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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">Prostate Cancer Journey</title><subtitle type="html" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.1.2.21912">Telligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)</generator><updated>2023-01-30T11:21:50Z</updated><entry><title>Prostate Biopsies</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/posts/prostate-biopsies" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/posts/prostate-biopsies</id><published>2023-02-03T09:45:05Z</published><updated>2023-02-03T09:45:05Z</updated><content type="html">The wait for the biopsy appointment&amp;nbsp; was difficult. It eventually came through for the 29th November 2022.
I was nervous but not overly so - (or so I thought) - My wife drove me there, and was there for moral support.&amp;nbsp; When the nurse took m...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/posts/prostate-biopsies"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720660&amp;AppID=41295&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Kieran</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/f2f0558b27b94117a2b922fcf58de37d</uri></author><category term="Sepsis" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/archive/tags/Sepsis" /><category term="christmas" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/archive/tags/christmas" /><category term="anaesthetic" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/archive/tags/anaesthetic" /><category term="needles" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/archive/tags/needles" /><category term="gleason" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/archive/tags/gleason" /><category term="colorectal" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/archive/tags/colorectal" /><category term="infection" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/archive/tags/infection" /><category term="biopsy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/archive/tags/biopsy" /><category term="toilet" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/archive/tags/toilet" /><category term="rectum" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/archive/tags/rectum" /><category term="anxiety" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/archive/tags/anxiety" /></entry><entry><title>MRI scan</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/posts/mri-scan" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/posts/mri-scan</id><published>2023-02-03T09:23:12Z</published><updated>2023-02-03T09:23:12Z</updated><content type="html">My Consultant Urologist referred me for a red flag MRI scan on the 13th September 2022 and this was carried out at another hospital (to save time) on the 11th October 2022.
As many will know the MRI scan is pretty straight forward.&amp;nbsp; A canula was...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/posts/mri-scan"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720659&amp;AppID=41295&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Kieran</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/f2f0558b27b94117a2b922fcf58de37d</uri></author><category term="injection" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/archive/tags/injection" /><category term="Hospital" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/archive/tags/Hospital" /><category term="colorectal" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/archive/tags/colorectal" /><category term="urologist" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/archive/tags/urologist" /><category term="MRI scan" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/archive/tags/MRI%2bscan" /><category term="radiotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/archive/tags/radiotherapy" /><category term="vision" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/archive/tags/vision" /></entry><entry><title>How it all began</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/posts/how-it-all-began" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/posts/how-it-all-began</id><published>2023-01-30T11:21:50Z</published><updated>2023-01-30T11:21:50Z</updated><content type="html">I had been feeling somewhat &amp;quot;fuzzy&amp;quot; in the head and was worried about my blood pressure - back in July 2022.
I reluctantly made contact with my GP having avoided the doctor for so long.&amp;nbsp; Basically I am a fit and healthy 66 year oldwith a regular...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/posts/how-it-all-began"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720654&amp;AppID=41295&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Kieran</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/f2f0558b27b94117a2b922fcf58de37d</uri></author><category term="toilet" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/archive/tags/toilet" /><category term="Exercise" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/prostate-cancer-journey/archive/tags/Exercise" /></entry></feed>