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Blogs

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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

  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Mr U 18 hours ago
  • Slightly Inconvenienced by Prostate Cancer
    Lemsip 2 days ago
  • Eunice77
    Eunice77 3 days ago
  • Living with Desdemona
    Desdemona 4 days ago
  • Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica
    Beesuit 6 days ago
  • Prostate Cancer Recurrence - Triple Therapy
    excavator 7 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.
    Emma - Online Community Team 7 days ago
  • WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted
    W J 7 days ago
  • Cool Cap Relief
    TerryB 10 days ago
  • One Step At A Time
    Phild26 12 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • Breast Cancer - 1 yr on. Then and now!
    My very first medical appointment....
    So, I'm back with my 2nd post.  A lot in my life changed on this day a year ago and things are still changing now... The Then - Having found a lump in my breast 8 days previously, 20/4/20 was my first medical appointment.  I had rung a ...
    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • Another Prostate Cancer Blog
    Post Robotic assisted radical prostatectomy Operation
    I had my operation on the 14th of April and was discharged on the 15th of April. I woke up on the ward a little bit tired but in no pain at all, in fact, if I did not know what I was in for I would never have guessed although I did have a catheter st...
    Jan52021 over 5 years ago
  • Another Prostate Cancer Blog
    The Start
    Hi my name on the Macmillan site is Jan52021 so let's stay with that for continuity.  First I thought I would say how my cancer was diagnosed, and provide the technical details of my diagnosis. For the technical: PSA level 5.9 Gleason score...
    Jan52021 over 5 years ago
  • Mummy’s poorly, let’s get her better
    Stuck in limbo, preparing for nipple-off
    It’s been a weird week. For the first time since I was diagnosed (25th November) I haven’t had any medical appointments or treatments this week and it has felt very odd. I was so lucky to go straight from diagnosis into a whirlwind of mor...
    Former Member over 5 years ago
  • One Life Live It
    Cocktails
    Sadly not the gin variety, but Chemo 2, a mix of hormone and chemo drugs! Day 3 of cycle 2 and so far so good (she says with fingers crossed).  Taking the anti sickness meds whether I need them or not seems a good plan and the Omeprazole seems t...
    Irishgirl16 over 5 years ago
  • Community News
    Hair Loss - Information and Guidance

    Hair Loss - Information and Guidance

    Image: Landscape of Yorkshire moors with dark clouds sitting over a valley on a spring day.

    On the Community team we often ask for your input or feedback, we want to make sure we’re listening to our members. In a recent newsletter we asked for you to get in touch with the topics you would like to see us write about. In today’s Community News Blog, we’re talking about a topic you asked for - hair loss.

    We know from many of our members’ comments that hair loss can be difficult...

    Tom C - Online Community team over 5 years ago
  • One Life Live It
    Steroids, Sleepless Nights and Cycle 2
    Cycle 2 and the steroids the day before treatment are messing with my sleep.  I am tired, my eyes are tired, my head is tired but my body is clearly disconnected and is buzzing!  It was 3 am and I could feel every sensation in my bones...
    Irishgirl16 over 5 years ago
  • DavidG66
    CT scan booked - update 14 April
    CT scan booked for Friday morning so will discover the effectiveness of the chemo earlier than I thought. I was told my scan would likely be about 4 weeks after chemo#4 but this is just 1 week. Case conference the following Wednesday and then get som...
    DavidG66 over 5 years ago
  • Community News
    Community guidelines update – sharing medical pictures

    'Community guidelines update' written in white over a picture of a sunset over the sea.

    Please note that this blog is no longer up-to-date. To see the most recent review of the Community guidelines, please see our more recent blog here.

    We have some important information to share here on the Online Community. We have decided to trial updating part of the Community guidelines around medical images.

    Our Community guidelines are what everyone agrees to when they join the Online Community. They’re in place to ensure that everyone is safe while using the site. Previously, our guidelines...

    Eliza -Online Community Team over 5 years ago
  • Draw
    Pre Op check
    I never imagined it would be so complicated. I thought they would just remove the breast and that would be that. My brain is spinning after this chat with the breast care nurse. She said I would be in overnight and would come out with a drain in plac...
    Former Member over 5 years ago
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