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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">Be a duck</title><subtitle type="html" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/be-a-duck/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/be-a-duck" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/be-a-duck/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.1.2.21912">Telligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)</generator><updated>2022-06-22T22:12:00Z</updated><entry><title>Caring is difficult and autism makes it harder.</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/be-a-duck/posts/caring-is-difficult-and-autism-makes-it-harder" /><link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpeg" length="280107" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cfs-file/__key/telligent-evolution-components-attachments/01-41048-00-00-00-72-01-88/duck_2D00_g24ea3f337_5F00_1920.jpg" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/be-a-duck/posts/caring-is-difficult-and-autism-makes-it-harder</id><published>2022-06-22T21:12:00Z</published><updated>2022-06-22T21:12:00Z</updated><content type="html">Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath. Michael Caine.
A little about me I&amp;#39;m on the autism spectrum (Asperger&amp;#39;s) and am prone to bouts of considerable anxiety and depression. To all intents and purposes, ...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/be-a-duck/posts/caring-is-difficult-and-autism-makes-it-harder"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720188&amp;AppID=41048&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Aedh Wishes</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/e6db22d203f84252b246e1e699a99261</uri></author><category term="shoulder" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/be-a-duck/archive/tags/shoulder" /><category term="depression" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/be-a-duck/archive/tags/depression" /><category term="elderly" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/be-a-duck/archive/tags/elderly" /><category term="chemotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/be-a-duck/archive/tags/chemotherapy" /><category term="Smoked" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/be-a-duck/archive/tags/Smoked" /><category term="anxiety" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/be-a-duck/archive/tags/anxiety" /><category term="Lung cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/be-a-duck/archive/tags/Lung%2bcancer" /></entry></feed>