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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 15 hours ago
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    Desdemona 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.
    Megan- Online Community Team 2 days ago
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    Phild26 5 days ago
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    Beesuit 10 days ago
  • A trip with triple negative breast cancer
    Coddfish 10 days ago
  • Slightly Inconvenienced by Prostate Cancer
    Lemsip 14 days ago
  • Eunice77
    Eunice77 15 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • My mum
    Macca118

    Im new to this so if wrong sorry I just feel so lost and alone my mum  my wonderful mum as been told she has latter stages of liver cancer theres nothing they can do im no expert bit u know when the end ia not far seeing her today it wasnt my mum 6 months ago she was telling me off and im 46 wish she was telling me off shes not eating ahe cudnt even lift her own legs up today my younger was there to help I just wait for the phone or knock at door my children all grown moved away and I just have me...

    Former Member over 10 years ago
  • Cancer, Me and Them
    Really brain?

    Hello everyone,

    It has been a few weeks since our news that currently there is no evidence of disease.

    It has taken a while to digest it and only just are we beginning to get into some sort of routine.

    How do I feel about it now?

    I am not sure truth be told.  Many people are so excited for us, which is great, really it is.  But I find I am unable to get that excited.  My brain has been quietly whispering to me again.  It whispers that it will come back.  Who knows where who knows when?

    I also think that...

    Former Member over 10 years ago
  • BCC on Nose
    BCC on Nose - Part 2 - Day 4 to 10

    Day 4 to 6.

    Well, it has been hard to adjust to doing practically nothing for 6 days, however, I think I could used to it! Actually,on second thoughts there is only so much Loose Women and Jeremy Kyle you can handle. healing has gone well so far, I have had no pain whatsoever in either my shoulder where the graft was taken or in my nose. Some general itching but apparently this means everything is healing. I have been able to shower, provided you don't direct the water on the areas concerned it is...

    Former Member over 10 years ago
  • Sublingual Salivary Gland Cancer- my journey
    1 year 7 months on

    Well thought it was worth doing a quick update on this blog, incase anyone else has a similar journey to me. 

    I'm now 19 months post surgery and I'm supposed to be on 2 monthly check ups at the moment but a few Hic cups since August have meant it's gone back to every month. 


    Had a funny feeling in my throat in July/ August last year.  Have had a few things looked at to try and see if there was any thing unpleasant causing It. I've had an MRI, barium swallow X ray and a camera...

    DLC23 over 10 years ago
  • Cold Hands & Body After Chemo
    Cold Hands & Body After Chemo

    Hi All & Hope Everyone is OK

    Firstly apologies if I getting things messed up but this is the first time I've ever written any blog or anything else on line for that matter. Just a general question to all really but does anyone else suffer from cold hands after chemo. I have so far had 5 R-Chops (and have a teddy bear named "Chop" who keeps me company during treatment), 3 methotrexate treatments and five intrathecal lumber treatments. If anyone can please let me know if this normal I would...

    Former Member over 10 years ago
  • Never thought this would happen to us
    Getting up to date

    Been thinking about doing this for a while now. I'm not someone who writes diaries and I've never done a blog before, but somehow it feels that the time is right, as things seem to be moving a little faster and I am finally coming to realise that we are very unlikely to walk away from this together. Perhaps up till now a little part of me has felt that writing things down would make them real?

    A resume to start. My partner and I met 25 years ago and have been together for 22. We have...
    Former Member over 10 years ago
  • Facing cancer alone
    Forced to face cancer alone. Who stole our NHS

    I am hoping that my wife and I are unique in this, but we are both desperately disappointed with MacMillan services. The service is nothing like the lavish and presumably expensive adverts. So far in our experience, they are all self-marketed hype with no substance. Unfortunately they are the only Health Service support that we have been offered. My wife was diagnosed with liver cancer at the beginning of February, after the tumour was misdiagnosed as benign in June 2015. Consequentially the prognosis...

    Former Member over 10 years ago
  • How did this happen and what now ? .
    too many changes

    When a diagnosis of cancer is given , whether for yourself or a much loved family member or dear friend , then the term bombshell might not seem to be covering how you might be feeling at such news .

    Thoughts or fears of what to do next or how you will get through are probably common . If someone thinks that another person has changed their behaviour or manner after news of a diagnosis it may be that the other person is slightly afraid of what might seem to be a death sentence after hearing of...

    Former Member over 10 years ago
  • Slow growing cancer - Is a waiting game!
    Different perspectives of cancer

    I would imagine people with slow growing cancer have different fears and thoughts to someone with cancer and immediate treatment and effects.

    Neither is good, neither is easy to live with for different reasons..................

    We entered the Consultants room yesterday and asked how we are and are we living a normal as possible life, my husband answered 'For being sick/ill I suppose we are.'

    Now too things came out of this, the Doctor saying you are not sick and John's announcement, 'You may...

    Former Member over 10 years ago
  • second time to have cancer
    Second time

    I have just been diagnosed for the second time with breast cancer , having had breast cancer 15 years ago I thought I had beaten it boy was I wrong it's back and worse this time 

    Former Member over 10 years ago
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