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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">taheena&amp;#39;s blog </title><subtitle type="html">taheena&amp;#39;s blog </subtitle><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/taheena/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/taheena" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/taheena/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.1.2.21912">Telligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)</generator><updated>2009-01-19T16:22:36Z</updated><entry><title>secondary bowel cancer</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/taheena/posts/secondary-bowel-cancer" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/taheena/posts/secondary-bowel-cancer</id><published>2009-01-19T15:22:36Z</published><updated>2009-01-19T15:22:36Z</updated><content type="html">hi im new to this site. my husband has had rectal cancer last year and now 9 months later they have found a small nodule on his lung. they wont commit themselves to whether they think its secondary cancer and are going to leave him another  6 months then scan him again. my question is why dont they just give him a pet scan to find out, i&amp;#39;m worried that its just  financial  reasons why they are leaving him. dont get me wrong i&amp;#39;m grateful for what they have done for him it just seems a bit hit and miss.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=223820&amp;AppID=18856&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="nodule" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/taheena/archive/tags/nodule" /><category term="secondary cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/taheena/archive/tags/secondary%2bcancer" /><category term="pet scan" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/taheena/archive/tags/pet%2bscan" /><category term="rectal cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/taheena/archive/tags/rectal%2bcancer" /><category term="secondary" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/taheena/archive/tags/secondary" /><category term="colorectal" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/taheena/archive/tags/colorectal" /><category term="bowel cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/taheena/archive/tags/bowel%2bcancer" /><category term="financial" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/taheena/archive/tags/financial" /></entry></feed>