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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

  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Mr U 1 hour ago
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    Rowan8a3264 4 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.
    Matthew - Online Community Team 12 hours ago
  • One Step At A Time
    Phild26 13 hours ago
  • "It's Only Skin Cancer"
    A cautionary tale of personal experience and common misconception
    dolphin99 21 hours ago
  • Slightly Inconvenienced by Prostate Cancer
    Lemsip 6 days ago
  • Peter's Blog
    A blog about bowel cancer at a young age
    HawkeyeBrown 7 days ago
  • Living with Desdemona
    Desdemona 8 days ago
  • Kidney Not
    Mmum 9 days ago
  • Looking after Mr. B
    Miranda t 14 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • Happy-Annie's blog
    Oh Happy Days!
    Long time no hear. I have looked at blogs quite a lot over the past few months but not added to many. I have been trying to deal with the side effects of chemo, or not as the case maybe now. Not that I am fortunate to be in 'remission' but chemo has been changed from carbotaxol to carbo to carbogem to nothing now because my blood count is non exsistant and my weight has increased dramatically over the past few weeks as has the size of my stomach. Apparently I have a large amount of fluid in...
    Former Member over 17 years ago
  • joeyx2's blog
    rest in peace mum
    hello everyone just to say my mum passed away on monday morning in hosptail my mum had a infection we sat by her bed for 8 days watching her . when my mum died i was there with her she died peaceful she would had her last chemo this week but never got better to recived it . our lives have turn upside down what will we do without mum .
    Former Member over 17 years ago
  • bettyboopx2's blog
    gone but not forgotten
    my mum died on 17th july 2009 2 weeks after her 59th birthday.
    Former Member over 17 years ago
  • Claire leonie's blog
    my dad
    Well what can i say he has lost his fight. My dad passed away peacefully at 13.40 today after just over a year of fighting. Thank you for all your help and support. Im doing as expected trying to keep my promise i made him and staying strong its hard but helping if you know what i mean. claire xxx
    Former Member over 17 years ago
  • sarahlisa70's blog
    update
    today i visited the surgeon... i have to have my breast removed apparently i'm in the 2% bracket and extremely unlucky.. The dcis effects 2/3 of breast tissue. They have said i can have recontructive surgery the same day at charing cross.. On monday i will have my lypmnodes checked to see if it has spread. ty for thoses who replied to dcis blog
    Former Member over 17 years ago
  • dazzlex2's blog
    Darren's Pelvic Tumour - Op Tuesday 15h Sept. - Royal Marsden - Prof. Thomas.
    Got back from London yesterday afternoon, traffic was pretty clear. The procedure i had on Monday was an angiogram to check if i needed to have an embilisation done on the arteries in the right of my pelvis (that is - if the tumor had connected up with the right side or not). The radiologist could not determine any links so he halted the procedure, i asked if that was good/bad. His reponse was that it would make the main surgerical procedure less complicated because only one blood vessel would...
    Former Member over 17 years ago
  • K. Curran's blog
    Dont pitty me
    Im a 43 yr old white male that was told in april i had stage IV massive pc that was massive but localized i have a wonderful wife and 2 sons one 3 yr old and a 10 yr old i have been taking hormone therapy since april and am 5 weeks into radation treatments. i feel like the doctors are telling me what i want to hear because of my age and the fact that i have young children i just want the bare bone facts if anyone has been through this please respond
    Former Member over 17 years ago
  • magmag's blog
    caring for my temally ill partner
    i have been caring for my partner since he was diagnosed with termanal lung cancer in june 2008. he has had chemo wich he had to stop as he got an infection and nearly died so when he was well enough they gave him a bout of radiotheropy to give him more time and a better quality of life,he is 75yrs old and we have been together for 25yrs he has had about 6 months of near normal day to day living but has been unwell for a number of months now. macmillan have been fantastic they helped us get new...
    Former Member over 17 years ago
  • sarahlisa70's blog
    ok it is confirmed as dcis
    who else has had this form of breast cancer and what treatment did you have? i just want to know what options i have etc thanks alot to those who reply
    Former Member over 17 years ago
  • bugsy's blog
    something i didnt ask for
    this is something we didnt ask for so why are we treat like animals....just being back today for my chemo again the nurse who does it .... well what can i say .. SHE BRILL FANTASTIC GREAT and a comfort to suffers ,,its those car park attendants who want it and there bosse`s ... good news is they are letting me back to work after 3 months of being off,, there is light at the end of the tunnel . even tho it may be 10 years away with help and good friends i will get there .. see you all again soon...
    Former Member over 17 years ago
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