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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

  • Pedalling through this journey
    Fati 6 hours ago
  • "It's Only Skin Cancer"
    A cautionary tale of personal experience and common misconception
    dolphin99 13 hours ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Mr U 16 hours ago
  • Wittering away...
    Rowan8a3264 22 hours 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 3 days ago
  • One Step At A Time
    Phild26 3 days ago
  • Slightly Inconvenienced by Prostate Cancer
    Lemsip 9 days ago
  • Peter's Blog
    A blog about bowel cancer at a young age
    HawkeyeBrown 10 days ago
  • Living with Desdemona
    Desdemona 11 days ago
  • Kidney Not
    Mmum 12 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • Facing the future: Together
    Starting the New Year 2022

    Happy New Year to you all... or at least, I hope it is a good year for many of you. 

    Last year was the year I had imagined We would never have! after Dal's Diagnosis in May 2020 and the prognosis given, we embraced 2020 with a view that there may not be a 2021 for us, but there was.   

    2021 brought us many ups and downs, both with Dal's cancer treatment and within our own lives, but it was a year where we threw abandon to the wind as much as we could, we have acknowledged how lucky Dal has been...

    Lowedal over 4 years ago
  • Community News
    Let's talk about cancer and sex

    Our recent Community News blog ‘Cancer and Fatigue – when will I start feeling less tired’ sparked off a conversation in the bladder cancer forum around sex after cancer treatment. It’s also a subject that many of you are talking about across the Community.

    Some people might find sex an embarrassing or tricky subject to talk about. Some are worried that it might be considered trivial or irrelevant to think about your sex life when you or your partner have cancer.

    Here in the Community...

    Steph - Online Community Team over 4 years ago
  • Who’s idea was this?
    Chemo Cycles 1-3 EC
    15/11/21 - I start chemo tomorrow so a bit stressed about how I’m going to be able to help my family with things for my mum if I end up taking unwell but I guess we will see how it goes and take it one day at a time. Silver lining is that I&rsq...
    KM26 over 4 years ago
  • Who’s idea was this?
    Losing Mum
    I lost my mum the day after my first chemo 16/11/21, there’s never a good time to lose someone but I feel like this really is the worst possible time! She was in a come for 30 days prior because she had an aneurism at work on the 16/10/21, I re...
    KM26 over 4 years ago
  • Who’s idea was this?
    Diagnosis
    Hey, I’m Kirsty and I’m 26 years old and recently diagnosed with invasive breast cancer (stage 2, grade 3, HER2 +, with medullary features<whatever that means) trying to be super positive and kick cancers ass!  I found a...
    KM26 over 4 years ago
  • Don't call me brave
    Happy New Year?
    Well, there is no hiding from it now. I will start my cancer treatment this month.  My diagnosis before Christmas meant that I could put off thinking about it until “next year”.  Well guess what’s here - next bloody year! ...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • It's Gone Tits Up
    For days of auld lang syne
    I never thought my new year goal would be to stay alive. By the 3rd of January I’ve usually broken a diet or not started exercising so at least this year I’m winning at it so far! I’ve had the most amazing Christmas and New Year wit...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • Community News
    2021 on the Online Community

    A blue sky with trees in front of it.

    In the spirit of the new year, we’re looking back at what’s happened on the Online Community over the past year.  It’s been a challenging year for many with continued uncertainty around the coronavirus pandemic and the impact this has on cancer patients and their loved ones.

    What has helped a lot of people get through is talking to others who can understand how you may be feeling here on the Online Community.

    We’ve welcomed around 21,901 new members since the start of 2021 and...

    Megan- Online Community Team over 4 years ago
  • My experiences
    Happy New Year Folks.

    As 2022 approaches I have a degree of  trepidation  as I will hopefully hear what my future holds.

    But regardless 2022 is a new year and a clean canvas for all of our lives to write upon so have a Happy New Year everyone best we can.

    Chromeplated.

    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • Cancer just messed with the wrong boobs!
    Cycle #7 abandoned ☹︎
    So I spoke too soon. So confident that I was going to continue sailing through these treatments but then they come along and throw me a curve ball. To start with as I driving to hospital my son whose 18 rang to say he'd got Covid. Just brilliant....
    Jacala over 4 years ago
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