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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">Second Life</title><subtitle type="html" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/second-life/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/second-life" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/second-life/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.1.2.21912">Telligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)</generator><updated>2022-07-29T09:25:00Z</updated><entry><title>Vampire</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/second-life/posts/vampire" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/second-life/posts/vampire</id><published>2022-09-27T17:41:00Z</published><updated>2022-09-27T17:41:00Z</updated><content type="html">Here is the last image in the Second Life series of photographs.&amp;nbsp;Whilst having&amp;nbsp;a blood transfusion, I imagined that I was vampire to make the process more bearable.
I wonder if anyone else has had imaginative ways of dealing with their trea...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/second-life/posts/vampire"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720392&amp;AppID=41107&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></entry><entry><title>Alien Abduction</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/second-life/posts/alien-abduction" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/second-life/posts/alien-abduction</id><published>2022-08-17T12:53:00Z</published><updated>2022-08-17T12:53:00Z</updated><content type="html">When I had my biopsy it felt like I had been abducted by aliens and I wrote this when I came home:
&lt;a href="https://www.henrybragg.com/imnotinmybed"&gt;https://www.henrybragg.com/imnotinmybed&lt;/a&gt;(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/second-life/posts/alien-abduction"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720322&amp;AppID=41107&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/second-life/archive/tags/biopsy" /></entry><entry><title>I'm not In My Bed</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/second-life/posts/i-m-not-in-my-bed" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/second-life/posts/i-m-not-in-my-bed</id><published>2022-08-02T12:39:00Z</published><updated>2022-08-02T12:39:00Z</updated><content type="html">I&amp;rsquo;M NOT IN MY BED, this isn&amp;rsquo;t home. It doesn&amp;rsquo;t sound right, there&amp;rsquo;s too much sound and too much light. There are beeps and pulses and the strange guttural muttering of people. I go to roll over to see and to shout, &amp;lsquo;Wher...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/second-life/posts/i-m-not-in-my-bed"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720292&amp;AppID=41107&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="Tongue" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/second-life/archive/tags/Tongue" /><category term="biopsy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/second-life/archive/tags/biopsy" /></entry><entry><title>Spook</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/second-life/posts/spook" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/second-life/posts/spook</id><published>2022-07-31T14:02:00Z</published><updated>2022-07-31T14:02:00Z</updated><content type="html">I&amp;rsquo;m an employee of her majesty&amp;rsquo;s security services. Of course if I was, I&amp;rsquo;d have signed a piece of paper preventing me from saying that. But you don&amp;rsquo;t know I haven&amp;rsquo;t, I might be double bluffing.&amp;nbsp;
That&amp;rsquo;s what a...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/second-life/posts/spook"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720284&amp;AppID=41107&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="Tongue" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/second-life/archive/tags/Tongue" /><category term="needles" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/second-life/archive/tags/needles" /><category term="cannula" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/second-life/archive/tags/cannula" /></entry><entry><title>Hello!</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/second-life/posts/hello-843574829" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/second-life/posts/hello-843574829</id><published>2022-07-29T08:25:00Z</published><updated>2022-07-29T08:25:00Z</updated><content type="html">Hello!
In 2021 I was diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer. Since then it&amp;rsquo;s felt like I&amp;rsquo;ve been caught up in a frenetic medical vortex. I&amp;rsquo;m sure other folk can relate to this experience.
During this time, along with my friend, I&amp;rsquo;...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/second-life/posts/hello-843574829"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720281&amp;AppID=41107&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="blood tests" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/second-life/archive/tags/blood%2btests" /><category term="chemotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/second-life/archive/tags/chemotherapy" /><category term="immunotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/second-life/archive/tags/immunotherapy" /><category term="examination" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/second-life/archive/tags/examination" /><category term="Transfusions" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/second-life/archive/tags/Transfusions" /><category term="Lung cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/second-life/archive/tags/Lung%2bcancer" /></entry></feed>