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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

  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Mr U 15 hours ago
  • WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b
    W J 15 hours ago
  • Living with Desdemona
    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.
    Lizzie - Online Community Team 2 days ago
  • Multiple Myeloma
    Tess123 8 days ago
  • Mumofcancer
    Mumofcancer 15 days ago
  • One Step At A Time
    Phild26 16 days ago
  • Cycle 19 and not working anymore
    Emotions 17 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 18 days ago
  • Pete's cancer blog
    Peterb 23 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 434: And the Living Is Easy.
    Post 434: And the Living Is Easy. It’s a nothing day today after I weigh myself. Well, it is the day before my nephew’s wedding in a hotel by the sea, but that’s all. Ha ha. The scales lied again. 10st 13lbs. (Eek!) Now that&rs...
    Mr U 2 months ago
  • The n
    The monster inside me
    Well they say I’m a curious case because I’ve got secondary cancer tto the spine around L2 to L4 with some small fractures plus shoulder now for good measure they have found a spread too the pelvis and a few nodules on the lung currently ...
    Tim212 2 months ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 433: More Worry About My Heart but a Quick Response Was Good.
    Post 433: More Worry About My Heart but a Quick Response Was Good. Although I started the day with very low blood pressure, I ended the day happy but hot in this wonderful weather, we can’t have for much longer can we? Where would you be with...
    Mr U 2 months ago
  • Living with Desdemona
    Chemo Second Cycle, Week Three: Desdemona Extends The Holiday
    I’ve had a great week three! I didn’t pick up any infections and the side-effects had all subsided; I genuinely feel fairly normal, although my energy levels are only about 70-80% of my pre-cancer levels. Even better news, I had my three-...
    Desdemona 2 months ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 432: An Iron Infusion, a Sunny Day and a Tearful Ending.
    Post 432: An Iron Infusion, a Sunny Day and a Tearful Ending. There’s nothing like a busy day and this one could have been, but for some fantastic timing by pure accident. The Health and Social Care Connect team had promised a look-in and the...
    Mr U 2 months ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 431: Thunderstorms and a Personalised Plate for My Darling.
    Post 431: Thunderstorms and a Personalised Plate for My Darling. 05:00am and the air is muggy and the bedroom breathless, in a non-medical way. Crash, bang, wallop! Oh my, what a storm rolling overhead, so I jump out of bed and close all the wrong...
    Mr U 2 months ago
  • Still enjoying life with cancer
    PET scan showing something ominous in bowel
    Radiotherapy seems to have dealt a blow to the tumour on my adrenal gland without too much side effect other than fatigue.  I got a call from the pharmacist last Thursday to say that the treatment I was due to have yesterday would need to be pos...
    Slartybartfast 2 months ago
  • Community News
    Feeling the heat? Here are some tips to help you stay cool

      

    This week, parts of the UK will reach record-breaking temperatures. It's nice to be able to enjoy the summer weather, but wherever you are and whatever your plans are, we hope you manage to stay cool and be safe in the sunshine.

    This blog can be used as a useful resource if you're looking for some guidance on keeping cool in the heat. If you have any tips that you'd like to share, there's a comment box at the bottom of the page. Click here to add your comment.

    The heat may affect...

    Megan- Online Community Team 2 months ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 430: Day 3 of Magic Pills Makes Me Smile.
    Post 430: Day 3 of Magic Pills Makes Me Smile. Although there is a heap of things in the background of my life that are not managed, or to put it another way, there’s so much on the back burner that I’ve missed the tipping point and need...
    Mr U 2 months ago
  • Speaking to an empty room
    Oncology...
    Had the first oncology appointment today basically told the cancer was stage four ,three lymph nodes involved,not primary and containers squamous cells.... Long rotton story short,radiotherapy will be shit,lots of awfull side effects and no guarante...
    RedTree26 2 months ago
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