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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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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

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    Desdemona 2 days ago
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    Beesuit 3 days ago
  • One Step At A Time
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  • 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
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    Tess123 15 days ago
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    Mumofcancer 21 days ago
  • Cycle 19 and not working anymore
    Emotions 23 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • Terminal stage 4 peritoneal disease and lonely!
    Lonely
    I was diagnosed around August 2022 with peritoneal disease and an inoperative 10 cm tumour on my ovaries. I was given up to 3 years to live. Nearly 8 months later , I know have 3 cancerous tumours ranging from 8cms to 13 cms, all in my pelvis area. I...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • Facing the future: Together
    Early April update

    Just a quick update 

    March Echo scan seemed to go ok, (waiting on oncologist to phone and let us know more)  and still waiting on CT scan appointment which seem to be taking longer now, we imagine this is caused by the backlog of Covid and lockdown.

    Dal still has occasional glitches when eating, (which I think I find more scary than he does) and still has nosebleeds a few days after treatment, this is one of his main on-going side effects.

    Sometimes he is tired, but mostly he just continues to keep...

    Lowedal over 4 years ago
  • A trip with triple negative breast cancer
    It starts
    Once upon a time there was no breast cancer. Well there probably was, but I didn’t know about it. Here we are in early April, diagnosed, stage 1 of my treatment completed (wide area excision plus sentinel lymph node biopsy), a few days away fro...
    Coddfish over 4 years ago
  • Not a good day
    It’s a downer
    Not feeling good about things today I think probably all the waiting, what seems to have been s life time to start treatment in in reality two months. should all start soon. TEMS - trial Star Trec Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy via a pill onwards an...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • Cancer just messed with the wrong boobs!
    A well needed holiday
    I checked with my oncologist that I'd be ok to go on holiday after my radiotherapy had finished and she actively encouraged a break.So we duly booked 10 days in Sharm el Sheikh. It was amazing booking a reasonably priced holiday after only being ...
    Jacala over 4 years ago
  • A booby is a seabird with blue feet
    Tis but a scratch …. Just a flesh wound
    The Dark Knight in Monty Python loses his left arm; I have lost my left breast.  Presumably, his left lymph nodes are removed at the same time, as they were for me.  So we share a similar experience then. Well, that’s unfortunate...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • Testicular cancer
    Rplnd operation was cancelled, i can't do this again

    Currently I have a left over mass in my abdomen that has been left there since my last rplnd 2 years ago. It is slowly growing in size but it isn't cancer although there is a chance it could be cancer in the future. I isolated for 3 days then spent the night at the hospital but the next morning they apologised and said that their first operation is taking longer than expected and they would like me back in a weeks time.

    This would mean isolating again and hyping myself up so I have decided to...

    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • A booby is a seabird with blue feet
    Bye, boobie! Bye, boobie!
    Now it feels as if I have had to say goodbye to my left breast twice. First before surgery, then again today. Because the space somehow refilled with what became a rather large water-filled imitation of the lost breast. Sadly, the ‘water b...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • RedRoses
    Feeling Low

    Hi there.

    Brief history I’m 18 months he down the line HER2 positive breast cancer. It’s the first time I’ve posted in here. I seem to have hit an all time low after just finishing all my treatment.  I just can’t seem to get myself put of the black whole 

    Any vice welcome x

    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • It's Gone Tits Up
    Another one bites the dust
    It’s been just over 3 weeks since my right boob faced the same fate as my left and had to leave us. I had a checkup last week and had the steri strips removed and had the wound drained. It’s all healed up very nicely so far. I had an appo...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
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