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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">No Pink Teddies</title><subtitle type="html">My breast cancer story in poetry and prose</subtitle><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/no-pink-teddies/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/no-pink-teddies" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/no-pink-teddies/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.1.2.21912">Telligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)</generator><updated>2022-02-15T19:52:00Z</updated><entry><title>Lymph Nodes - a bit of post-surgical light relief</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/no-pink-teddies/posts/lymph-nodes---a-bit-of-post-surgical-light-relief" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/no-pink-teddies/posts/lymph-nodes---a-bit-of-post-surgical-light-relief</id><published>2022-03-02T19:58:00Z</published><updated>2022-03-02T19:58:00Z</updated><content type="html">Lymph Nodes

You don&amp;rsquo;t normally think about lymph nodes that much
Most people, I&amp;rsquo;d hazard a guess
couldn&amp;rsquo;t even tell you what a lymph node looks like
let alone what it does.
&amp;nbsp;
They&amp;rsquo;re the unsung heroes of the body
queuing...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/no-pink-teddies/posts/lymph-nodes---a-bit-of-post-surgical-light-relief"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=719940&amp;AppID=40820&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/no-pink-teddies/archive/tags/tumour" /><category term="Operating" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/no-pink-teddies/archive/tags/Operating" /><category term="physio" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/no-pink-teddies/archive/tags/physio" /><category term="school" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/no-pink-teddies/archive/tags/school" /></entry><entry><title>On Parliament Hill - a pre-diagnosis poem</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/no-pink-teddies/posts/on-parliament-hill---a-pre-diagnosis-poem" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/no-pink-teddies/posts/on-parliament-hill---a-pre-diagnosis-poem</id><published>2022-02-15T19:52:00Z</published><updated>2022-02-15T19:52:00Z</updated><content type="html">This is a poem I wrote about that strange, difficult time between first biopsy and official diagnosis, a void where all kinds of awful anxieties rear their heads and sometimes what&amp;rsquo;s coming out of your mouth, even with loved ones, seems a milli...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/no-pink-teddies/posts/on-parliament-hill---a-pre-diagnosis-poem"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=719916&amp;AppID=40820&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="biopsy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/no-pink-teddies/archive/tags/biopsy" /></entry></feed>