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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

  • Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica
    Beesuit 6 hours ago
  • One Step At A Time
    Phild26 11 hours ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Mr U 18 hours 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.
    Dylan - Online Community Team 2 days ago
  • WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted
    W J 3 days ago
  • Living with Desdemona
    Desdemona 6 days ago
  • Multiple Myeloma
    Tess123 12 days ago
  • Mumofcancer
    Mumofcancer 18 days ago
  • Cycle 19 and not working anymore
    Emotions 20 days ago
  • Warm your teaspoon
    Mrs of husband with bowel cancer - T3 N1 - chemo to be followed by radio then anterior bowel - depending what they find. Oxaliplatin and Capecitabine being the prescribed drugs. `
    Sierraoscar 22 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica
    Support
    February 28 2019 I have to add a few words about support here: The MacMillan nurses have been absolutely stupendous in propping me up. Both teams at the Singleton and in Carmarthen have been exceptional in their care. My brilliant daughter, Cat, has ...
    Beesuit 6 hours ago
  • Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica
    Treatment: December and January
    February 13 2019 December Treatment I can’t stress how important it is to keep well. Radiotherapy will make you tired, very tired. You have to rest and let your body cope. The cancer is going to take a year out of your life. Control the pain. A...
    Beesuit 6 hours ago
  • Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica
    My Journey through thick and thin: August to December 2018
    November 30 2018 August Believe in your body and in your second sense. Usually if you know there is something wrong there is…trust me; women are particularly good at this. My GP couldn’t appreciate much to see but at my insistence he arr...
    Beesuit 6 hours ago
  • Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica
    My Story
    August 31 2018 The first part of this blog is retrospective though based faithfully on my diary account. I’ve always been a “Glass Half Empty” girl. It’s the way I am. It’s a form of self defence. Expect the worst then b...
    Beesuit 6 hours ago
  • Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica
    I am 67 years old, retired and living in Rural Wales
    August 8th 2018 Once upon a time there was August 7th 2018 The whole world changed for me that day. The earth continued to spin but stopped dead for me. That was the day I discovered my cancer at the back of my tongue. I knew what it was th...
    Beesuit 6 hours ago
  • Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica
    Welcome to Dani's Blog
    Beesuit 6 hours ago
  • One Step At A Time
    Chapter 27 — Dot the Lowercase J's
    It's been another three and a half weeks since I last wrote one of these. And if I'm being honest — not much has happened. Which, after the summer we've had, is exactly what I was hoping for. The bear remains unpoked. The steroid we...
    Phild26 11 hours ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 502: Love food, love Slimming World.
    Post 502: Love food, love Slimming World. It’s an amazing job my Darling has done, using the Slimming World club to lose 2½ stone or more lately, and the gift of an apron is an added bonus she’s got from a raffle win. My Darling ha...
    Mr U 18 hours ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 501: Thank you for your kind words of support.
    Post 501: Thank you for your kind words of support. With an outpouring yesterday that came from nowhere, it is comforting to know someone’s there. At times there’s a fear that nobody’s there and, lo and behold, there’s a load ...
    Mr U 1 day ago
  • Community News
    Newly diagnosed with cancer? Advice from Macmillan’s Online Community

    Receiving a cancer diagnosis can bring overwhelming emotions, uncertainty and many questions. It can be difficult to know what to do or where to turn, especially in those first few days. It can help to hear from people who have been there before.

    Last month, we asked members of the Online Community what they would say to themselves on the day they were diagnosed with cancer. We wanted to know what words of advice they would offer, anything they wish they had known at the time, and what helped them...

    Dylan - Online Community Team 2 days ago
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