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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

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    Mr U 14 hours ago
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    Desdemona 1 day ago
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    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.
    Megan- Online Community Team 1 day ago
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    Jenz 2 days ago
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    Phild26 4 days ago
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    Beesuit 9 days ago
  • A trip with triple negative breast cancer
    Coddfish 9 days ago
  • Slightly Inconvenienced by Prostate Cancer
    Lemsip 13 days ago
  • Eunice77
    Eunice77 14 days ago
  • Prostate Cancer Recurrence - Triple Therapy
    excavator 18 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • Finding out my Mum has GBM 4
    12 days into treatment..

    12 days into the treatment....mum is still sleeping a lot, but we have got into a better routine now, trying to keep her awake in the afternoons, her appetite seems to be picking up and it seems to help when she hears other people tell her that its a good way to kill the cancer by eating and drinking.  She has even found a new love for raw broccoli (with a nice tasty ranch dip!) and I'm not stopping her!

    Mum is immobile at the moment, some days are better than others, but the loss of energy and strength...

    Former Member over 13 years ago
  • A Brand New Me
    Male Heartthrobs of the 60s

    I’ve been lazy today.  I was given the inspiration for the subject.  I’ve also been given help in defining what a heartthrob is, and more importantly I have had very willing assistance in selecting five artists to go into this category.  I have added my favourite song by each singer.  Thanks everyone, it’s been easy work and a great pleasure to do.

    So to be a heartthrob you have to fulfill the following criteria.  You have to be handsome and have a voice that makes the spine tingle...

    Former Member over 13 years ago
  • Losing Mum
    Telling the boys

    Well I have done it, I have had the conversation I have been dreading for weeks.  I sat down with my boys (8 and 4) on saturday afternoon, and explained to them that Granny is not well and has been in England for a while to have medicine, but now the medicine has stopped working and the doctors cant make her better any more, so probably fairly soon she will go to be with polly (the cat) in heaven, and that I will be very sad when this happens and that they should not be worried if they see me crying...

    Former Member over 13 years ago
  • A Big Journey
    19/08/13 - Another Shitty Weekend, Another Close Call

    So Saturday night I got a phonecall from my dad. My dad ringing me never results in anything good.

    This had happened:

    5mph more and he wouldn't have missed that tree. When the car rolled onto it's side it was about 3 foot away from it. You can see just from the tyre tracks alone how lucky he was. He thinks he had a blow out on one of his tyres and before he could say anything to his mate sat next to him, they were already heading for the hedge. They ducked and the car flipped onto it's side and...

    Former Member over 13 years ago
  • Confused daughter
    Confused
    My mum had vulvarian cancer 4 yrs ago had a vulvectomy no other treatment all seemed well until about 11 weeks ago she started signs of cervical cancer after 6 weeks are worst fears where confirmed she had stage 3A cervical cancer after lots of optimism by the doctor that the success was great etc etc of getting shut of it ! 5 weeks of radium 5 days a week and chemo once a week for 5 weeks mum suffered every side effect and was really knocked for six :( she has no been told it had spread to the coccyx...
    Former Member over 13 years ago
  • Worried
    Worried

    I have been experiencing lots of different symptoms:  I am getting extremely anxious that I have Non-Hodgkins can anyone else tell me how they felt. 


    I've had itching/prickly skin all over, chest, hands, arms, legs and feet.  Night Sweats/Day Sweats.  Headaches, lost appetite, generally feeling very unwell. twitching in legs.  Complete blood count nothing  except abnormally high B12.

    Former Member over 13 years ago
  • myeloma
    myeloma

    I went to the doctors with a painfull hip and was sent for xray and blood tests .the xray was fine but the blood tests said I had lambda 1.42 and combined capa lambda 4.30.i don't understand any off this but my gp says I have myeloma.i have been referred to the hospital on Thursday and I would like to have as much information about myeloma as I can.what questions to ask?my mum died of non hodgekinsons lymphoma and my brother died of leukemia.could any one please tell me anything about myeloma?...

    Former Member over 13 years ago
  • A Brand New Me
    Let's talk Northern Soul.

    I have had requests to explain exactly what Northern Soul music is.  Wikipedia gives an excellent definition so I won’t try to improve on that.   All I can suggest is that if anyone really wants to understand that you try listening to some.   

    So how shall we find you some to listen to free of charge and legally?  Well you can go to the BBC iPlayer and find John Kane’s Saturday evening show on Radio Leeds.   Or you can look on the internet and find a list called The Northern Soul Top 500.  You...

    Former Member over 13 years ago
  • Me, My Mouth and I
    Food, glorious food, there's nothing quite like it....



    I wouldn't call myself a foodie, I'm no Nigella or Jamie, but I've always enjoyed cooking and eating. Food has not only been a sensual pleasure, it's been one of the things my social life revolved around - going out for meals, cooking for the family, inviting friends round or going for a drink after work.
    Picnics, pasta and parmesan.  Comforting Hungarian dishes my mother used to make - stuffed cabbage, chicken paprika, goulash laced with sour cream. It's hard to make the effort, of...

    Former Member over 13 years ago
  • Getting my head around it
    Settling down

    Had my first injection of Pentapeptyl yesterday and walked home afterwards.  Felt energetic enough to do some hours of useful work in the garden.

    Today a bit stiff in the back and hips but otherwise OK.  I wonder how things will shape up in the future.  Feeling cheerful and optimistic right now but I know moods can hit me.  Due to stop the bicalutamide in two weeks' time. 

    Former Member over 13 years ago
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