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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

  • Living with Desdemona
    Desdemona 9 hours ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Mr U 11 hours ago
  • Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica
    Beesuit 1 day ago
  • One Step At A Time
    Phild26 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.
    Dylan - Online Community Team 3 days ago
  • WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted
    W J 4 days ago
  • Multiple Myeloma
    Tess123 13 days ago
  • Mumofcancer
    Mumofcancer 19 days ago
  • Cycle 19 and not working anymore
    Emotions 21 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 23 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • Community News
    Confused about your diagnosis or treatment options?

    Lots of members come to the Online Community with questions. It can be really difficult to cope with feeling that you don’t understand your own cancer diagnosis, treatment options, or information you’ve been given. It’s important to make sure you can access the explanations you may need. It’s also important that you are asking questions in the right place. Remember that you’re not alone, and that there’s lots of support available to you.

    “I'm just very confused...

    Eliza -Online Community Team over 4 years ago
  • A trip with triple negative breast cancer
    EC Round 1 days 7 & 8
    Am interesting roller coaster, this one. After the uncomfortable hands and shoulder of day 6 (which had rendered me unable to operate a knife or deal with bra hooks), I decided to manage day 7 with ibuprofen. A much better night’s sleep and wok...
    Coddfish over 4 years ago
  • A booby is a seabird with blue feet
    Sorry, Snow White ... I may have some bad news for you.
    As I have been getting significantly more (and worse) insect bites again lately, I began to wonder what the reasons for this might be. I know chemotherapy can simply make a person’s skin over-sensitive and their immunity lower. And of course go...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • A trip with triple negative breast cancer
    EC Round 1 days 5 and 6
    Day 5 started out very well. I guess I was still benefiting from the Dexamethasone, and I had got the acid reflux well under control. I had been absolutely determined to complete my 200th parkrun. With a still stitched and healing portacath, I knew t...
    Coddfish over 4 years ago
  • A booby is a seabird with blue feet
    Hair Story
    My hair doesn’t promise anything good. It has become too strange. It looks all worn out, like grass in a well-trodden football field. There are random whorls of hairs, of various lengths, pointing in different directions. I have never (yet) see...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • Kidney Not
    Immunotherapy update Feb/March 2022
    This post will be an update on the first four cycles of ipi/nivo.  I’ve been having it every three weeks, by infusion, from mid Jan until the end of March 2022.   On day 1 of my ipi/nivo I predictably had a dozy session on the so...
    Mmum over 4 years ago
  • A booby is a seabird with blue feet
    Breathing Lessons
    To prepare for radiotherapy, I recently discovered that I’ll need to be able to hold my breath. This is especially important because the laser is going to be focussed on my left side, near my heart. Originally I had been told that 15 seconds wo...
    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • A trip with triple negative breast cancer
    EC Round 1 days 2-4
    Days 2-4 are the dexamethasone days, I guess the steroids aim to take you through the first hit of the chemo. I took 2 with the infusion and then had 12 to bring home - 2 to have with breakfast and 2 with lunch on each of days 2-4. I am also crunchin...
    Coddfish over 4 years ago
  • my beautiful brave 58yr old mum has extensive small cell lung cancer
    Small cell lung cancer spread to liver. How to manage the pain after eating? Any ideas?

    To cut long story short. Brother has sclc mestasis on liver. Had chemo. Lung doing well but liver cancer back. Sadly not great. He has started chemo to try and shrink cancer to help with pain management. My brother cant eat. When he does exteme pain. Morphine doesnt help. They did mri and cant find anything obvious I.e.bile ducts, gallbladder etc. Also pain worsens when standing too. Oncologist not much help as he cant find why on scan. Does anyone know of this? I've looked on internet but it would...

    Former Member over 4 years ago
  • Community News
    Are you feeling lonely?

    There’s a lot of conversations about loneliness recently as it’s been a discussion topic for mental health awareness week. Feeling lonely can affect your mental and health and we often hear members of the Online Community talk about how lonely they feel.

    We’re talking about loneliness in this blog so why not stay and read more if you’re looking for some company, or to find others who are also feeling the same as you.

    The past couple of years during the coronavirus pandemic...

    Megan- Online Community Team over 4 years ago
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