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.
To results day, but I am sticking to all your advice and keeping myself positive.
But many questions run through my head...
What if I need Chemo? Is it painful? Will I be able to have children in the future if I needed Chemo? Will this affect my friends my family?
Its still all a blur to me and what with losing my Uncle to liver cancer a few months back, this has very much shocked the family. I feel like they have to go through the worries again. I don't know why I keep blaming myself, I just wish...
Hi, not been on here since September since they changed the website. My password no longer worked and I couldn't get access.
My Dad's AML returned in March. Just wasn't feeling great. Had a bad cough and his ears were blocked, and he went deaf. A quick blood test showed it was back after 9 months remission. He has now has further chemo and is back in remission, but has been told that his remissions will get shorter each time, so he really needs to have a BMT. My aunt is a perfect match, so hopefully...
Here is a picture from the weekend. I realised it had been quiet for a while and the youngest was not in sight any more. I discovered S in her bedroom covered in sudocrem (nappy rash cream). She had a great time lathering it on as if it were factor 50 suncream. It is not easy to wash off so it was straight into the bath with her, despite her attempts to wash her own hands!
After my blog post last week I had another chat with the colorectal nurse. She was very reassuring but let me know that I...
Hi everyone its been a long time since I last blogged but today feels like a good day. Ive caught up with site news and am so glad to see that some of you have happy news to share. Im afraid i'm not quite ready to be of much use to any of you and still really struggle with this horrible new life I am forced to live. Please know that though I don't comment you are all very much in my thoughts. Its been 3 1/2 months since Joe died and not a single minute of the day passes when I don't think about...
hi, dont know if anyone can help please. My mum went for a routine check up at the doctors and while she was there was told she needed to have a smear, (she didnt think she needed one as she was 69) anyway she had one and the results was told by a nurse that she has womb cancer, go away and wait for a hospital apointment. We have had a telephone call to say that she has an appointment at hospital on thursday, but we have had no letter as to tell us what we are going for. As she has been diagnosed...
Hi All,
I haven't been on-line for a few months as my lovely mum passed away in Jan after her battle with cancer. Hard to try and carry on with day to day life but you have to and soem days are better than others. Shorlty after going through this, my boyfirends mum was diagnosed with cancer of the ovaries and bowel. She is only 48 and has had 5 sessions of chemo now, which has been working so far. Surgey has been talked about but has now been put on hold for some reason.
As my mum had radiotherapy...
Once, in a little pond, in the muddy water under the lily pads, there lived a little water beetle in a community of water beetles. They lived a simple and comfortable life in the pond with few disturbances and interruptions. Once in a while, sadness would come to the community when one of their fellow beetles would climb the stem of a lily pad and would never be seen again. They knew when this happened; their friend was dead, gone forever.
Then, one day, one little water beetle felt an irresistible...
Hi everyone, I am Katie, just tuned 20 and I am new to the Macmillan Site. I hope to meet new people, as I feel scared. I will tell......
I work as a Graphic Designer and had been taking migraine tablets for 9 years as they do get worse. Well me, the Boss and the Manager noticed my colours were incorrect. I would see orange if a banner was brown or green if a sticker was black. My left eye became blurred and tunnel visioned even though I had my glasses on, which I were prescribed when I was 15....
Am so thankful that my chemo has finally ended, what a journey this has been! Watched friends and colleagues run Race for Life today in Blackheath was soooo hot but what an amazing atmosphere, that'll be me next year for sure.
Been told will have a four to five week break before I start Radiotherapy at Guys which will be brill, not more backwards and forwards to the hospital or needles etc.
To all of you starting this journey, keep you chin up it really does fly by and to all of those finishing...
Hi
More of the same... Hope there will be a good report on Tuesday when I go back to have it reviewed. I will have redressed it 3 times at home as requested.
Wish the bloody pain of lyphoedema would go...
Have a good weekend
Peter
Whatever cancer throws your way, we’re right there with you.
We’re here to provide physical, financial and emotional support.
© Macmillan Cancer Support 2026 © Macmillan Cancer Support, registered charity in England and Wales (261017), Scotland (SC039907) and the Isle of Man (604). Also operating in Northern Ireland. A company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales company number 2400969. Isle of Man company number 4694F. Registered office: 3rd Floor, Bronze Building, The Forge, 105 Sumner Street, London, SE1 9HZ. VAT no: 668265007
