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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">Nurse Turned Patient - learning every day</title><subtitle type="html">Womb Cancer - finding and dealing it somehow</subtitle><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.1.2.21912">Telligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)</generator><updated>2021-07-23T16:54:00Z</updated><entry><title>Pre-op Eve  .... a few last notes and probably a bit of a rant</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/posts/pre-op-eve-a-few-last-notes-and-probably-a-bit-of-a-rant" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/posts/pre-op-eve-a-few-last-notes-and-probably-a-bit-of-a-rant</id><published>2021-07-25T22:51:00Z</published><updated>2021-07-25T22:51:00Z</updated><content type="html">Hello again....
As you all know the cancer pathway&amp;#39;s pretty fast and with work and family there hasn&amp;#39;t really been much time to stop and think. After all, whatever was going on in life didn&amp;#39;t suddenly stop when this all started, so the ju...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/posts/pre-op-eve-a-few-last-notes-and-probably-a-bit-of-a-rant"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=719503&amp;AppID=40425&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="ovaries" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/ovaries" /><category term="alcohol" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/alcohol" /><category term="Hospital" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/Hospital" /><category term="laughter" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/laughter" /><category term="operation" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/operation" /><category term="Humour" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/Humour" /></entry><entry><title>Waiting, Feelings, telling people .......</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/posts/waiting-feelings-telling-people" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/posts/waiting-feelings-telling-people</id><published>2021-07-24T22:05:00Z</published><updated>2021-07-24T22:05:00Z</updated><content type="html">So, I&amp;#39;m working through a few things before tomorrow&amp;#39;s operation.
I&amp;#39;m thinking about the MRI scan, waiting for the result, telling my kids, my family and figuring out who else &amp;#39;needs to know&amp;#39;.The MRI was interesting - I went by my...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/posts/waiting-feelings-telling-people"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=719499&amp;AppID=40425&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="christmas" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/christmas" /><category term="funeral" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/funeral" /><category term="disease" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/disease" /><category term="working" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/working" /><category term="relaxation" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/relaxation" /><category term="employer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/employer" /><category term="Hospital" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/Hospital" /><category term="surgeon" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/surgeon" /><category term="chemotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/chemotherapy" /><category term="feelings" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/feelings" /><category term="school" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/school" /><category term="MRI scan" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/MRI%2bscan" /><category term="operation" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/operation" /><category term="anxiety" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/anxiety" /></entry><entry><title>Investigation and Diagnosis - thoughts, feelings, talking to partner....</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/posts/investigation-and-diagnosis---thoughts-feelings-talking-to-partner" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/posts/investigation-and-diagnosis---thoughts-feelings-talking-to-partner</id><published>2021-07-24T15:46:00Z</published><updated>2021-07-24T15:46:00Z</updated><content type="html">I think I&amp;#39;m being a bit matter of fact because I&amp;#39;ve got kind of two brains acting on this&amp;nbsp; - my patient brain which is like fog, and my nurse brain which is talking sense and logic in the background.
Here&amp;#39;s a few things I&amp;#39;ve felt...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/posts/investigation-and-diagnosis---thoughts-feelings-talking-to-partner"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=719498&amp;AppID=40425&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="Eating" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/Eating" /><category term="anaesthetic" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/anaesthetic" /><category term="working" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/working" /><category term="weight" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/weight" /><category term="hysteroscopy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/hysteroscopy" /><category term="hysterectomy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/hysterectomy" /><category term="Hospital" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/Hospital" /><category term="surgeon" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/surgeon" /><category term="feelings" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/feelings" /><category term="smoking" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/smoking" /><category term="MRI scan" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/MRI%2bscan" /><category term="brain" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/brain" /><category term="Exercise" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/Exercise" /></entry><entry><title>Womb cancer: Intro</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/posts/womb-cancer-intro" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/posts/womb-cancer-intro</id><published>2021-07-23T15:54:00Z</published><updated>2021-07-23T15:54:00Z</updated><content type="html">Hi,
This is just a series of ramblings form me on what&amp;#39;s happened and how I&amp;#39;ve felt. I&amp;#39;m not sure how it will help, but if you want to ask me anything, please fee free.
I&amp;#39;ve been a nurse since I started training in 1978 (yes - a bit o...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/posts/womb-cancer-intro"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=719495&amp;AppID=40425&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="ultrasound scan" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/ultrasound%2bscan" /><category term="Periods" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/Periods" /><category term="working" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/working" /><category term="hysteroscopy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/hysteroscopy" /><category term="feelings" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/feelings" /><category term="womb cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/nurse-turned-patient---learning-every-day/archive/tags/womb%2bcancer" /></entry></feed>