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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">Looking after Jay</title><subtitle type="html" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/looking-after-jay/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/looking-after-jay" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/looking-after-jay/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.1.2.21912">Telligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)</generator><updated>2026-05-02T15:32:59Z</updated><entry><title>Do I think about the future?</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/looking-after-jay/posts/do-i-think-about-the-future" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/looking-after-jay/posts/do-i-think-about-the-future</id><published>2026-05-02T15:05:36Z</published><updated>2026-05-02T15:05:36Z</updated><content type="html">This seems to be where my worry lies.&amp;nbsp;
There&amp;rsquo;s lots going on in the now which needs attention. Cancer at this point in time is all absorbing. I think and wonder about our future and I don&amp;rsquo;t think they are concerns I can really share ...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/looking-after-jay/posts/do-i-think-about-the-future"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=723170&amp;AppID=42946&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>DarrenFromBirmingham</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/bf87cf34319140febdc45d27b7d22fc3</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Radiotherapy is vile</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/looking-after-jay/posts/radiotherapy-is-vile" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/looking-after-jay/posts/radiotherapy-is-vile</id><published>2026-05-02T14:44:45Z</published><updated>2026-05-02T14:44:45Z</updated><content type="html">Jay managed to get a few weeks of recovery prior to starting radiotherapy.&amp;nbsp;
Every day for 30 days which from what I can gather is a lot.&amp;nbsp;
We&amp;rsquo;re a little over half way through. Soft food quickly shifted to liquidised food to liquids on...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/looking-after-jay/posts/radiotherapy-is-vile"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=723169&amp;AppID=42946&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>DarrenFromBirmingham</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/bf87cf34319140febdc45d27b7d22fc3</uri></author></entry><entry><title>How it started</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/looking-after-jay/posts/how-it-started" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/looking-after-jay/posts/how-it-started</id><published>2026-05-02T14:32:59Z</published><updated>2026-05-02T14:32:59Z</updated><content type="html">Jay was diagnosed with aggressive parotid cancer in December 2025 after being investigated for several months. First biopsies were reassuring &amp;ldquo;not cancer&amp;rdquo; was said. False sense of security rolled out, then when it came to removal day, sur...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/looking-after-jay/posts/how-it-started"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=723168&amp;AppID=42946&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>DarrenFromBirmingham</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/bf87cf34319140febdc45d27b7d22fc3</uri></author></entry></feed>