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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">Cancer bits and pieces</title><subtitle type="html" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.1.2.21912">Telligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)</generator><updated>2011-02-21T23:47:09Z</updated><entry><title>The truth</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/posts/the-truth" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/posts/the-truth</id><published>2012-04-14T16:42:23Z</published><updated>2012-04-14T16:42:23Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;This is a post to let everyone know that the information on this page is not true.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I do not have cancer, I made it all up and there are no words to describe how low my actions are.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have been to the Police and I will be getting help.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Even though sorry offers little for my actions, it is heartfelt.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=499503&amp;AppID=31544&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></entry><entry><title>Helloooooo</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/posts/helloooooo" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/posts/helloooooo</id><published>2011-09-27T16:02:39Z</published><updated>2011-09-27T16:02:39Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Well that was confuzing to fynd!!!!!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Just lital messig to say fank u, to evry1. I fink of u all the tym and I miss it heer. I WILL get beta, is blimmin hard work but i tryin. Is not eezy, sumtyms I wan to stop, coz it herts, but today I feel gud and that helps lot.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Nex week is hopeful get my gamma startid. That wil b scary, is all v scary.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now I am tiyrd! Fink is nap tym agen.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Love love love love love to u all.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fank u 4 messigs on heer and on my fb , u keep my hart happy&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Cadee &amp;nbsp;xxxxxxxxxxxx&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=457494&amp;AppID=31544&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></entry><entry><title>chemo is yuk</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/posts/chemo-is-yuk" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/posts/chemo-is-yuk</id><published>2011-08-13T11:23:38Z</published><updated>2011-08-13T11:23:38Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Ugh... chemo is yuk. day 6. 8 days more of thees tablets + i can hav a rest. Fink the anti-sickness r finly workin. But my tummy is sor from bein sik + so is my froat, so wen i cough it herts a lot. Got my haircut today tho, kept getin in my way wen bein sik!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Barts hav agreed to c me... no promis of gamma but step in the riyt way.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I feel lyk all i do is sleep... am so tiyrd.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I hayt chemo.... it beta b workin coz i gotta do 5 mor of thees cycles, wiv a chemo spine injection nex tym... owch.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Gotta keep troopin on.... sumtyms it is hard to do tho.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fanks for support&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; xxxxx&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=445390&amp;AppID=31544&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="injection" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/archive/tags/injection" /><category term="Antisickness" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/archive/tags/Antisickness" /><category term="chemotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/archive/tags/chemotherapy" /></entry><entry><title>At leasts its not PCV!!</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/posts/at-leasts-its-not-pcv" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/posts/at-leasts-its-not-pcv</id><published>2011-08-06T11:28:02Z</published><updated>2011-08-06T11:28:02Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Lets start wiv the good stuff. The Barts thing is looking hopeful, they want mor info abowt me, so fingas crossed it will work owt an they will lov me and they will want to tayk me ther and giv me gamma gamma treetment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On to ova news... I desided to hav chemo, my onc finks it has a gud chance of working. He is using a diff combo of drugs, carmustine and procarbazine. So carmustine on day 1 thru an IV and the procarb is tablets wich i tayk on day 1 - 14 and then i get a lital rest for a few days b4 doin it all agen. It will tayk me to december. Is mad to fink is that long away.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I fink this is gunna be a tuff slog, I just hope it is worth it... that is all am worrid abowt, I don wan do all this for nuffin. So let the butt kikin begin!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;xxxxxx&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=443395&amp;AppID=31544&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="working" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/archive/tags/working" /><category term="Procarbazine" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/archive/tags/Procarbazine" /><category term="chemotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/archive/tags/chemotherapy" /><category term="carmustine" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/archive/tags/carmustine" /></entry><entry><title>Gud news... I fink</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/posts/gud-news-i-fink" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/posts/gud-news-i-fink</id><published>2011-08-01T18:26:36Z</published><updated>2011-08-01T18:26:36Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Fownd owt today that the rt I hav been havin on my back to tayk away the presha has worked and the presha is much less and my spiynal cord is no longa been compressed. Good news.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Also, my consultant thinks he can get me referred to St Barts to start the process of asking for gamma treetment. He says they will want me for shaw as i am one of a kind&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He also wants me to think abowt chemo. He thinks it will help the groin tumas, and tayk them down. But I am not shaw bowt chemo, the one he wans to giv me i reactid to badly b4, so he gon luk at ovas.... the only fing is my tuma dusnt normally lyk chemo... i am no shaw it will do much gud. This onc is much mor positiv bowt fings.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I dunno, I feel lyk most of this news is gud... an ev1 else is celebratin.... but I am not. Wot is rong wiv me? I shud b happy.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=442169&amp;AppID=31544&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="chemotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/archive/tags/chemotherapy" /></entry><entry><title>Finking beta now</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/posts/finking-beta-now" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/posts/finking-beta-now</id><published>2011-07-30T09:26:02Z</published><updated>2011-07-30T09:26:02Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I hav waykd today wiv payn I can deel wiv. It dus not hert lots + lots wich is such a releef. It still herts but that kind of payn i can tayk, I hav had no extra payn killas so far, jus wot I am ment to hav.