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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

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  • Speaking to an empty room
    RedTree26 1 day ago
  • Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica
    Beesuit 1 day ago
  • Slightly Inconvenienced by Prostate Cancer
    Lemsip 3 days ago
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    Julie17 4 days ago
  • Living with Desdemona
    Desdemona 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.
    Megan- Online Community Team 7 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • CLL NEWBIE
    Driving CLL
    To a friend
     
    Driving CLL
     
    I’m glad to hear that you are behind the wheel again, perhaps life is a little like driving your car. When behind the wheel you are more in control of your destiny, as a passenger you are an observer, you have to rely on the skills of someone else’s driving. (Yeh you can still get side swiped or be distracted by a cat crossing the road) But it is you who must react to the situation at hand.
     
    Maybe living with CLL is like driving a new car? This ones a...
    Former Member over 15 years ago
  • tracey2404
    20 march

    wella mixed week for me. after work on the wednesday i was exhausted all of thursday and a bit weepy - think i realised i wasn't superwoman and maybe 3 1/2 hours was a tad too much for the first time. friday was better - at docs and got different tabs for sickness - cyclizine which seems to be doing the trick. saturday was a different day all together. had a trip to edinburgh airport to pick up my pals son (i was just a passenger).  started to get niggle in liver area - liked trapped wind again...

    Former Member over 15 years ago
  • Interleukin 2 advice
    Interleukin 2 advice

    My husband is due to start a course of Interleukin 2 and I would really appreciate any advice that anyone could give me. Thanks very much.

    Former Member over 15 years ago
  • My Lovely Wife Julie
    My Lovely Wife Julie 10

    The last couple of weeks have been OK.  We have managed to get out fairly regularly, even out for a Chinese and an Indian meal.

    Unfortunately Julie has had a pain in her back that has gradually been getting worse over the last 2 weeks, so bad that even increasing her pain meds by 50% does not give any real relief.  We both suspect that she has more cancer in the T6-T9 region of her spine - I suppose a scan will show exactly where.

    We have an Apt with the Onc on Tuesday for a follow up on the Brain...

    Former Member over 15 years ago
  • it's a gay old life
    farewell to my smile

    The news was as miserable as I had feared.  They want to remove SIX teeth.  I could barely speak to the dentist when she told me.  Four of the teeth are wisdom teeth and two others form the side of my smile.  I made it past reception, found a quiet(ish) corner and cried.  Of course, I know the prospect of being alive is more important than having teeth but my smile makes  up a big part of who I am and it feels a particularly cruel side effect - the taking of a smile.
    Options to replace the teeth seem...

    Fulham P over 15 years ago
  • flight31
    On line community.

    I would like to say how much theon line  community can help people with cancer needing a listening ear. I think it would be helpful to know which people were the ones with cancer as it does make a difference to their view point, 

    Former Member over 15 years ago
  • exmarshy
    Waiting is the worse

    My husband was diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus on the 8th March. we are now waiting for his appointment with consultant on Tuesday, after he had more tests this week. I feel once we know whats gonna happen next I will be able to pull myself together and do what we gotta do. he has lost a stone in weight but only weighed 101/2 stone in the first place. Is hard to watch him struggling to swallow food, he knows he has to eat, but its hard.

    I'll probably be writing a lot more once we get onto...

    Former Member over 15 years ago
  • life's always a changin'
    deep sigh..........big breath!

    We've had a difficult 3 months.  The pain in Pat's shoulder had been getting increasingly worse, excruciating at times, he's had a low grade fever for weeks, night sweats and irregular blood results but our consultant has been dragging his feet and has not been on top of Pat's case.  When a liver biopsy came back clear he said he was "quite optomisic" but we knew better and our certainty that this was cancer related was right. 

    Our GP, who is fantastic, was increasingly worried...

    Former Member over 15 years ago
  • Tommysblueangel's blog
    2 days 2 go
    Going in on Mon 21st for my op on Tues 22nd,totally terrified.Cant believe this is happening 2 me...Having Sentinal Node Biopsy,Mastcetomy & back falp reconstruction all in one surgery.
    Glutton for punishment OR WHAT!!!!lol...Thats me----All or nothing...Good luck to every1 having surgery &/or treatment this wk...Take care of you...C u on the other side,Ann.x
    Former Member over 15 years ago
  • mrsperson51
    Its a different life now.....

    Its a different life now , it has been now since the 16th september 2010, my darling husband was diagnosed with cancer. i wish i had joined this site earlier.i have been on here almost daily for months now reading other peoples experiences. i realise we are not alone in this nightmare and indeed there are many that are worse off than us but the one thing that strikes me is how kind and supportive everybody is, even in their darkest times they take the time to listen and respond to others going through...

    Former Member over 15 years ago
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