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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">Coming to terms with my death</title><subtitle type="html" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.1.2.21912">Telligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)</generator><updated>2026-02-15T20:23:51Z</updated><entry><title>GP Annoyance</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/posts/gp-annoyance" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/posts/gp-annoyance</id><published>2026-02-20T20:33:07Z</published><updated>2026-02-20T20:33:07Z</updated><content type="html">Today I had a visit with my cancer pharmacist, it was supposed to be a routine appointment then quick sign off to pick up me meds on Tuesday. Well that didn&amp;#39;t happen, when I was first prescribed Apalutamide I was advised it could cause high blood...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/posts/gp-annoyance"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=723041&amp;AppID=42902&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Hog</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/a8aabccbba4346b68a80282a9482422d</uri></author><category term="Taking medication abroad" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/archive/tags/Taking%2bmedication%2babroad" /><category term="Apalutamide" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/archive/tags/Apalutamide" /></entry><entry><title>The day after</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/posts/the-day-after" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/posts/the-day-after</id><published>2026-02-18T17:32:15Z</published><updated>2026-02-18T17:32:15Z</updated><content type="html">So today is all about tiredness. How can you go from working 7 days a week, 10 hours a day, still having a life to then a couple of hours with the grandkids on the beach and in the park knocking you out for 24 hours.&amp;nbsp;
I&amp;#39;m not exactly fit, ha...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/posts/the-day-after"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=723037&amp;AppID=42902&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Hog</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/a8aabccbba4346b68a80282a9482422d</uri></author><category term="working" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/archive/tags/working" /><category term="Arthritis" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/archive/tags/Arthritis" /><category term="tiredness" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/archive/tags/tiredness" /><category term="side effects" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/archive/tags/side%2beffects" /><category term="sleeping" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/archive/tags/sleeping" /><category term="fatigue" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/archive/tags/fatigue" /><category term="Exercise" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/archive/tags/Exercise" /><category term="swimming" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/archive/tags/swimming" /></entry><entry><title>Good day</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/posts/good-day" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/posts/good-day</id><published>2026-02-17T16:06:20Z</published><updated>2026-02-17T16:06:20Z</updated><content type="html">So no post yesterday, I had an appointment with the oncologist on Monday, my PSA is up 0.3 so now only 1.6 after 5 months of hormone treatment. The annoying thing about this is that the appointment was to gauge how the new meds the pharmacist gave me...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/posts/good-day"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=723033&amp;AppID=42902&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Hog</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/a8aabccbba4346b68a80282a9482422d</uri></author><category term="Money finance and insurance" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/archive/tags/Money%2bfinance%2band%2binsurance" /><category term="working" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/archive/tags/working" /><category term="sleeping" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/archive/tags/sleeping" /><category term="Oncologist" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/archive/tags/Oncologist" /><category term="Exercise" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/archive/tags/Exercise" /><category term="Cancer and employment rights" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/archive/tags/Cancer%2band%2bemployment%2brights" /><category term="radiotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/archive/tags/radiotherapy" /></entry><entry><title>First post</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/posts/first-post" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/posts/first-post</id><published>2026-02-15T20:23:51Z</published><updated>2026-02-15T20:23:51Z</updated><content type="html">I&amp;#39;m now 8 months after diagnosis and all I can think about is how long. How long before I die, how long have I got with my granddaughters, how long have I got my family.&amp;nbsp;
People tell me that prostate cancer is the best to get as it&amp;#39;s the...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/posts/first-post"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=723030&amp;AppID=42902&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Hog</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/a8aabccbba4346b68a80282a9482422d</uri></author><category term="Prostate cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/archive/tags/Prostate%2bcancer" /><category term="tiredness" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/archive/tags/tiredness" /><category term="PSA test" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/archive/tags/PSA%2btest" /><category term="fatigue" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/archive/tags/fatigue" /><category term="Advanced prostate cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/archive/tags/Advanced%2bprostate%2bcancer" /><category term="biopsy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/archive/tags/biopsy" /><category term="terminal" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/archive/tags/terminal" /><category term="incurable" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/coming-to-terms-with-my-death/archive/tags/incurable" /></entry></feed>