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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
    8 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

  • Wittering away...
    Rowan8a3264 10 hours ago
  • "It's Only Skin Cancer"
    A cautionary tale of personal experience and common misconception
    dolphin99 12 hours ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Mr U 20 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.
    Wayne - Online Community Team 1 day ago
  • Slightly Inconvenienced by Prostate Cancer
    Lemsip 4 days ago
  • Peter's Blog
    A blog about bowel cancer at a young age
    HawkeyeBrown 5 days ago
  • Living with Desdemona
    Desdemona 6 days ago
  • Kidney Not
    Mmum 7 days ago
  • Looking after Mr. B
    Miranda t 12 days ago
  • One Life Live It
    Sadly not a LandRover road trip, but my journey through breast cancer
    Irishgirl16 13 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • boosmum's blog
    Twists and turns

    Well originally I was going to write this every day, but life overtook me a bit.

    Son's 18th went well but rather quietly.  Blew money on a big LCD TV for him which I can't afford but what the ****.

    Onc phoned on Saturday in a rather late response to the email I sent asking questions because we had been given no one to ask anything of. 

    The wonderful onc nurse at Frimley had already arranged for husband to be seen by an onc at St Lukes this Thursday morning so we now have a full week but...

    Former Member over 17 years ago
  • Raincoat's blog
    Chemo Brain or a bit thick???

    Dearest Admins/better enlightened IT hands...

    OK, I agree with most of the naysayers on the new site format but accept it's here to stay.  Plaintive, but I suspect  friviolous to most, request:  whether it could be ANY colour other than "bile"???....

    Anyway, knowing I am being an unintentional luddite...how do I send a reply if someone writes on my wall?  My sole option appears to be "delete".   I'm beginning to feel rude, guys....

    Cat xx

     

     

    Former Member over 17 years ago
  • Coping?
    Coping?

    All new to me.  Mum has non-hodgkins lymphoma on her adrenal glands.  She had been ill for a good few months - like a skeleton before she was diagnosed about 3 weeks ago.  She had her fist chemo about then aswell but were called back to the Macmillan Centre on Friday to be told that it was more agressive than first thought and they would have to intensify her treatment and will be in hospital for her treatments and I don't know how I am going to cope with that.  I know we are lucky as there is so many...

    Former Member over 17 years ago
  • Terri75's blog
    Update

    Sorry I havent been online for anyone who is a friend or been reading my blog.  My laptop has been playing up at home so I think I finally got it resolved last night, at work at the moment and thought I would do a quick blog entry.

    Dad was at the physio last Thursday and she confirmed that it is the tumour blocking the lymph node in his groin which is causing the fluid and swelling in his leg.  His leg is massive, they fitted a compression sock for him to wear during the day.  He was really sore after...

    Former Member over 17 years ago
  • Livia
    Mum's 2nd anniversary

    Just wanted to post here my mum's  (Rita) second anniversary today, she died from lung cancer and just wanted to say that mum we miss you so much and even though 2 years have gone by it only seems like yesterday we were with you in the hospital, you were so brave, you never complained, you didn't derserve to get cancer again, you already beat breast cancer 22 years ago, you should be still around, me and Siobhon miss you so much and we know that you are around us, I would give anything for yo...

    Former Member over 17 years ago
  • Life After Dad
    1 week on...

    This blog is as much for me (it helps to write down everything we've been through) as it is for anyone else.  If you're going through the same thing and any of this helps, then something good will have come out of our own experience.

    Dad passed away peacefully at home on 6th Oct at about 1.30pm with all of his family around him.  Although it happened suddenly, we were waiting all weekend as he was deteriorating so quickly.  He had to be sedated heavily because he was so unsettled and restless...

    Former Member over 17 years ago
  • The Daughter in law's blog
    Talking to no one.

    Having a tough day. Mother in law still not home from hospital still very poorly. She wont let us bring the children in to see her so I've had to stay home with them so hubby can go visiting. Not seen her in over a week now but hubby who generally tends to understate things is starting to say he's worried, which means he's very very worried.

    We had to go back to her house to sort out a few last items ready for the sale of the house no one to take the boys while we went so we took them...

    Former Member over 17 years ago
  • kezza33's blog
    can any1 shed some light...

    ai forgot to say that also mum has had really really sore stiff arms and finds it hard to use them or lift anything heavy, is this a common side affect of abvd? any ideas? x x

    night everyone x

    Former Member over 17 years ago
  • kezza33's blog
    just letting off some steam x

    i havent been on in a wee while have been really busy...

    mum finished her chemo two weeks ago and had a scan on friday there, we are awaiting the results. her last scan after four chemo sessions showed her tumour in her chest had shurnk by almost half. shes had twelve now, i am hoping and praying for her sake that it is all away now , i really really want this to be over for her, its been a long hard slog and the chemo has really took it out of her although she has been lucky in some ways, for example...

    Former Member over 17 years ago
  • Babybear's Blog
    Day 26 Bertiebassetts Return Journey

    Well it was too good to be true, Today I went out for a couple of hours before going visiting so was about 2 hours later than I would normally go on a Sunday. When I arrived I was asked to wait in the day room as Bert was unwell, It seems he had diarrhoea and vomitting, confusion again along with a high temp unfortunately he woke up vomitting so never made it to the toilet,

    He could not remember anything again, thought we had been out on the bus with the nurse, Did not know why he had to go for...

    Former Member over 17 years ago
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