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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 5 hours ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Mr U 8 hours ago
  • Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica
    Beesuit 1 day ago
  • Prostate Cancer Recurrence - Triple Therapy
    excavator 2 days 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.
    Emma - Online Community Team 3 days ago
  • WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted
    W J 3 days ago
  • Cool Cap Relief
    TerryB 6 days ago
  • One Step At A Time
    Phild26 8 days ago
  • Multiple Myeloma
    Tess123 20 days ago
  • Mumofcancer
    Mumofcancer 26 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • One Life Live It
    Overcoming Grumpiness - a day out in Dorset
    I've been a bit grumpy this weekend and I don't really know why. I've been managing my side effects ok, but the weird taste in my mouth is just annoying as food doesn't taste quite right and nothing is helped by the weather, as clearly it's decided t...
    Irishgirl16 over 5 years ago
  • Facing the future: Together
    Sad update on Brother-in-Law

    After a brief but brave fight with secondary liver failure, Dal's brother Mark passed away at 5am on 15/05/2021 I am so grateful that his fight enabled all of the my children to attend their Grandad's funeral on the 13th, Mark battled hard and made that possible. 

    Only two dedicated people had been allowed in to see him at the hospice, my mother in law and my second youngest daughter, sadly on the morning of his passing they arrived 15 minutes too late. Maybe that is how Mark would have wanted...

    Lowedal over 5 years ago
  • It's Gone Tits Up
    Let's get down to business
    We are currently measuring in at a whopping 5 cm cancer in my left boob, however, we’ve got no spread (thank the lord for small mercies).  The next 4 weeks seem jam packed. My calendar has never been so full in the past 18 months (how sad)...
    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • Here I Go Again???
    Panic Setting In!

    I had my blood test Monday, haven't heard anything yet so I'm assuming that's good news or the doctor would have called me. I can't ring up for the results because that's tempting fate. This just sounds so stupid now I'm typing it out, but it's how I feel.

    I have a transvaginal ultrasound booked for Wednesday. I've had this before when I had a cyst on my ovary. Thing is they never found anything. It was only when I got a CT scan that my cyst was discovered. I believe this...

    PinkSparkle over 5 years ago
  • BC, the inflammatory one.
    Normal
    Expect the worst but hope for the best. That old cliche. Pre-armoured. Bulletproof. An invite to misfortune offered by the gods of optimism.  Feeling. Poking and prodding. Everything feels normal. Everything looks normal. Talk of minimal things....
    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • TEB72
    New Challenges
    When I decided to take voluntary redundancy from my job in travel after 30 years to explore new challenges, I wasn’t expecting to be dealing with a cancer diagnosis as one of them!   I found a lump in my right boob in the shower, I kept th...
    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • Mummy’s poorly, let’s get her better
    Nails, eyebrows and teeth….the ongoing fun of chemo side effects
    After the high of last week, (which I’m still experiencing don’t get me wrong) it’s time to talk about some of the lasting effects following my 18 weeks of chemotherapy.  I am lucky and five/six weeks post my final treatment I&...
    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • One Life Live It
    Halfway to somewhere
    I've completed the 3rd (of 6) chemo treatments so in my mind I am half way there.  My oncologist kindly reminded me this is halfway through phase 1, but in my head the chemo is THE worst so I'm going with half way. Yes, yes, I know my maths, I&n...
    Irishgirl16 over 5 years ago
  • Community News
    Self-management for your own health and healthcare

    Close-up of a disabled and Black non-binary person with tattoos cutting green onions with kitchen scissors.

    Managing your own care can be necessary when dealing with a long-term health condition or illness, such as some cancers. It can be overwhelming to think about at first, especially when you might have been recently diagnosed.

    Learning more about self-management for your own health can help you at any stage of your experience with cancer. This can mean understanding your condition and what you might need, decision making, and knowing where to get help when you need it.

    We’ve created some quick links...

    Eliza -Online Community Team over 5 years ago
  • BC, the inflammatory one.
    Immunocompromised
    Dilemmas. What to do. Protection or life. Protection and life. Protection and no life. Dilemmas. Drive. When run down, with traffic and parking and unfamiliar roads. Train. Also unfamiliar. Enters, swaggering, uncaring. Shouting, with phone to ear, &...
    Former Member over 5 years ago
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