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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?

Community News Blogs

  • International Nurses Day: Reflections from the Online Community
    1 day ago
  • Have you had your green medicine?
    6 days ago
  • Meet Kirsty Part 2, diagnosed with breast cancer alongside an existing health condition
    8 days ago
  • "Finding my new normal"- Jane's story
    15 days ago

Recent Blogs

  • TUG reconstruction complications to leg

    TUG reconstruction resulted in damage to sciatic nerve that caused foot drop and left me unable to walk for several months. Luckily after lots of exercises and physio I have recovered although have been left with some seemingly permanent problems.
    1 post
    FormerMember
    A word of caution for those considering a TUG reconstruction over 10 years ago
  • The PCa Man

    My names Eddie, I'm 56, and I was diagnosed with Metastatic Prostate Cancer in 2012. Mets in lymph nodes and bones. PSA of 695 at diagnosis, Gleason 9, 4+5.
    7 posts
    FormerMember
    PCa Man Update over 10 years ago
  • thoughts feelings and fears of a man too big to admit them!

    I have advanced malignant melanoma. I have been fighting it for 3 to 4 years now and started a course of Verumafenib recently. I just want to get my head dump out there in the hope it provides me some kind of release.
    5 posts
    FormerMember
    Surprise surprise... over 10 years ago
  • In the middle of it all

    Written by a 16-year-old recently thrown into the deep end finding out that her dad is terminally ill with cancer that appeared so suddenly.
    1 post
    FormerMember
    Day 1 of blogging this (warning, it's graphic) over 10 years ago
  • A family's Journey

    I'm hoping that writing this blog will help me cope with what's happening, as well as support you all too. My step dad has recently been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Hopefully this blog will inspire me, as well as you guys too!
    1 post
    FormerMember
    Acknowledging over 10 years ago
  • What can I expect at my follow up appointment after my lumpectomy?

    I had a lumpectomy last Friday 3rd October. My follow up appointment is 10th October. What is likely to happen when I go?
    1 post
    FormerMember
    Follow up appointment after lumpectomy over 10 years ago
  • Breast cancer ... Neo adjuvant chemo prior to lumpectomy

    Breast cancer chemo treatment with EC and Docetaxel prior to lumpectomy.
    2 posts
    FormerMember
    First Docetaxel and Herceptin done and dusted .... over 10 years ago
  • Today I heard I have a use by date...........

    This is a blog of my life. I am 35 and wife and mother to 3 amusing weirdos. In 18 months I have been diagnosed, beaten cancer and diagnosed again, with not so much of a happy outcome this time around.
    1 post
    FormerMember
    Shit happens over 10 years ago
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