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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">Life with triple positive breast cancer</title><subtitle type="html" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.1.2.21912">Telligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)</generator><updated>2022-09-09T09:04:00Z</updated><entry><title>I hope it helps</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/posts/i-hope-it-helps" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/posts/i-hope-it-helps</id><published>2022-10-28T09:29:00Z</published><updated>2022-10-28T09:29:00Z</updated><content type="html">I got a phone call this week from my hospital. There is a team doing research for breast cancer. They are trying to see if some fats and cancer are connected.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;They wanted to know if I would like to be part of it. I said yes. They mentione...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/posts/i-hope-it-helps"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720467&amp;AppID=41181&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Plantlover</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/fa9ff2a3b82943cfb35aa81d86ff1498</uri></author><category term="Hospital" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/archive/tags/Hospital" /><category term="research" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/archive/tags/research" /><category term="Breast cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/archive/tags/Breast%2bcancer" /><category term="chemotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/archive/tags/chemotherapy" /><category term="feelings" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/archive/tags/feelings" /></entry><entry><title>Pre-operative assessment</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/posts/pre-operative-assessment" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/posts/pre-operative-assessment</id><published>2022-10-27T08:58:00Z</published><updated>2022-10-27T08:58:00Z</updated><content type="html">Today it was my pre-operative assessment. That was easy. I think the only thing is that it made all very real.

They gave me so many booklets. I spend 1 hour reading and investigating online what was what. It was good to know what would happen, but a...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/posts/pre-operative-assessment"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720466&amp;AppID=41181&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Plantlover</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/fa9ff2a3b82943cfb35aa81d86ff1498</uri></author><category term="anxiety" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/archive/tags/anxiety" /></entry><entry><title>It's lovely and it's hard</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/posts/it-s-lovely-and-it-s-hard" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/posts/it-s-lovely-and-it-s-hard</id><published>2022-10-24T08:36:00Z</published><updated>2022-10-24T08:36:00Z</updated><content type="html">Now that I have shared the news with some friends, I have found it&amp;#39;s tricky to navigate the different reactions from people. I know they love and care for me, and I love them too, but that doesn&amp;#39;t mean it&amp;#39;s not hard at times.&amp;nbsp;
Family...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/posts/it-s-lovely-and-it-s-hard"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720465&amp;AppID=41181&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Plantlover</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/fa9ff2a3b82943cfb35aa81d86ff1498</uri></author><category term="Breast cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/archive/tags/Breast%2bcancer" /><category term="chemotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/archive/tags/chemotherapy" /><category term="feelings" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/archive/tags/feelings" /></entry><entry><title>Sharing the news</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/posts/sharing-the-news" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/posts/sharing-the-news</id><published>2022-10-17T08:30:00Z</published><updated>2022-10-17T08:30:00Z</updated><content type="html">Today I have decided to tell my friends. I spend all day replying to all the messages and phone calls. I specially wanted to tell my friends who live in my city. They are so kind and tell me they will be there if I need help. I really find that encou...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/posts/sharing-the-news"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720464&amp;AppID=41181&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Plantlover</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/fa9ff2a3b82943cfb35aa81d86ff1498</uri></author><category term="Hospital" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/archive/tags/Hospital" /><category term="Breast cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/archive/tags/Breast%2bcancer" /><category term="school" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/archive/tags/school" /></entry><entry><title>Biopsy Results</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/posts/biopsy-results" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/posts/biopsy-results</id><published>2022-10-14T08:22:00Z</published><updated>2022-10-14T08:22:00Z</updated><content type="html">I finally had my appointment to see the biopsy results. It was sadly bad news I have breast cancer, and the tumour&amp;nbsp;is 17mm, grade 3, ER +, PR+ and HER2 + (they call this type triple positive). The doctor wants to remove it soon on November 3rd.&amp;amp;...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/posts/biopsy-results"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720463&amp;AppID=41181&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Plantlover</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/fa9ff2a3b82943cfb35aa81d86ff1498</uri></author><category term="tumour" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/archive/tags/tumour" /><category term="lumpectomy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/archive/tags/lumpectomy" /><category term="Breast cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/archive/tags/Breast%2bcancer" /><category term="chemotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/archive/tags/chemotherapy" /><category term="therapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/archive/tags/therapy" /><category term="brain" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/archive/tags/brain" /><category term="biopsy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/archive/tags/biopsy" /><category term="terminal" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/archive/tags/terminal" /><category term="radiotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/archive/tags/radiotherapy" /></entry><entry><title>The first visit to the Breast Clinic</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/posts/the-first-visit-to-the-breast-clinic" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/posts/the-first-visit-to-the-breast-clinic</id><published>2022-09-30T08:17:00Z</published><updated>2022-09-30T08:17:00Z</updated><content type="html">I&amp;#39;m finally at the Breast Clinic. I&amp;#39;m on my own because our little one is at home, and my husband stayed with him. I actually didn&amp;#39;t mind to be alone. Sometimes I like it because I can work out my own feelings and thoughts about things. T...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/posts/the-first-visit-to-the-breast-clinic"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720462&amp;AppID=41181&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Plantlover</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/fa9ff2a3b82943cfb35aa81d86ff1498</uri></author><category term="feelings" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/archive/tags/feelings" /><category term="biopsy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/archive/tags/biopsy" /><category term="mammogram" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/archive/tags/mammogram" /></entry><entry><title>The beginning</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/posts/the-beginning" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/posts/the-beginning</id><published>2022-09-09T08:04:00Z</published><updated>2022-09-09T08:04:00Z</updated><content type="html">I am 39 years old, married and have a girl who 6 and a boy who is 2 years old. We live in Scotland. My husband and I both live very far from family.&amp;nbsp; I&amp;#39;m a foreigner and so is my husband. English is not my mother tongue. I&amp;#39;m a stay home mum who ...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/posts/the-beginning"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720461&amp;AppID=41181&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Plantlover</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/fa9ff2a3b82943cfb35aa81d86ff1498</uri></author><category term="Tongue" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/archive/tags/Tongue" /><category term="Benign" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/archive/tags/Benign" /><category term="Breast cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/archive/tags/Breast%2bcancer" /><category term="school" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/life-with-triple-positive-breast-cancer/archive/tags/school" /></entry></feed>