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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 11 hours ago
  • WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b
    W J 11 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 14 days ago
  • One Step At A Time
    Phild26 16 days ago
  • Cycle 19 and not working anymore
    Emotions 16 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 459: Coccyx pain so bad I can’t feel my rib.
    Post 459: Coccyx pain so bad I can’t feel my rib. This will be short and sweet because I’m in so much pain around my tailbone that I can’t think about much else. The Oramorph is in constant use now, and I’ll probably ring th...
    Mr U 1 month ago
  • Speaking to an empty room
    A New Normal
    The dust is now settling and things are starting to feel more normal.Dad goes tommorrow Wednesday 22 July to see the ent folks again to discuss the path forward now he's not having the radiotherapy.Appatently a schedule will be discussed.Im not g...
    RedTree26 1 month ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 458: A long day with U3A ups and not-so-Mini downs.
    Post 458: A long day with U3A ups and not-so-Mini downs. Sometimes you wish you hadn’t done that… That thing you’ve just done. Especially when you get hurt. But more about that later. Let’s talk about the Mini first. Th...
    Mr U 1 month ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 457: That was a fine day.
    Post 457: That was a fine day. I started the day with a job I’d been putting off and slowly mooched through the day with little (and one big) jobs, then went to bed happy. That just about sums it up. Thanks, bye. Only joking… The fi...
    Mr U 1 month ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 456: Some days are easier than others.
    Post 456: Some days are easier than others. When you lose track of the days, and the cat crying outside the bedroom window at 6.30 am is driving you mad, the tendency is to think, what’s my life like when one day is so much like another? How to...
    Mr U 1 month ago
  • Looking after Mr. B
    Introductions
    I’ve been thinking of starting a blog on the MacMillan site for ages! I enjoy reading other people’s entries & have lots of thoughts going round in my head about our situation. So here goes! I’m writing from the point of vi...
    Miranda t 1 month ago
  • Joshua P a real fighter
    Our little star
    Josh had had an Optic pathway glioma for 8 years and is still undergoing treatment for it.  As a family,we carry on our daily activities but this is always in the background on your mind. It is complicated as Josh is in foster care and we see hi...
    JOSHUA08 1 month ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 455: My shoulder is great thanks to rest.
    Post 455: My shoulder is great thanks to rest. At twenty to eleven I thought I’d better ask My Darling if she was touching base with her mates down at Slimming World, so I stood at the bedroom door and called to her. I shouldn’t have done...
    Mr U 1 month ago
  • To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?
    Post 454: Focal therapy sounds good…
    Post 454: Focal therapy sounds good… My constant friend is the TV remote. I realise now, more than ever, that the world passes by on the TVs in our home. We are not news people. We mainly watch Netflix, so does that make us Flixers? Only jokin...
    Mr U 1 month ago
  • Community News
    Travel Insurance and Cancer - your questions answered by an expert
    Looking to arrange your travel insurance? Fiona, an expert at Lighthouse Travel Insurance is here to answer your top travel insurance questions.
    Matthew - Online Community Team 1 month ago
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