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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/atom.xsl" media="screen"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en-US"><title type="html">All about me! </title><subtitle type="html">Showing up on my journey into the unknown. Bowel cancer before and now nodules in my lungs...</subtitle><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.1.2.21912">Telligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)</generator><updated>2021-12-08T02:35:00Z</updated><entry><title>05 Diagnosis hits home</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/posts/05-diagnosis-hits-home" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/posts/05-diagnosis-hits-home</id><published>2022-02-22T02:46:00Z</published><updated>2022-02-22T02:46:00Z</updated><content type="html">Today it feels like the enormity of my diagnosis has only just hit me. I have been so busy &amp;#39;doing&amp;#39; things which I think will help, it feels like this has distracted me from coming to terms with what is happening.
I suppose another way of look...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/posts/05-diagnosis-hits-home"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=719924&amp;AppID=40740&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Former Member</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/formermember</uri></author><category term="incurable" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/archive/tags/incurable" /></entry><entry><title>04 On my way to Aberdeen</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/posts/04-on-my-way-to-aberdeen" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/posts/04-on-my-way-to-aberdeen</id><published>2022-01-10T03:20:00Z</published><updated>2022-01-10T03:20:00Z</updated><content type="html">It&amp;#39;s been some time since I have been awake in the small hours!
I am currently on route to Aberdeen having chosen to undergo two weeks intensive mistletoe therapy. It feels like I am following a different path than many around me. I question if I...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/posts/04-on-my-way-to-aberdeen"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=719836&amp;AppID=40740&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Former Member</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/formermember</uri></author><category term="oncology" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/archive/tags/oncology" /><category term="chemotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/archive/tags/chemotherapy" /><category term="therapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/archive/tags/therapy" /><category term="Oncologist" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/archive/tags/Oncologist" /><category term="swimming" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/archive/tags/swimming" /></entry><entry><title>03 Biopsy Results</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/posts/biopsy-results" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/posts/biopsy-results</id><published>2021-12-23T01:47:00Z</published><updated>2021-12-23T01:47:00Z</updated><content type="html">Well at least now I know!&amp;nbsp;
The waiting is over and I now know that it is my bowel cancer that has spread. There are nodules in my lungs and also in the space between my lungs and my gullet (close to my aorta). I tried not to get ahead of myself ...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/posts/biopsy-results"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=719809&amp;AppID=40740&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Former Member</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/formermember</uri></author><category term="christmas" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/archive/tags/christmas" /><category term="nodule" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/archive/tags/nodule" /><category term="colorectal" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/archive/tags/colorectal" /><category term="chemotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/archive/tags/chemotherapy" /><category term="bowel cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/archive/tags/bowel%2bcancer" /><category term="biopsy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/archive/tags/biopsy" /><category term="Oncologist" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/archive/tags/Oncologist" /><category term="nodules" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/archive/tags/nodules" /></entry><entry><title>02 So much to process.....</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/posts/02-so-much-to-process" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/posts/02-so-much-to-process</id><published>2021-12-14T04:11:00Z</published><updated>2021-12-14T04:11:00Z</updated><content type="html">It is challenging to know how best to spend time while waiting. I try and step back and witness myself and how I am doing. My capacity to concentrate and undertake the simplest of tasks has been significantly affected. Is it good to keep myself busy?...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/posts/02-so-much-to-process"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=719779&amp;AppID=40740&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Former Member</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/formermember</uri></author><category term="christmas" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/archive/tags/christmas" /><category term="therapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/archive/tags/therapy" /><category term="biopsy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/archive/tags/biopsy" /></entry><entry><title>01 Cancer in my lungs 'seems likely'</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/posts/cancer-in-my-lungs-seems-likely" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/posts/cancer-in-my-lungs-seems-likely</id><published>2021-12-08T02:35:00Z</published><updated>2021-12-08T02:35:00Z</updated><content type="html">Monday two weeks ago I had a routine 3 year post bowel cancer operation CT scan. I thought I was doing well and the scan would be clear, or maybe show signs of a hernia around the ileostomy reversal surgery. I had been struggling with pain in my abdo...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/posts/cancer-in-my-lungs-seems-likely"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=719769&amp;AppID=40740&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Former Member</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/formermember</uri></author><category term="pet scan" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/archive/tags/pet%2bscan" /><category term="Reversal" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/archive/tags/Reversal" /><category term="ILEOSTOMY" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/archive/tags/ILEOSTOMY" /><category term="abdomen" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/archive/tags/abdomen" /><category term="colorectal" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/archive/tags/colorectal" /><category term="hernia" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/archive/tags/hernia" /><category term="bowel cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/archive/tags/bowel%2bcancer" /><category term="CT Scan" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/archive/tags/CT%2bScan" /><category term="feelings" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/archive/tags/feelings" /><category term="operation" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/archive/tags/operation" /><category term="biopsy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/archive/tags/biopsy" /><category term="nodules" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/all-about-me/archive/tags/nodules" /></entry></feed>