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Create a blog

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 21 hours ago
  • Wittering away...
    Rowan8a3264 22 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.
    Lizzie - Online Community Team 2 days ago
  • Looking after Mr. B
    Miranda t 2 days ago
  • One Life Live It
    Sadly not a LandRover road trip, but my journey through breast cancer
    Irishgirl16 3 days ago
  • Silly
    Bbbb 3 days ago
  • One Step At A Time
    Phild26 4 days ago
  • Speaking to an empty room
    RedTree26 4 days ago
  • Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica
    Beesuit 4 days ago
  • Slightly Inconvenienced by Prostate Cancer
    Lemsip 6 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • pinkvicki
    Wow I'mm so tired lol.

    Hi Guys Firstly i want to thank everyone for your wonderful messages of support and pm's.

    Today went quite well, I has a 4 hour lecture this morning with various speakers from the trust, it was very informative but made my head hurt. 

    The Chaplain came in too but i was ok. I was worried about that part but i was fine.

    This afternoon i got to visit my ward. I am on renal ward, we have a lot of dialysis patients but everyone including the staff seemed lovely. One lady prob in her 80's asked me...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • Claudette
    Mood swings
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    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • jenni b
    Just a horrible weekend, but i came out smiling :)

    Where do i start ,those of you who know me know ive had a truly awful weekend ,its a long story but basically for those who dont know ,a nasty vindictive witch (im being polite ) has been sendind me hate mail and putting really nasty things on a certain social networking site, which i dont need to tell u are untrue as you all know me better than that ,
    Well anyway as a couple of very close friends on here know i was devastated by some stuff she did on sat , but do you know what i cant ask ju anything...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • I want to be cheerful and positive....but feel very down?
    I need help to feel more positive...

    Hi All,

    I too am new to this blog thing. I thought it might make me feel less alone to realise other people are out there going through much worse than me. I haven't been through that much and I should be more positive by far. I was diagnosed in April 09 with Lobular Carcinoma, underwent a lumpectomy and partital node removal, then RT. I decided after an ONCO DX test not to do Chemotherapy, as it would not benefit me (I hope that was the right decision) .

    Now I am taking Tamoxofen and Zoladex...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • 3 month anniversary
    grief, feeling pointless

    please don't read this if you want to read something possitive.

    It has been 2 months and 17days since my beautiful loving and brave husband passed away. It will be 4 months tomorrow since our wedding day, which makes it 4 months and 1 week since his diagnosis, which was terminal from the start, do not pass go do not collect £200. No hope of cure, but he was still so determined to fight it and it was all taken from him so fast it feels so unfair.

    And now there is me, left behind, alone...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • Knocked Sideways!
    Talking the talk but can she walk the walk!

    I have finished the active part of my treatment for BC (diag Jan 2010), it's been a whirlwind to say the least (surgery, chemo, rt).

    I am a very positive person by nature and truly believe this has helped my on my journey and am somewhat surprised by my feelings at present, of will I be able to do this.  In my heart I know I can it just feels a little odd at the moment.

    This site and all my MAC friends have been amazing and I am thankful for all the support I have received.  I guess these things...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • New and feeling a little lost
    Side effects Help???

    My dad started his chemo treatment on thurs 30th sept of itravenous chemo every 3 week he goes. And also he takes oxaliplatin  and capecitabine tablets 2 wks on 1 off. the side effects sarted pretty much straight away.. well the main one of the Freezing cold hands. He has his gloves on all the tme. We are wonder  how long this lasts???    Does it eventually fade away or will it stay throughout the treatment.. thanks

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • Cbr55's blog
    Two years and going strong!

    Just a quick note to all those people who have been newly diagnosed with breast cancer.

    Finished my treatment in 2009 and finally got back to work.

    After a few knock backs with flu/pnuemonia over the last two years i'm still hear and going strong, so please don't give up hope and take every day one step at a time and i'm sure you'll get their. :-)

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • My daughter Stevie
    My daughters brain tumor

    My daughter Stevie was having funny turns for a number years and the doctors were not very helpful. 2 weeks before her 25th birthday she was send for a scan. This showed that she had a brain tumor. She had an operation one week after her birthday to de-bulk the tumor. She came through the operation really well the only side efect was she had lost part of her sight in one eye. The following year the grade 4 tumor had grown and she was sent for a 7 weeks course of radiotherapy. The poor we soul lost...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • Claudette
    The weekend

    I couldn't get on to the site yesterday. Friday night wasn't too good, she slept until 3 but after that she was restless and uncomfortable, I moved her from the bed to her chair in the lounge, she wasn't too good at first, but improved when her cousin from Holland arrived, followed bt two fom America.

    Last night wasn't good, she couldn't sleep in her hospital style raised bed, as there is a fold where the mattress is raised, We moved her to her chair in the lounge and gave her the blue...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
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