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My new plan of acshon is to proov thees doctas rong. they say my legs will not wawk...but i can wiggal my tows!!! So today I will moov my feet and mayk them darnse!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Feels beta to be in a hosp I hav been in befor. I prefer it heer, I mooved hosp yesterday. Still need to get sumwair wiv the gamma / cyber knife as it is my onlee hope of gettin parst a yeer.... and i got lotsa plans that i jus don wana miss.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Still on my daily rt until tuesday i fink, helpin wiv the payn and spine cord compreshon. It is eesia to fink an feel ok wen the payn is less lyk now.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fank u to ev1 hoo has left me a kind messig, i reed them all and they help me not alon. Love my mac family xxxxxxx&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=441693&amp;AppID=31544&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></entry><entry><title>Payn + payn</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/posts/payn-payn" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/posts/payn-payn</id><published>2011-07-28T17:49:59Z</published><updated>2011-07-28T17:49:59Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I fynd fings getting harder and harder&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Why is lyf so unfayr? &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I feel lyk my hart is herting mor eech day an i don no how too mayk it stop&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I feel lyk I hav fayled every1 bcoz i am no betta... i fink fings r worse than eva&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;m sorry &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I onlee cry wen it herts... it feels lyk all the tym.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;xxx&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=441275&amp;AppID=31544&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></entry><entry><title>tomorrow </title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/posts/tomorrow" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/posts/tomorrow</id><published>2011-07-19T16:23:10Z</published><updated>2011-07-19T16:23:10Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Tomorrow is meeting wiv oncologist. I reely don no wot to expect. He will have luked at the scans more and hav more result for me. He will no wot if any treetment they can giv me to tayk way sum of the symptoms.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I just want them to sawt the payn. I got new pills, they are a bit beta. Sometyms the payn is less but then coms bak agen. I still hert mor than i dont. Niyt time is worse.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am fyndin it v hard, v v v v hard and jus do not no wot to fink. I am gowin to lissin tomorrow an see. I no ther is no cure... so i am not gowin in ther with the hope of miracles. I gow hopin not to hav payn.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am scard, but mor scard of upsettin peepal arownd me.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I feel lyk I will always be herting sum1&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But I wud lyk to say fank u to ev1 who has left me a messig... they are all so luvly xxxxxxxx&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=438805&amp;AppID=31544&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="Oncologist" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/archive/tags/Oncologist" /></entry><entry><title>Not wot I want</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/posts/not-wot-i-want" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/posts/not-wot-i-want</id><published>2011-07-18T09:53:37Z</published><updated>2011-07-18T09:53:37Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I feel lyk I did sum fing very bad in a pass litf in order to be gettin this much crap from the big C.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It has spred to my surround lymph in my groyn and i have a new tuma in my spiyn. It is paynful. It herts and herts and the payn mayks me cry as it neva stops. And then I feel bad for say how much it herts as i no peepal r tryin to help... but I carnt stand it much more. I do not wan do it, if it gow b lyk this for the days left.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I want a day off from this. Maybe even half &amp;nbsp;day or a hour?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Is all so kwick and its herting my hart.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;All I wan is this payn to stop and gow way, plz?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=438476&amp;AppID=31544&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></entry><entry><title>Off I gow</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/posts/off-i-gow" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/posts/off-i-gow</id><published>2011-07-08T11:07:39Z</published><updated>2011-07-08T11:07:39Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Wellll... I am off on a lital brake away (to scotland yay)! A very niys serprise. I will tayk it very eezy. I fink that week away shud b givon to all peepal hoo are wayting for results!!!!! Waytin is no fun.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am wayting for scan result to see if my brain tuma has gon and how my second tuma is dooin... I no ev1 say to stay postiv, but I no is got biga. Is jus 1 ov thos fings u hav a feel for. I reemayn cawshus ov thees fings.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My speeking has got beta! I can reed owt sentinsis... it is harda to fink of wot to say off top my hed but I gettin ther!!!!! Soon I b bak to normal. Hav bin fyndin fings reely reely hard, but I hav sum amayzin frends hoo hav keeped me gowin, an will keep push me long the way. So wen I feel lyk I carnt do it anymore I kno I jus tawk to them an they mayk me feel I can agen.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To ev1 that has wishd me well... fank u and love to u all xxxx&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=436413&amp;AppID=31544&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="brain" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/archive/tags/brain" /></entry><entry><title>Bumpy rowd</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/posts/bumpy-rowd" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/posts/bumpy-rowd</id><published>2011-07-05T08:13:38Z</published><updated>2011-07-05T08:13:38Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I seem be on a bumpy rowd. In hosp more than owt of it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Need my frends love, fyding it hard.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oncologist on weds to tawk bowt re-start treetment, hav scans and see wot my tumas r up to.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tym get bak to my cancer fiyting&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Has to be winned soon ryt??&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=435805&amp;AppID=31544&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="Oncologist" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/archive/tags/Oncologist" /></entry><entry><title>Fank mac fam</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/posts/fank-mac-fam" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/posts/fank-mac-fam</id><published>2011-06-12T10:53:38Z</published><updated>2011-06-12T10:53:38Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I say fank u. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fank u all giv me love, kind word and hold hand all way long. Fank all hoo say prays me, hoo keep sayf in my hed and ther hed. All hoo say gud luk me and arsk how i be. