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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">The Long Journey... </title><subtitle type="html" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-long-journey/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-long-journey" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-long-journey/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.1.2.21912">Telligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)</generator><updated>2026-07-30T11:07:39Z</updated><entry><title>Saturday… The tears have returned today…</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-long-journey/posts/saturday-the-tears-have-returned-today" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-long-journey/posts/saturday-the-tears-have-returned-today</id><published>2026-08-01T11:44:34Z</published><updated>2026-08-01T11:44:34Z</updated><content type="html">2 days post chemo and the tears have returned this morning. &amp;nbsp;My girl friend is struggling this morning&amp;hellip;
Physically and mentally. Massive fatigue, and a sense of how can she get through this whole twenty weeks she has ahead of her.
For me ...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-long-journey/posts/saturday-the-tears-have-returned-today"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=723402&amp;AppID=43008&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>BoyfriendWiltshire</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/3da369c9d0354402b2b5dfb0d94c7eac</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Chemo session 1:  As smooth as can be hoped...  #3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-long-journey/posts/chemo-session-1-as-smooth-as-can-be-hoped-3" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-long-journey/posts/chemo-session-1-as-smooth-as-can-be-hoped-3</id><published>2026-07-31T12:26:17Z</published><updated>2026-07-31T12:26:17Z</updated><content type="html">It&amp;#39;s the day after chemo session 1 for my girlfriend and it seems to have gone as smoothly as one can hope. &amp;nbsp;No immediate issues on the day.&amp;nbsp;Today seems to have brought the nausea and incredible tiredness...&amp;nbsp;
I guess it&amp;#39;s now o...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-long-journey/posts/chemo-session-1-as-smooth-as-can-be-hoped-3"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=723399&amp;AppID=43008&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>BoyfriendWiltshire</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/3da369c9d0354402b2b5dfb0d94c7eac</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Chemo begins today for my girlfriend...  #2</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-long-journey/posts/chemo-begins-today-for-my-girlfriend-2" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-long-journey/posts/chemo-begins-today-for-my-girlfriend-2</id><published>2026-07-30T10:10:26Z</published><updated>2026-07-30T10:10:26Z</updated><content type="html">My girlfriend, and to a lesser degree myself, begin a long journey today. &amp;nbsp;We have 20+ weeks of combined chemo and surgery ahead of her. &amp;nbsp;And that&amp;#39;s just the beginning...
I think the overwhelming sense right now &amp;nbsp;is that life will ...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-long-journey/posts/chemo-begins-today-for-my-girlfriend-2"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=723396&amp;AppID=43008&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>BoyfriendWiltshire</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/3da369c9d0354402b2b5dfb0d94c7eac</uri></author></entry><entry><title>I'm reeling and I want to rant... #1</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-long-journey/posts/i-m-reeling-and-i-want-to-rant-1" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-long-journey/posts/i-m-reeling-and-i-want-to-rant-1</id><published>2026-07-30T10:07:39Z</published><updated>2026-07-30T10:07:39Z</updated><content type="html">Four weeks ago my girl friend and I were talking to one another about the fact that maybe, after lots of really bad stuff happening to us in our lives so far, we were getting an opportunity for some happiness together with someone who really understo...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-long-journey/posts/i-m-reeling-and-i-want-to-rant-1"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=723395&amp;AppID=43008&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>BoyfriendWiltshire</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/3da369c9d0354402b2b5dfb0d94c7eac</uri></author></entry></feed>