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.
My husband hadn’t been feeling well for a while, nothing serious , just a bit off. At the end of May he contacted the doctor (a telephone consultation) over stomach discomfort. Doctor prescribed a indigestion medication. He didn’t get any better so went to A&E and was admitted immediately with a very bad liver infection. He was treated for a week with antibiotics and is recovered. While he was in hospital he had a scan and the results showed gallbladder cancer which had seemed to have spread to liver...

On Tuesday 29th June, we’ll be releasing the first of our improvements into the Community. You can read more below about how this will affect the site on Tuesday afternoon, and what changes you’ll see once the release has been done.
On May 5th, we attempted to go live with these changes. Unfortunately, we encountered some unforeseen issues which meant we weren’t able to go live at that time. Since then, we’ve been working really hard behind the scenes to get this right. We hope you...

After her breast cancer diagnosis six months ago, there was a lot Lesley wasn’t expecting about her own experiences of cancer treatment and recovery. She also wasn’t expecting how much strength she would find in herself, and unexpected places. Lesley talks about her experience with diagnosis, cancer care, breast cancer surgery, radiotherapy, follow-up and recovery in today’s guest blog.
Six months ago, I was told the news I had breast cancer... the wind physically left my lungs. I was alone...
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