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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

  • WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b
    W J 10 hours ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Mr U 14 hours ago
  • Living with Desdemona
    Desdemona 3 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 3 days ago
  • Multiple Myeloma
    Tess123 9 days ago
  • Mumofcancer
    Mumofcancer 15 days ago
  • One Step At A Time
    Phild26 17 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 19 days ago
  • Pete's cancer blog
    Peterb 24 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • Black
    Letting the light in....
    Well it was November so black was probably the mood. Have left this blog a while as, well I have been busy. Who isn't busy holding down a full time job, caring for someone with cancer and also trying still to live a life.. Just re-scheduled my Le...
    CO24 7 months ago
  • I have a Cancer
    I have a Cancer - 9
    The nurse and consultant looked at each other, then suggested they give the unit a call.  I was handed the phone once they had made contact and an appointment was hastily arranged for the following Monday evening. I was then told what the consul...
    Soglio 7 months ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 280: I’m not supposed to stay in bed, but I do.
    Post 280: I’m not supposed to stay in bed, but I do. I’m really looking forward to my guests today. I haven’t seen them since the infamous back flip off the kitchen chair on Christmas Day, when I up-staged everyone and made the ens...
    Mr U 7 months ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 279: Useless rest and holiday complications.
    Post 279: Useless rest and holiday complications. Getting up after midday was not the intention, but it was good enough as it happened. I went to bed at 8:30 pm but wasn’t very tired, but a gulp of oramorph for my head pain was very necessary...
    Mr U 7 months ago
  • Community News
    Life after treatment: Dealing with health conditions after cancer
    Members share their experiences of the physical and emotional challenges of life after cancer.
    Dylan - Online Community Team 7 months ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 278: A Palace quote and MPR.
    Post 278: A Palace quote and MPR. Although I have, on a daily basis, a huge quantity of pain relief drugs, I’m suffering with MPR. No, you’re wrong. MPR isn’t my brother-in-law’s Massive Preoccupation with Rovers — alt...
    Mr U 7 months ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 277: More lovely messages and a big dinner.
    Post 277: More lovely messages and a big dinner. If there’s one thing I like more than anything else it’s praise. Back when I trotted after my Mum looking for her hand while she walked quickly over all terrain, delivering car leaflets t...
    Mr U 7 months ago
  • annas light bladder cancer
    Anna's Light — What the Scan Didn’t Show
    Anna's Light What the scan didn’t show About Anna Light is a space for the things we weren’t told — and the choices we made anyway. This blog exists because bladder cancer is often described in clean pathways and cli...
    annaslight 7 months ago
  • Better Start Planning
    Better Start Planning
    I wake with an ache, A blade in my back  Did I twist in my sleep,  Or is something off track?  A whisper creeps in,  Dark and demanding: Is this cancer? Better start planning.  I wake with a throb, A drum in my head, The su...
    Cam88 7 months ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 276: Thank you’s, ashes and a frozen right shoulder.
    Post 276: Thank you’s, ashes and a frozen right shoulder. First of all, allow me to take a moment to thank a few readers who are so kind and vocal to me in ways that hold me up when I feel the world slipping from my grasp. You know who you are...
    Mr U 7 months ago
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