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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">APR Surgery with Sharon (August 2023)</title><subtitle type="html" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.1.2.21912">Telligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)</generator><updated>2023-08-09T12:06:42Z</updated><entry><title>SATURDAY 12th AUGUST 2023</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/posts/saturday-12th-august-2023" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/posts/saturday-12th-august-2023</id><published>2023-08-12T14:00:43Z</published><updated>2023-08-12T14:00:43Z</updated><content type="html">Didn&amp;rsquo;t sleep great last night. My mind is so full.
The biggest worry I have is that my body might not being strong&amp;nbsp;enough physically, to get through the surgery.
Having lost my Dad, Granda, Nana, Cousin and friends to this cruel disease, I...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/posts/saturday-12th-august-2023"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720958&amp;AppID=41493&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Shalaway</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/442a0e4bd3fc4a138c9dfaa559dbe832</uri></author><category term="sigmoidoscopy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/sigmoidoscopy" /><category term="funeral" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/funeral" /><category term="blood tests" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/blood%2btests" /><category term="secondary" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/secondary" /><category term="disease" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/disease" /><category term="Female" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/Female" /><category term="Hospital" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/Hospital" /><category term="colorectal" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/colorectal" /><category term="hospice" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/hospice" /><category term="Garden" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/Garden" /></entry><entry><title>FRIDAY 11th AUGUST 2023</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/posts/friday-11th-august-2023" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/posts/friday-11th-august-2023</id><published>2023-08-12T13:50:15Z</published><updated>2023-08-12T13:50:15Z</updated><content type="html">My muscles are seized up after sitting for so long in the car yesterday. (Over 4hrs while driving home from the hospital)
I wonder do others get really tired after a busy day before. It was never an issue for me prior to cancer but I do very much loo...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/posts/friday-11th-august-2023"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720957&amp;AppID=41493&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Shalaway</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/442a0e4bd3fc4a138c9dfaa559dbe832</uri></author><category term="energy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/energy" /><category term="Hospital" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/Hospital" /><category term="travel" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/travel" /></entry><entry><title>THURSDAY 10th AUGUST 2023</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/posts/thursday-10th-august-2023" /><link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpeg" length="1163447" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cfs-file/__key/telligent-evolution-components-attachments/01-41493-00-00-00-72-09-56/68DC2FD4_2D00_DB77_2D00_467F_2D00_B931_2D00_10066F620354.jpeg" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/posts/thursday-10th-august-2023</id><published>2023-08-12T12:40:22Z</published><updated>2023-08-12T12:40:22Z</updated><content type="html">On the way to the hospital we had the strangest experience.
I should say at this point although we live in Inverness, our youngest daughter 21 began her degree in Glasgow during the pandemic so is about to start her 4th &amp;amp; final year in September....(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/posts/thursday-10th-august-2023"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720956&amp;AppID=41493&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Shalaway</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/442a0e4bd3fc4a138c9dfaa559dbe832</uri></author><category term="Walking problems" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/Walking%2bproblems" /><category term="anaesthetic" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/anaesthetic" /><category term="needles" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/needles" /><category term="Rectal examination" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/Rectal%2bexamination" /><category term="Hospital" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/Hospital" /><category term="colorectal" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/colorectal" /><category term="psychologist" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/psychologist" /><category term="surgeon" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/surgeon" /><category term="chemotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/chemotherapy" /><category term="mobility" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/mobility" /><category term="robotic" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/robotic" /><category term="Anal cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/Anal%2bcancer" /><category term="toilet" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/toilet" /><category term="Humour" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/Humour" /><category term="radiotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/radiotherapy" /><category term="examination" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/examination" /></entry><entry><title>Wednesday 9th August 2023</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/posts/wednesday-9th-august-2023" /><link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpeg" length="321234" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cfs-file/__key/telligent-evolution-components-attachments/01-41493-00-00-00-72-09-38/09921931_2D00_4507_2D00_47AC_2D00_82A0_2D00_ADB1B4790735.jpeg" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/posts/wednesday-9th-august-2023</id><published>2023-08-09T11:06:42Z</published><updated>2023-08-09T11:06:42Z</updated><content type="html">My local hospital are not able to perform the surgery. My cancer is complicated therfore I have been referred to a hospital four hours away where experience, resources and overall volume of this surgery is practised frequently.
My husband &amp;amp; I are...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/posts/wednesday-9th-august-2023"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720938&amp;AppID=41493&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Shalaway</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/442a0e4bd3fc4a138c9dfaa559dbe832</uri></author><category term="Hospital" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/apr-surgery-with-sharon-august-2023/archive/tags/Hospital" /></entry></feed>