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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

Latest blog updates

  • Slightly Inconvenienced by Prostate Cancer
    Lemsip 11 hours ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Mr U 21 hours ago
  • "It's Only Skin Cancer"
    A cautionary tale of personal experience and common misconception
    dolphin99 1 day ago
  • Peter's Blog
    A blog about bowel cancer at a young age
    HawkeyeBrown 1 day ago
  • Wittering away...
    Rowan8a3264 2 days ago
  • Living with Desdemona
    Desdemona 2 days ago
  • Kidney Not
    Mmum 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.
    Lizzie - Online Community Team 8 days ago
  • Looking after Mr. B
    Miranda t 8 days ago
  • One Life Live It
    Sadly not a LandRover road trip, but my journey through breast cancer
    Irishgirl16 9 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • poppyanne's blog
    good news

    I have good news for a change

    My youngest sons girlfriend is 3 months pregnant and we are over the moon about it

    It seems like years since we have had something great to look forward to

    its a little bit of Paul living on isnt it ?

    cant wait

    fingers crossed all goes well

     love Sue

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • I never expected that
    Over half way

    I'm very glad to be more than half way through (this phase of) treatment now. Getting some side effects, but finding the medication (for anti-nausea and anti-diarrhoea) works. I guess I'll be getting more sore and more tired as time goes on but afternoon kips help. (No daytime sleep today though and S got me up at half six this morning.... amazing I'm awake to type now really).

    I am still managing to get some work done - and happy to be doing it too. I'd rather stay involved doing something...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • Love knows no bounds
    My forever love

    Some of my favorite things that he said to me over chat.

    i want to tlk to u and hold u hand and pick ur mind apart and i want to learn what drives u crazy and what u like and dis like and i want to mamerize the lines for ur face and the way u smile and the way u giggle and laugh and the way ur eyes look when ur happy or sad the linse and curves of ur body and the smell of ur hair and the smell of ur skin and the taste of ur lips and skin the feel of ur touch ur smooth skin under my fingertips

    tu sei...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • Yilmaz
    Hello

    Hello,

    My name is Yilmaz and I am a carer for my mum.  She has a history of a cancer: breast, bone, liver, but bravely fought through it.  This year, she started getting headaches.  A scan revealed that she had several brain mets.  After a course of radiotherapy, the medics decided that there was no more they could do for her. 

    My mum's mobility is virtually non-existent.  She cannot walk or make many movements with her body.  She speaks with difficulty and struggles to speak coherently. 

    I came...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • jujuc
    Reversal

    Had my appointment for my reversal . I saw a new ( to me) consultant. He was lovely . He explained everything to me so as I could understand. Retired nurse or not I am the patient now and we nurses don't know everything.

     

     I got to know the truth of why my cancer was never discovered. I never did have a Colonoscopy, it was just a Sigmoidoscopy. Its no wonder they never found it they never went up far enough.

    So before my op I am to have a Colonoscopy just to check the bowel.

    I could have the...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • Like mother like daughter?
    7th April 2010 - Sobering words about fertility options

    We'd actually been intending to start a family this year and in our ideal world I would have been about 2-3 months pregnant when we got married in April.  Just was well I wasn't with the discovery of the breast cancer in Februrary!  Anyhow, this meant that retaining fertility throughout my treatment was a consideration hence my BCN arranging an appointment for me to meet with a 'consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist'.

    Unfortunately my fiance couldn't attend the fertility discussion...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • Like mother like daughter?
    6th April 2010 - the value of BCN support

    On D-Day my breast care nurse (BCN) suggested that I e-mail her a list of questions over the weekend so that we could go through those and information about the upcoming surgery at our next appointment which she scheduled for 6th April 2010.

    So back to the specialist centre I went, once again with my fiance who wants to be part of everything at the moment (for which I am very grateful) :)  My list was rather long (see below) and as it turns out actually covered off much of the stuff she wanted...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • Ramblings of a Bad Fairy
    Ashamed to say.......

    ….I ran away!

     

    I’ve developed a real dislike for hospitals. I can do the out-patient stuff no problem, lots of people to chat to and generally people who are either only a little bit poorly or dealing with their poorliness quite well. It’s the in-patient stuff that makes the hairs (the sparse few) on the back of my neck stand on end.

    Until this cancer malarky I hadn’t had much experiences of hospitals except that Master Bad Fairy was born in hospital. Such a delightful experience...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • orange123
    psa test

    hi everyone just to make people aware my husband and i never new about psa test for prostrate cancer until my husband was diagnoised with it it is so unfair that there isnt more testing done for men woman have breast screening and smear tests why isnt this made more aware of for men

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • greybadger's blog
    colds - here we go again

    Why oh why can't I just have a normal cold and get over it in a few days like other people.  Here I am, now in remission with a chance to get out and about again, but now I've had a cold for 10days.  The last twice I've been like this I've ended up with penumonia -  I'm supposed to be going away next week touring in Europe for 5 weeks.  I've got no voice and feel so grotty I will be at the doctors tomorrow in the hope that they'll give me some antibiotics.  two weeks ago when...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
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