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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

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  • Living with Desdemona
    Desdemona 5 days ago
  • Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica
    Beesuit 7 days ago
  • Prostate Cancer Recurrence - Triple Therapy
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  • 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.
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  • Cool Cap Relief
    TerryB 11 days ago

Latest blog posts

  • Cancer Troll
    How to help a cancer patient: a guide

    How to help a cancer patient: a guide
     
    When one is diagnosed with cancer and that knowledge becomes public, one is likely to be bombarded with expressions of concern and offers to help.  In my experience, there are three broad groups that tend to form.  Group one is composed of people who express some concern initially, but then disappear from your radar screen, as if cancer where contagious.   Group two is composed of a loose grouping of distant relatives, colleagues, acquaintances...
    Former Member over 9 years ago
  • Mums the word
    Time out

    So today's not been as easy as yesterday.  Everyone's at each other's throats and everyone needs a break from each other.  The only problem is it feels like that's not possible.

    Mum told me today I was a moody b****. In fairness I probably have been a bit short with everyone over the last few days for which, after it's been pointed out and recognised, I feel extremely guilty. I am struggling to cope with everything and I can't speak to my close family about it and I am not good...
    Former Member over 9 years ago
  • A Biker's Cancer Vlog
    Bye bye beardy!

    Vlog update time! Still getting my head around a lot of the ins and outs of treatment and the type of cancer I have. Sadly one of the things I know I have to do is to take clippers to the face fuzz!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw5yhnzJa-Q

    Former Member over 9 years ago
  • My Breast Cancer Experience
    Part Three - The Word

    25th November 2016. Hospital appointment for results of biopsy. At this point I was still going to work amongst the appointments and the worrying. I'd told my kids there was something wrong and that these appointments were to find out what it was. 

    I waited around thirty or forty minutes in the waiting room with my partner trying to control the panic inside, because although I KNEW there was something not good, I didn't really want to hear it. I had also hoped that I'd read the situation...

    Former Member over 9 years ago
  • Mums the word
    Sleep

    So things have settled down a bit, mum seems to be stabilising a bit and day to day life feels like it is becoming a new kind of normal. She helped make dinner tonight for the first time in a long time and it was a huge momentous moment which we were able to share together .

    This is positive however......I seem to have become an insomniac! Because things have settled down a bit and I'm not rushing around quite so much Im not as exhausted as I was and now have too much time to think, especially...

    Former Member over 9 years ago
  • A Family affair
    Family Affair Part 3

    So, there we were, our daughter 'E' back at school and after a CT scan showing no cancer present, it seemed that E's problems were all under control.

    'E' went back to school, half heartedly but she tried to get on with it. After a while it became apparent that 'E' needed some psychological help. Well who wouldn't at 15 dealing with cancer. After some counselling session, things seemed to be returning to normal, well as normal as things can be with the 3 monthly check ups and CT scans...

    Former Member over 9 years ago
  • Just need someone to talk to.
    Emotions taking over..

    He was rushed straight to LGI hospital for ct scans and mri's where they found he had fluid on the brain and needed a shunt fitting... shortly after that was fit, he was diagnosed with meningitis so the shunt had to be removed and a ct scan was done where the shadow was first discovered. 

    I was the one who decided to take him to hospital on the 9th june 2016 and since then its been nothing but bad news.. how do i get rid of this guilt i carry everyday? 



    Shifting the meningitis...

    Former Member over 9 years ago
  • Silent struggle
    New to this

    Hello my name is Shannon I'm 26 years old...... I'm new to this so not to sure what I'm doing yet.....

     my mum got diagnosed with cancer back in June..... back and forth with scans tests more tests more scans.... then she got diagnosed with Poorly differentiated non small cell cancer with immunoprofile consistent with squamous cell cancer  (thymic origin ) 


    She's had chemo...... didn't work.....so they decided the best option was to operate.... unfortunately when they opened...

    Former Member over 9 years ago
  • Mums the word
    Support

    My mum was diagnosed with incurable cancer in July last year. Every month we're getting to spend with her feels special and is definitely a gift. 

    She's stubbornly independent, traits which I definitely take from her! She's tired but getting bored of sitting in the house so I decided to take her out for a wee coffee to a garden centre. It felt nice to be able to spend time with her, just the two of us. Half way through a bite of cake she suddenly started to talk about her treatment. That's when...

    Former Member over 9 years ago
  • Cancer, Me and Them
    Pain, sticks and Immunotherapy

    Hello blogees (is that even a word?  I might have made it up )

    Just thought I'd take five minutes to update you all on the latest happenings concerning the Bastard.  Seems a perfect moment to do it as the children are all still asleep and Mr H is occupied on the PlayStation.

    The last fortnight has been hard.   I won't lie.  Things are starting to go wrong with my body.  Nasty urinary tract infection, bowel issues and pain.  The pain just keeps on getting worse.  Those people out there who suffer with...

    Former Member over 9 years ago
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