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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
    7 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

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Latest blog posts

  • When my heart began to break
    News today but more confused
    Today my dad had a phonecall from the hospital. He has an appointment Thursday afternoon to have a chat with the doctor :-/ and the doctor may want to do a bronshocopy :( I know this is done to get a biopsy. I feel even more on edge now. The fact the doctor MIGHT want to do a bronschopy tells me that they already have enough evidence of the cancer. I also keep thinking of the words LARGE mass and see this a certainty that it is going to be bad.
    knicnic over 14 years ago
  • When my heart began to break
    No news
    Another day on edge waiting for results, but they didn't come. Spent the afternoon at the hospital trying to get help for my husbands ulcerative colitis, he is and out the toilet 9 times a day and in alot of pain. It was a waste of a afternoon as the doctor did not have results of my husbands previous tests. All the time we were in there I was trying to contact my mum or dad and as I received no reply convinced myself they must have received bad news. It wasn't till we came out the hospital that...
    knicnic over 14 years ago
  • When my heart began to break
    Monday Monday
    Well this week is going be a very life changing week I feel. Awaiting results from my dads ct scan and for him to have his lung cancer staged, as well as waiting for the results from my mums ultrasound. I have been googling again and scare myself in the low survival rate of lung cancer. I also have been trying to research cyber knife. I am off to the hospital with my husband later he has severe ulcerative colitis and he has a specialist appointment. So what a healthy bunch we are!! I find...
    knicnic over 14 years ago
  • When my heart began to break
    New week next week please let it be better then last week
    So I started off the day feeling pretty rubbish and carried on really. Just wanted to be on my own most the time which is not fair on my daughter or my husband. I then went down to see my mum and dad this afternoon. I love so much to spend time with them. My dad was in his Sunday seat as my mum calls it. He said he felt tired and got breathless during the day this scared me :( we then had tea and biscuits and watched football, well my dad did while me and my mum did some online shopping. My mum and...
    knicnic over 14 years ago
  • When my heart began to break
    Sunday morning scared of the week coming :(
    Morning, I would add good infront of that but I am not feeling very good about things. My anxiety had me awake early this morning, for a second I wake up and think everything's ok. Then I remember about my daddy and the sick feeling kicks in. Sometimes followed by a rush to the toilet. Some mornings I feel positive but today is not one of them, thinking about how most stories I have read on lung cancer do not have a happy ending. My dad still doesnt seem himself which makes me feel that when...
    knicnic over 14 years ago
  • Helping my dad recover from his treatment
    What happened

    My dad was diagnosed in June last year. It was a really hard thing to hear and made no easier as I as the one who had to tell my brother. A coupe of months later he had a big operation on his neck which we were told would take about 3 hours - so I was mentally pacing after 6 hours and he was still in theatre. The operation was complicated but successful and my dad spent a couple of days in intensive care before being moved onto the ward.

    Once he had  recovered sufficiently from that, he had 6 weeks...

    Former Member over 14 years ago
  • When my heart began to break
    When my heart began to break

    On November 12th my mum was making home made pickled onions for the first time. She was boiling vinegar and chilli for the onions to go in. The smell of this made my dad feel yukky and this is when the cough first started. The cough carried on and everytime we prompted him to go to a doctor he said no as associated the cough with being because of the boiling vinegar. Then nearly a month ago my mum finally persuaded him to go as he was coughing more. The doctor he saw was not the usual doctor and...

    knicnic over 14 years ago
  • When my heart began to break
    A bit of background
    My name is Kirsty I am 26 and am married with a 3year old daughter. I regard my family as my best friends in life, I was scared to move out and sad because spending time with my family is my favourite thing to do. I now live in the same road as my parents because I hate being away from them. My family are my world and I am at my happiest when we are together. My mum is 53 and my dad is 52. My dad used to be a heavy smoker but gave up 18 months ago I was so proud :) my mum has cut down to...
    knicnic over 14 years ago
  • My mothers carer.
    Mothers carer!!
    Not written for ages, life seems to just whizz by and befor you know it a month or so has passed by. Uncle really has been the priority this passed month, having had to put him into emergency respite because it was just too hard keeping him at home with mother.but after about 10 days in there he was admitted to hospital, so he's been in there for over 3 weeks now while they sorted out different problems. He celebrated his 90 th birthday in the hospital and the nurses where great with him,singing...
    Former Member over 14 years ago
  • Putting on a happy face for the world to see.
    Carrying on as normally as you can and then...
    I really miss him today. Finding it hard to talk about dad at the moment. Ive recently got engaged and so desperately want to tell him. So desperately want to hug him. xx
    Former Member over 14 years ago
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