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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

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  • Living with Desdemona
    Desdemona 2 days ago
  • Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica
    Beesuit 3 days ago
  • One Step At A Time
    Phild26 3 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 5 days ago
  • Multiple Myeloma
    Tess123 15 days ago
  • Mumofcancer
    Mumofcancer 21 days ago
  • Cycle 19 and not working anymore
    Emotions 23 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • TCHP journey
    Surgery - Done!
    Friday 24th June day after my Mum’s 80th birthday, D-Day or BC day!! Had to go to the x Ray dept for 9:15 for radioactive isotope injection into breast, it helps surgeon locate lymph nodes. I wasn’t expected on the day case ward until 11:...
    Amelie11 over 4 years ago
  • TCHP journey
    The gap between chemo & surgery
    I did well….started to feel normal again after 3 weeks. Had Phesgo only on 1st June, and no side effects, yippee!! Went on holiday to Wales week 5 before surgery and got Covid!! NHS brilliant registered positive test and rang that day offered ...
    Amelie11 over 4 years ago
  • A trip with triple negative breast cancer
    EC Round 3 - making progress
    I wrote a little too soon about the side effects at the end of round 2. Whilst it’s true I was generally well during the final week or so, I woke up most mornings with abdominal pain and wind that sometimes led to bowel urgency. I also never qu...
    Coddfish over 4 years ago
  • Double C
    Biopsy results are in!
    09/09/2021 (Credit: Cartoonstock) We had barely sat down when the oncologist told me, “you have a small cancer.” I didn’t cry, I didn’t weep or break down. Instead, I listened to him talk but felt removed. I remember glancing...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • Double C
    Breast clinic appointment: what happened...
    06/09/2021 (Credit: Chennai breast surgeon) Two weeks after my urgent referral, I was summoned to the breast clinic at Royal Alexandria Hospital in Paisley while William sat waiting in the car. Neither of us thought I’d be long.  A quick ...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • Double C
    It started with and itch - 'who ever thought it would come to this'
    17/08/2021 (Credit: The cradle rocks) To begin my blog, I thought it best to explain how my breast cancer story started. I first became aware of my lump in the wee small hours of Tuesday, 17 August 2021. I had stayed up late watching television when...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • Double C
    Bah Humbug!
    09 September 2021 On 09 September 2021 (five months before William’s diagnosis), my oncologist told me “you have a small cancer.” Those five words cemented the fact that the Humbug size lump nestled next to my right nipple wasn&rsq...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • Spindrift Summer
    I did it!!!
    Today i swam without wetsuit for 30 minutes!!! When i got in i thought i'd last five! Getting in was pretty brutal but within minutes i was loving it!! Three if us were swimming, tomorrow morning tg 'll be five of us swimming along, hopefully...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • Double C
    Where our cancer story begins
    Hi, I’m Fiona and this is my husband William. We’re both 50 years-old and share the same Zodiac sign, Libra. It would be ironic if it was Cancer because along with three children, four cats the marital home and bed, cancer is a disease t...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • Community News
    Coping with anticipatory grief when you're supporting someone living with cancer

    The feeling of grief and loss before a loved one’s passing is something that is often discussed here on the Community. If you’re feeling this way at the moment, or have done in the past, you’re not alone.

    This blog is exploring anticipatory grief and hopefully you’ll find some comfort and ways of processing anticipatory grief after reading the following.

    What is anticipatory grief?

    Anticipatory grief can be experienced when you’re aware of an impending loss. It’s the feeling...

    Megan- Online Community Team over 4 years ago
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