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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. 

Macmillan Information Blogs
  • Random act of kindness
    Random act of kindness
    6 months ago
  • The Changing Faces of Cancer- Scalp cooling, Hair loss and Regrowth.
    The Changing Faces of Cancer- Scalp cooling, Hair loss and Regrowth.
    over 2 years ago
  • If I could go back to the day of my cancer diagnosis
    If I could go back to the day of my cancer diagnosis
    over 2 years ago

Latest blog updates

  • 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.
    Dylan - Online Community Team 3 hours ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Mr U 13 hours ago
  • WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted
    W J 1 day ago
  • Living with Desdemona
    Desdemona 4 days ago
  • Multiple Myeloma
    Tess123 10 days ago
  • Mumofcancer
    Mumofcancer 16 days ago
  • One Step At A Time
    Phild26 18 days ago
  • Cycle 19 and not working anymore
    Emotions 18 days ago
  • Warm your teaspoon
    Mrs of husband with bowel cancer - T3 N1 - chemo to be followed by radio then anterior bowel - depending what they find. Oxaliplatin and Capecitabine being the prescribed drugs. `
    Sierraoscar 20 days ago
  • Pete's cancer blog
    Peterb 25 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • Dignity Pants and other misnomers
    Expresso Love
    High Noon was the end of part one of my cancer journal, covering the first 8 months of 2023 and my transformation from a fit, healthy and active 59 year old to having cancer, with secondaries, and a bonus heart condition. And a poor prognosis..... Pa...
    Dignahtee over 2 years ago
  • She said no more..........
    Mum made her decision
    So from previous posts I explained my mum is stage 4 non small cell Lung cancer ......5cm tumour in right Lung  and its already spread to the lymph nodes ......I say we all time as we been a team it always been me and mum  so back on 8th Se...
    orphan reds over 2 years ago
  • I'm too old for triple neg
    Holes made 2, amazing HCP's 3 = a good day
    Managed to arrange 3 appointments for today. Didn't sleep again so a bit bedraggled before i started. Big wardrobe choice as breast investigations and likely trans vaginal USS. Decisions decisions,  quick remove top, easy remove bottoms, soc...
    Vibby over 2 years ago
  • Initial Diagnosis
    Update since Initial Diagnosis
    It has been several days since I heard those words “you have breast cancer”, and in these 11 days I have gone through more emotions than are listed in the dictionary.  I have had the CT Scan – it is a contrast scan so they put ...
    Peanut1205 over 2 years ago
  • Community News
    Being your own advocate- Jules’ stage 4 lung cancer story

    November is lung cancer awareness month and today, we are sharing Jules’ story. Jules was diagnosed at 37 in November of 2021 with stage 4 lung cancer, which has since spread to her spine and pelvis. As her cancer is incurable, she relies on her three-monthly CT scans to tell her if she’s clear to have another three months to live.

    She continues to live life with her partner and son to the full, but constantly feels she has to advocate for herself to get the care she needs, leaving her...

    Megan- Online Community Team over 2 years ago
  • I'm too old for triple neg
    The beginning- me me me !!!
    So, this is me, as the song says. 60 years old (likes to behave younger), midwife,  nurse, wife to lovely husband,  2 kids, 30 year old twins. Semi retired lives in South East, very fortunate with support systems,  income etc. Ive been...
    Vibby over 2 years ago
  • A trip with triple negative breast cancer
    Navigating the rocks
    It’s been a bit of an up and down journey over the last couple of weeks.  Kidney function is slowly and steadily improving and there’s now an expectation it will return to something very close to my previous baseline. Quite how I man...
    Coddfish over 2 years ago
  • Pembro & Lenvatinib Journey for Serous Cancer
    Day 3 and 4
    So the first day (Day 2 ) after treatment went ok. I was really tired after planting up barrels for the village winter flower displays and had to have a sleep after giving the dogs a quick walk, but generally felt ok. Bowels working fine etc. Day 3 -...
    GreenCliffLady over 2 years ago
  • why dont they understand ????
    we treat the infection not the cancer ......................WOW
    im gonna start with apologising as  this may be really negative ........ held these emotions in and did the brave face since 8th Sept and i think i hit my rock bottom (even though i know worse is yet  to come ) so strap yourselves in its re...
    orphan reds over 2 years ago
  • Pembro & Lenvatinib Journey for Serous Cancer
    Treatment Begins! Day 1 and 2
    Diagnosed with Serous Endometrial Cancer (womb cancer)5 years ago (Stage 1B, Grade 3), I quickly realised I was dealing with an aggessive little blighter. Hysterectomy plus on 7/12/18, no adjuvant therapy given - recurred 4 years later - October 2022...
    GreenCliffLady over 2 years ago
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