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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">Menopause, infertility, cancer and Stepchildren  </title><subtitle type="html">Infertility and cancer </subtitle><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/menopause-infertility-cancer-and-stepchildren/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/menopause-infertility-cancer-and-stepchildren" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/menopause-infertility-cancer-and-stepchildren/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.1.2.21912">Telligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)</generator><updated>2022-03-04T13:13:00Z</updated><entry><title>How it happened</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/menopause-infertility-cancer-and-stepchildren/posts/how-it-happened" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/menopause-infertility-cancer-and-stepchildren/posts/how-it-happened</id><published>2022-03-04T13:13:00Z</published><updated>2022-03-04T13:13:00Z</updated><content type="html">So, my cancer. It was the size of a tennis ball, sat on my right ovary and was thought to be a normal cyst.&amp;nbsp;
I was in pain. I tried to fight the pain, I tried taking the painkillers before the pain started. I did so well on this that a Harley St...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/menopause-infertility-cancer-and-stepchildren/posts/how-it-happened"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=719944&amp;AppID=40868&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/menopause-infertility-cancer-and-stepchildren/archive/tags/tumour" /><category term="Ovarian cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/menopause-infertility-cancer-and-stepchildren/archive/tags/Ovarian%2bcancer" /><category term="blood tests" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/menopause-infertility-cancer-and-stepchildren/archive/tags/blood%2btests" /><category term="Relationship" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/menopause-infertility-cancer-and-stepchildren/archive/tags/Relationship" /><category term="working" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/menopause-infertility-cancer-and-stepchildren/archive/tags/working" /><category term="oestrogen" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/menopause-infertility-cancer-and-stepchildren/archive/tags/oestrogen" /><category term="Hospital" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/menopause-infertility-cancer-and-stepchildren/archive/tags/Hospital" /><category term="morphine" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/menopause-infertility-cancer-and-stepchildren/archive/tags/morphine" /><category term="chemotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/menopause-infertility-cancer-and-stepchildren/archive/tags/chemotherapy" /><category term="uterus" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/menopause-infertility-cancer-and-stepchildren/archive/tags/uterus" /><category term="school" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/menopause-infertility-cancer-and-stepchildren/archive/tags/school" /><category term="operation" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/menopause-infertility-cancer-and-stepchildren/archive/tags/operation" /><category term="gynaecologist" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/menopause-infertility-cancer-and-stepchildren/archive/tags/gynaecologist" /><category term="Oncologist" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/menopause-infertility-cancer-and-stepchildren/archive/tags/Oncologist" /><category term="painkillers" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/menopause-infertility-cancer-and-stepchildren/archive/tags/painkillers" /><category term="radiotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/menopause-infertility-cancer-and-stepchildren/archive/tags/radiotherapy" /><category term="menopause" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/menopause-infertility-cancer-and-stepchildren/archive/tags/menopause" /></entry></feed>