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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

  • 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.
    Megan- Online Community Team 3 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 1 day ago
  • A trip with triple negative breast cancer
    Coddfish 1 day ago
  • Megan's Macmillan blog example
    Moderator - Macmillan Community 1 day ago
  • Slightly Inconvenienced by Prostate Cancer
    Lemsip 5 days ago
  • Eunice77
    Eunice77 6 days ago
  • Living with Desdemona
    Desdemona 7 days ago
  • Prostate Cancer Recurrence - Triple Therapy
    excavator 9 days ago
  • WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted
    W J 10 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • Community News
    Moments of support that made a difference

    Cancer is one of the toughest things someone can go through. When cancer shows up, the people around us can matter more than ever. Showing someone you care cannot change a cancer diagnosis, but it can help them feel less alone.

    Yet when cancer shows up, silence can often follow. Loved ones, friends, and colleagues may struggle to find the right words to say. They may worry about saying the wrong thing, asking too many questions, or not knowing how to help. This is something Community members have...

    Megan- Online Community Team 3 hours ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 517: The power of a three course dinner.
    Post 517: The power of a three course dinner. The AFib lasted 19 hrs when my Darling and I got decidedly cheesed off with it and our next step was to apply ‘the pill in the pocket’ (an extra Bisoprolol tablet of 1.25mgs) and within 15 mi...
    Mr U 11 hours ago
  • Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica
    A celebration
    July 20 2021 A message I got from a friend so touched me There is a Facebook group called Young Tongues. They are fairly new and need more members so take a look….but I digress My friend sent me this picture of the cake a young lady&rsquo...
    Beesuit 1 day ago
  • Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica
    Post Treatment Follow Up Trial PETNECK2
    May 27 2021 Research Question: Does PETCT-guided, patient-initiated follow-up result in similar overall survival compared to current post-treatment routine surveillance for head and neck cancer (HNC) patients? International guidelines recommend r...
    Beesuit 1 day ago
  • Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica
    Lymphoedema
    February 2 2021 I have been chatting to a friend on the Macmillan forum about coping with lymphoedema. This unpleasant swelling occurs when lymph drainage is damaged by either radiotherapy or surgery. It can vary between a mild inconvenience to a pai...
    Beesuit 1 day ago
  • Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica
    Two Year Anniversary
    January 23 2021 Today has been a day of contrasts. A bit like the last two years; not much to say except to leave a few snaps MORNING community.macmillan.org.uk/.../Dani-vid.mp4 AFTERNOON I thought I’d simply paste the post I put&nbs...
    Beesuit 1 day ago
  • Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica
    The future of follow up
    January 17 2021 As I hadn’t had a nasoendoscopic exam for 8 months I asked that my next appointment wasn’t over the phone and was a F2F. I was looking for that reassurance even though I felt well. Dr Banner and I talked about follow up. I...
    Beesuit 1 day ago
  • Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica
    A quick review of the year
    Jan 4 2021 A Snapshot Light at the end of the tunnel? I’ve seen a few lights already. Some of them have been oncoming trains BUT After Lockdown we got away a few times. Still enjoying a beer Then out of the blue came...
    Beesuit 1 day ago
  • A trip with triple negative breast cancer
    Living life as a statistical outlier with metastatic tnbc
    I have just been for my 6-monthly oncology review following my most recent CT scan. The ablated tumour sites remain stable with no new metastatic disease noticed elsewhere. Nothing of concern in the blood screen. So I remain in the state of being inc...
    Coddfish 1 day ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 516: Lymphoma therapy day 12, done and dusted.
    Post 516: Lymphoma therapy day 12, done and dusted. So the feast and famine of constipation and diarrhoea has turned full circle again and I’m left with a big protruding belly and an uncomfortable feeling of fullness, but I can’t stop ea...
    Mr U 1 day ago
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