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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. 

Latest blog updates

  • Wittering away...
    Rowan8a3264 1 hour ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Mr U 4 hours ago
  • "It's Only Skin Cancer"
    A cautionary tale of personal experience and common misconception
    dolphin99 1 day 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 1 day ago
  • One Step At A Time
    Phild26 1 day ago
  • Slightly Inconvenienced by Prostate Cancer
    Lemsip 7 days ago
  • Peter's Blog
    A blog about bowel cancer at a young age
    HawkeyeBrown 9 days ago
  • Living with Desdemona
    Desdemona 10 days ago
  • Kidney Not
    Mmum 10 days ago
  • Looking after Mr. B
    Miranda t 15 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • A trip with triple negative breast cancer
    Musings on diet and chemo
    One of the horrible aspects of EC chemo is that it temporarily affects your taste buds so that many types of food taste flat, or just not quite right. I have found each cycle a little worse from this perspective - a day or two longer, more foods affe...
    Coddfish over 4 years ago
  • Community News
    Managing cancer and side effects at work: Elvina’s story

    Do you feel you have the right support at work?

    Lots of people affected by cancer, like Elvina, don’t always feel they have the support they need from their employer, manager, or from the sickness policies in place at work. Lots of people may feel worried about work when they are affected by cancer.

    Here in the Online Community, we’re featuring a new series working with Macmillan’s Digital Storytelling Project, where people affected by cancer have created their own videos to talk about their...

    Eliza -Online Community Team over 4 years ago
  • A trip with triple negative breast cancer
    EC Round 4
    Feeling delighted to have entered the halfway stage. Once I have processed this one, it will be 12 weeks of Paclitaxel. Also delighted that round 3 improved enormously after my last post. Once I had resolved the constipation, the rest of the cycle pa...
    Coddfish over 4 years ago
  • Kidney Not
    Incessant Thirst
    After I started on ipi/nivo in January I noticed I started drinking copious amounts of tea.  I was relieved there were no immediate side effects, the ones they warn you about; diarrhoea, sickness, itching, so I just thought it was a fu...
    Mmum over 4 years ago
  • Community News
    Rebellious hope – Reflecting on the legacy of Dame Deborah James

    Credit: Dan Williams / The Sun / News Licensing

    Here on the Community team, we were all very saddened to hear that Dame Deborah James had passed away from Bowel cancer at the end of June. After spending some time reflecting on what she meant to those affected by Bowel cancer, and thinking about her amazing legacy, we wanted to dedicate today’s Community News Blog to Deborah and all those who knew and loved her.

    Deborah was an incredible inspiration to so many and fought to raise awareness of...

    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • bcg
    Bladder cancer
    Hello, can anyone tell me how long you have to wait until you can resume BCG after taking nitrofurantoin antibiotic tablets Thank you Sylviron
    sylvieron over 4 years ago
  • One Life Live It
    This time last year…..
    Gosh, where has the time gone? A year ago I had just finished the dreaded chemo and was psyching myself up for surgery. Now, a year on, between chemo fog and menopause brain (or perhaps just good old age forgetfulness) I can hardly remember the ...
    Irishgirl16 over 4 years ago
  • Our Battle with Oesophageal Cancer
    The Cancer has progressed....
    Finally, a couple of days after the previous update, M found he could no longer swallow anything - liquid or solid. We called the emergency oncology line but their dept was already full so they suggested we should report to A&E. This was a distre...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • It's Gone Tits Up
    I’m running up that hill
    Today, 7 of my best girls completed the 10k Newcastle Race For Life. We had planned to all complete the race together and raise some cash for this amazing cause that desperately needs funding. I obviously cheered them on from my hospital bed with a c...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • It's Gone Tits Up
    I can’t feel my face when I’m with you
    So yeah, the last words were a total jinx. I couldn’t have tempted fate more if I had tried. On the 25th June my ‘journey’ took a very different path to one I could have never imagined. I attended my oncology appointment as planned ...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
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