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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 8 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 2 days ago
  • Prostate Cancer Recurrence - Triple Therapy
    excavator 3 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

  • Breast Cancer - 1 yr on. Then and now!
    Really big medical day!
    My year of anniversary's continues and whilst these dates mean little, if anything to family and friends I'm finding myself re-living and re-feeling (if that's a thing) some pretty life changing events from a year ago.  On the whole ...
    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • Community News
    Being bodies - Sophie, body confidence and her double mastectomy

    "The newer me is strong, resilient and fierce" written over a picture of Sophie at Table Mountain in South Africa.

    Our new series “Being bodies” aims to explore our relationships with our bodies, from head to toe and everything in between. We recently featured Sophie’s story, where she talked about her experience being diagnosed with the BRCA2 gene mutation at 24 years old. Today, she’s here to talk about how having a double mastectomy changed how she felt about her body, for the better.

    A bit about me... I’m Sophie, 28 years old, queer and a BRCA2 gene carrier. Many of my family members...

    Eliza -Online Community Team over 5 years ago
  • Mummy’s poorly, let’s get her better
    Surgery done and dusted
    I’m writing this from my hospital bed and I’m pleased to say that my surgery yesterday all went to plan. They removed my right nipple and the cancer lump attached to it as well as half the lymph nodes on my right side (which was the plan ...
    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • One Life Live It
    Blondes have more fun
    I had so much fun today, totally unexpected. I went in to my appointment with the wig lady with no real expectations, admittedly not very clear on what I wanted and certainly quite sceptical that I'd really use a wig that much, Jo and Dawn from Hair ...
    Irishgirl16 over 5 years ago
  • Another Prostate Cancer Blog
    14 days Post Operation
    Not too bad today I do not leak during the night although I am up and down to the bathroom every two hours. Leaking badly in the afternoon.  I had some spare day and night bags (still in their sealed plastic bags) so decided to drop them off at ...
    Jan52021 over 5 years ago
  • One Life Live It
    And now it's visible!
    I thought I was prepared....from the lovely box of scalp cosmetics that my thoughtful team had sent, to the soft woollen hats my good friend knitted, I was ready. But.... I had under estimated something, the chemo hat, the bald head, now my cancer is...
    Irishgirl16 over 5 years ago
  • Facing the future: Together
    How quickly things change

    Last week Tuesday Dal received a surprise phone call from the oncologist, 

    With Dal's blood readings he was told that the 4000 reading is now 12 and the one that was 24 is now less than 1, and once it's less than 1 it can't be measured.. so his bloods are all within the normal range, and it is likely that there will be little change now. The scan itself shows that everything is stable, the tumours in the lung are undetectable, this is not to say they are no longer there, but they have shrunk sufficiently...

    Lowedal over 5 years ago
  • Another Prostate Cancer Blog
    12 days post operation
    I had my catheter removed today. Started performing my Kegal exercises again. At present, if I keep sitting and do not move I do not leak, as soon as I stand I get a few drops of urine. It's early days yet. The catheter was starting to cause me s...
    Jan52021 over 5 years ago
  • Mummy’s poorly, let’s get her better
    Count down to surgery...try not to focus on 'what ifs'
    This morning I had my pre-op assessment and COVID tests ahead of my operation on Wednesday, its all starting to get very real!  The boys were dropped of with grandparents over the weekend (and are loving the excitement of it all, after all ...
    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • Community News
    Planned Online Community Maintenance - Thursday 28th of April, 4am onwards

    Hi everyone,

    Due to some planned maintenance, the Online Community will enter a read-only mode for 4-8 hours, beginning this Thursday at 4:00am. It may last until midday but has been planned at this time to provide minimal disruption to our members.

    This means that you will not be able to log in, post or reply on the Online Community during this time. You will still be able to read posts and blogs on the site.

    If you feel you need some support while the Online Community is unavailable, please remember...

    Tom C - Online Community team over 5 years ago
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