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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">Candid with Cancer</title><subtitle type="html" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.1.2.21912">Telligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)</generator><updated>2023-09-06T15:50:57Z</updated><entry><title>Candid with Cancer #4</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/posts/candid-with-cancer-4" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/posts/candid-with-cancer-4</id><published>2023-09-25T12:18:32Z</published><updated>2023-09-25T12:18:32Z</updated><content type="html">The chemotherapy started on Saturday 14th February. There is not a way to describe it really. Apart from impending doom. Or a ticking time bomb until it took effect and you&amp;rsquo;d feel all of it. I think over the 5 to 6 months I was in hospital, I h...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/posts/candid-with-cancer-4"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=721036&amp;AppID=41513&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Tashley99</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/081fb165cebb432e92ffaa9a7117128d</uri></author><category term="Platelets" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/Platelets" /><category term="Hospital" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/Hospital" /><category term="disabled" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/disabled" /><category term="chemotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/chemotherapy" /><category term="feelings" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/feelings" /><category term="shower" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/shower" /><category term="infection" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/infection" /><category term="Transfusions" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/Transfusions" /></entry><entry><title>Candid with Cancer #3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/posts/candid-with-cancer-3" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/posts/candid-with-cancer-3</id><published>2023-09-25T12:17:07Z</published><updated>2023-09-25T12:17:07Z</updated><content type="html">After being diagnosed, a plan of action was being put into place which would change my life in a heartbeat, for the rest of my life. And I know it&amp;rsquo;s hard to see the positives but I hoped one day it will be for the better. Though I wasn&amp;rsquo;t ...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/posts/candid-with-cancer-3"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=721035&amp;AppID=41513&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Tashley99</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/081fb165cebb432e92ffaa9a7117128d</uri></author><category term="Leukaemia" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/Leukaemia" /><category term="weight" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/weight" /><category term="Hospital" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/Hospital" /><category term="Acute Myeloid Leukaemia" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/Acute%2bMyeloid%2bLeukaemia" /><category term="chemotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/chemotherapy" /><category term="blood cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/blood%2bcancer" /><category term="exhaustion" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/exhaustion" /><category term="school" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/school" /><category term="Spinal" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/Spinal" /><category term="brain" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/brain" /><category term="operation" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/operation" /><category term="hormones" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/hormones" /></entry><entry><title>Candid with Cancer #2</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/posts/candid-with-cancer-2" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/posts/candid-with-cancer-2</id><published>2023-09-15T16:46:09Z</published><updated>2023-09-15T16:46:09Z</updated><content type="html">Following on from my first blog, having been told I could have cancer, I was then moved onto a ward, until they got the results. We were waiting for ages, as you often do in hospitals. I remember telling my mum, that I hope I don&amp;rsquo;t have to stay...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/posts/candid-with-cancer-2"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=721024&amp;AppID=41513&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Tashley99</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/081fb165cebb432e92ffaa9a7117128d</uri></author><category term="Hospital" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/Hospital" /><category term="research" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/research" /><category term="blood cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/blood%2bcancer" /><category term="school" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/school" /></entry><entry><title>Candid with Cancer #1</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/posts/candid-with-cancer-1" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/posts/candid-with-cancer-1</id><published>2023-09-06T14:50:57Z</published><updated>2023-09-06T14:50:57Z</updated><content type="html">Where to start really? No one can teach you how to circumnavigate cancer. You can read, read and read but at the end of the day, all you can do is experience it and learn. A unique experience unique to everyone, no two stories the same. I need to wri...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/posts/candid-with-cancer-1"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720998&amp;AppID=41513&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Tashley99</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/081fb165cebb432e92ffaa9a7117128d</uri></author><category term="christmas" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/christmas" /><category term="blood tests" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/blood%2btests" /><category term="Hospital" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/Hospital" /><category term="blood cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/blood%2bcancer" /><category term="school" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/school" /><category term="Sports" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/candid-with-cancer/archive/tags/Sports" /></entry></feed>