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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">Positive things about a cancer diagnosis?</title><subtitle type="html" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/positive-things-about-a-cancer-diagnosis/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/positive-things-about-a-cancer-diagnosis" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/positive-things-about-a-cancer-diagnosis/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.1.2.21912">Telligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)</generator><updated>2024-03-22T18:18:43Z</updated><entry><title>You are often pleasantly surprised when things aren't as bad as you expect them to be.</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/positive-things-about-a-cancer-diagnosis/posts/you-are-often-pleasantly-surprised-when-things-aren-t-as-bad-as-you-expect-them-to-be" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/positive-things-about-a-cancer-diagnosis/posts/you-are-often-pleasantly-surprised-when-things-aren-t-as-bad-as-you-expect-them-to-be</id><published>2024-03-22T18:18:43Z</published><updated>2024-03-22T18:18:43Z</updated><content type="html">I really don&amp;#39;t mean to minimise anyone else&amp;#39;s bad experiences (or my own), and I know a diagnosis of cancer is one of the worst things that can happen to anyone.
But I have found, several times over the last few months, that my spirits have b...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/positive-things-about-a-cancer-diagnosis/posts/you-are-often-pleasantly-surprised-when-things-aren-t-as-bad-as-you-expect-them-to-be"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=721386&amp;AppID=41713&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>BrighterSide</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/b50f227a1bbf4db1818bd86e9475c33b</uri></author><category term="tumour" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/positive-things-about-a-cancer-diagnosis/archive/tags/tumour" /><category term="Operate" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/positive-things-about-a-cancer-diagnosis/archive/tags/Operate" /><category term="uncertainty" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/positive-things-about-a-cancer-diagnosis/archive/tags/uncertainty" /><category term="mastectomy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/positive-things-about-a-cancer-diagnosis/archive/tags/mastectomy" /></entry></feed>