back to me after my little outburst.  I cetainly kept the volume up.  my favourite AC/DC track is 'A Whole Lotta Rosie; and she really did get some airtime last night. Nothing in the post about the result of my blood test, and the weekend is here so another two days will have gone. Very frustrating.  Ah well, i might give Page & Plant an outing tonight.  Darter.

    Former Member over 16 years ago
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