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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">Tale of A Very Young Widow</title><subtitle type="html" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.1.2.21912">Telligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)</generator><updated>2011-05-09T16:30:16Z</updated><entry><title>Neuroendocrine pancreatic cancer</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/neuroendocrine-pancreatic-cancer" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/neuroendocrine-pancreatic-cancer</id><published>2020-11-13T05:15:00Z</published><updated>2020-11-13T05:15:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I have been so strong until now...I have to believe this won&amp;rsquo;t beat me..&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Its the third time I&amp;rsquo;ve had tumours In my organs and throughout my body but I have to believe despite the pain I can beat this.. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Its hit me hard knowing it&amp;rsquo;s got worse again and now I&amp;rsquo;m goung to travel miles to take part in a&amp;nbsp;research programme ....cant sleep..can&amp;rsquo;t stop crying..but it to shall pass..&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=718924&amp;AppID=31772&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="Organs" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/archive/tags/Organs" /><category term="research" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/archive/tags/research" /><category term="travel" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/archive/tags/travel" /><category term="Pancreatic cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/archive/tags/Pancreatic%2bcancer" /></entry><entry><title>Alice's Bucket List</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/alice-s-bucket-list" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/alice-s-bucket-list</id><published>2011-06-08T20:23:53Z</published><updated>2011-06-08T20:23:53Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/06/alices-bucket-list.html"&gt;http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/06/alices-bucket-list.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Very inspirational young girl :D&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=429870&amp;AppID=31772&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>Exams are finally over</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/exams-are-finally-over" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/exams-are-finally-over</id><published>2011-06-07T17:50:32Z</published><updated>2011-06-07T17:50:32Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/06/final-exam-is-over.html"&gt;http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/06/final-exam-is-over.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thank you to everyone who has helped me get through my exams! I&amp;#39;m on a bit of a high now!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=429554&amp;AppID=31772&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>Last Words</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/last-words" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/last-words</id><published>2011-06-05T10:28:31Z</published><updated>2011-06-05T10:28:31Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/06/last-words.html"&gt;http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/06/last-words.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Last words are hugely important I think. Its nice to know that he was thinking about me in his last few hours, however hard that is to comprehend.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Keeping it short because I have to focus on my revision for my last exam on Tuesday!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=429009&amp;AppID=31772&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>How You Can Help Me</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/how-you-can-help-me" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/how-you-can-help-me</id><published>2011-06-03T10:43:45Z</published><updated>2011-06-03T10:43:45Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-you-can-help-me.html"&gt;http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-you-can-help-me.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I found online an article which I feel is very relevant to anyone who is grieving, especially for people who know someone who is grieving. A lot of the time people don&amp;#39;t know what to say or how to act, and its something I have had to come to terms with recently.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Also, only have one more exam left now!! Really excited about going home next week, but not too keen on having to pack up all my stuff! Three years worth of university having to go into the back of my dad&amp;#39;s car!!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=428690&amp;AppID=31772&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="Grieving" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/archive/tags/Grieving" /></entry><entry><title>Widow's bed</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/widow-s-bed" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/widow-s-bed</id><published>2011-06-01T10:59:33Z</published><updated>2011-06-01T10:59:33Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/06/fundamental-difference.html"&gt;http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/06/fundamental-difference.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My new post explains why I feel I&amp;#39;m different from other people. I would also like some suggestions of a new word to replace widow - its a horrible term!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thank you readers!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;xx&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=428271&amp;AppID=31772&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>Post I found</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/post-i-found" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/post-i-found</id><published>2011-05-30T13:51:45Z</published><updated>2011-05-30T13:51:45Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/05/just-quick-post.html"&gt;http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/05/just-quick-post.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Just wanted to write a quick blog about a help guide that I found online that might be useful to other women like me (could also be relevent to men, just replace a few words!!)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=427861&amp;AppID=31772&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>The best medicine</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/the-best-medicine" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/the-best-medicine</id><published>2011-05-29T13:25:09Z</published><updated>2011-05-29T13:25:09Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;My advice to anyone in a situation like mine, or anyone who is grieving in general - surround yourself with close friends - they are fantastic help!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/05/best-medicine.html"&gt;http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/05/best-medicine.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=427704&amp;AppID=31772&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="Grieving" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/archive/tags/Grieving" /></entry><entry><title>Things are looking up!</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/things-are-looking-up" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/things-are-looking-up</id><published>2011-05-27T12:25:06Z</published><updated>2011-05-27T12:25:06Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/05/another-one-bites-dust.html"&gt;http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/05/another-one-bites-dust.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sat another exam this morning, and got some good marks back from an essay I had to do at the beginning of term. Things are definitely looking up right now, the good days are outweighing the bad!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=427342&amp;AppID=31772&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>Exams</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/exams" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/exams</id><published>2011-05-23T17:09:30Z</published><updated>2011-05-23T17:09:30Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I had the first of my last set of exams EVER today! Can&amp;#39;t wait for them to be over, but so far they&amp;#39;re going well. I&amp;#39;m sure Andrew is helping me out with them somehow :D&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/05/exam-time.html"&gt;http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/05/exam-time.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thank you to my lovely readers, hugs to you all, especially to those who leave me comments!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;xx&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=426427&amp;AppID=31772&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>Couples</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/couples" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/couples</id><published>2011-05-20T09:53:16Z</published><updated>2011-05-20T09:53:16Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Today&amp;#39;s blog is about seeing other couples and looking into the future&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Enjoy x&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/05/couples.html"&gt;http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/05/couples.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=425690&amp;AppID=31772&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>Counselling</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/counselling" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/counselling</id><published>2011-05-17T17:07:20Z</published><updated>2011-05-17T17:07:20Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Had my first taste of a counselling session this afternoon&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/05/counselling-session.html"&gt;http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/05/counselling-session.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=425075&amp;AppID=31772&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>A Good Weekend</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/a-good-weekend" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/a-good-weekend</id><published>2011-05-15T19:20:06Z</published><updated>2011-05-15T19:20:06Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;New blog post&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/05/family-filled-weekend.html"&gt;http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/05/family-filled-weekend.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;m a happy girl this weekend for the first time in weeks. I didn&amp;#39;t realise how much I&amp;#39;ve missed my family and extended family and seeing them has made me push harder for my degree and its given me the energy to keep going on :D&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Enjoy and thanks for reading it&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;xx&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=424668&amp;AppID=31772&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="energy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/archive/tags/energy" /></entry><entry><title>Bad day</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/bad-day" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/bad-day</id><published>2011-05-11T09:59:41Z</published><updated>2011-05-11T09:59:41Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;New post&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/05/bad-day.html"&gt;http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/05/bad-day.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I had a bad day yesterday. Emotionally drained and still not sleeping well.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=423624&amp;AppID=31772&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="sleeping" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/archive/tags/sleeping" /></entry><entry><title>Sleeplessness</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/sleeplessness" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/posts/sleeplessness</id><published>2011-05-09T15:30:16Z</published><updated>2011-05-09T15:30:16Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Today&amp;#39;s entry is a discussion of why I&amp;#39;ve not been sleeping very well recently&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/05/sleepless-in-coventry.html"&gt;http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/05/sleepless-in-coventry.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thank you everyone who takes the time to read it :)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=423083&amp;AppID=31772&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="sleeping" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/tale_of_a_very_young_widow/archive/tags/sleeping" /></entry></feed>