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Be on mac mayke my smyal. Help me get beta, mac my famly.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Word nev enuf to say how feel, hard tryin say i want to. I lernin speeks all gen and words and all be gud try help me. I get fusdated and feel stewpid lots. I no fink ov words I want an wen cadee tawlk on mac, peepal wayt 4 me and help fink. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I slow get beta, i will. is coz my mac famly&amp;nbsp; i do. I hav sum no nice peepal IRL say no niyc an meen fings me. but hear all peepal say, cadee u no stewpid, u good. Help keep gowing wen i no want to. U mayk my hart hert less and keep mayk me wan fiyt. U mayke larf wen i wan sad an u mayke cry happy. U mayk me no giv up.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So, fank u not much but i get beta an show all can do it. B a presint enuf? &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Cadee xxxxxxxxx&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=430626&amp;AppID=31544&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></entry><entry><title>Predator - poem</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/posts/predator" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/posts/predator</id><published>2011-02-21T22:47:09Z</published><updated>2011-02-21T22:47:09Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;div&gt;Predator &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The dreaded C word everyone fears&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Laying in wait, like a preying tiger&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Anticipating the perfect moment to pounce&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;It has you sight, you have no escape&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Fear, shock, disbelief take over&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;A wave of emotions crash down on you&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Further and further you sink, down and down&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;*THUD* that&amp;rsquo;s the sounds of rock bottom&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The tiger is strong, &lt;b&gt;BOLD, &lt;/b&gt;and mean&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Ready to begin the chase, the game&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;You are the prey and it wants you&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Run, quick, you have to play the game&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;A lowly animal against a ferocious beast&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;You hide&amp;hellip; quiet&amp;hellip; and hope it goes away&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;But it&amp;rsquo;s smarter than that&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;hellip; It waits&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;As you take one step, so does the tiger&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;It catches you and pulls you under&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Sharp, gleaming teeth tearing through your flesh&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Pain radiates and teeth sink deeper&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Its grip tighter, its hold stronger&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;But the game can&amp;rsquo;t be over. Not yet&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;hellip; You fight until you&amp;rsquo;re free&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Wounded the next round soon to begin&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Someone must win&amp;hellip;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Cautious and aware of the pain you stumble on&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Through the unknown praying you&amp;rsquo;ll succeed&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The peace fades as the footsteps echo in the dull air&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Louder and louder, you know it has returned&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The chase resumes, both eager to triumph&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; But only one can&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Shields you have built, slowly worn away&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Your body screams in defiance but your mind ignores&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;ldquo;Fight&amp;rdquo; a voice demands &amp;ldquo;fight&amp;rdquo;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Shocked into silence both prey and predator freeze&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The voice rages on &amp;ldquo;&lt;b&gt;fight, fight, fight&lt;/b&gt;&amp;rdquo;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;It needs action, it commands action&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The tiger cowers&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; It retreats and uneasy calm ensues &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The war has not been won&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; It has only just begun&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The odds are stacked against the prey&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Weak, sickly, tired, they whisper&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The journey can&amp;rsquo;t stop now&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Battles must be fought, the pain must continue&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Weary but not defeated, rest is welcomed&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Eyes are closed and the body relaxes&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Relying on others to guard and watch&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Batteries charged&amp;hellip; but never enough&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Silent footsteps sneak up, circling&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Another blow is dealt and the tiger is back&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Knocked out&amp;hellip; you must get up&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The pain keeps coming and wraps you in its arms&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;It envelopes and its all you see and feel&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Pain becomes your complete existence&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;But while the tiger is strong, you have power&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;You have the voice, the fight&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The war rages on&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Neither side giving up&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Both growing tired and weak&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;How much longer before the predator gets the prey&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;hellip; or the prey is free from the clutches&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;waiting&amp;hellip; in a never ending game &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;A poem I wrote while undergoing treatment for my brain tumour.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;Cadee xx&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=405399&amp;AppID=31544&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="tumour" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/archive/tags/tumour" /><category term="brain" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/cancer_bits_and_pieces/archive/tags/brain" /></entry></feed>