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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 lull before the storm</title><subtitle type="html">Diagnosed with breast cancer in November &amp;amp; treatment picking up pace</subtitle><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.1.2.21912">Telligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)</generator><updated>2021-02-16T19:08:00Z</updated><entry><title>What a difference a few months makes!</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/posts/what-a-difference-a-few-months-makes" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/posts/what-a-difference-a-few-months-makes</id><published>2021-08-09T20:48:00Z</published><updated>2021-08-09T20:48:00Z</updated><content type="html">Reading back on my last post almost feels like reading about someone else, so much has happened since then!&amp;nbsp; (Bear with me - it gets better...)
I started chemo in March and the plan was for me to have three x 3 weeks cycles of EC, followed by th...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/posts/what-a-difference-a-few-months-makes"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=719536&amp;AppID=40089&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="sickness" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/archive/tags/sickness" /><category term="Docetaxel" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/archive/tags/Docetaxel" /><category term="working" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/archive/tags/working" /><category term="tiredness" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/archive/tags/tiredness" /><category term="side effects" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/archive/tags/side%2beffects" /><category term="Hospital" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/archive/tags/Hospital" /><category term="Infusion" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/archive/tags/Infusion" /><category term="chemotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/archive/tags/chemotherapy" /><category term="infection" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/archive/tags/infection" /><category term="temperature" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/archive/tags/temperature" /><category term="Hair loss" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/archive/tags/Hair%2bloss" /><category term="Oncologist" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/archive/tags/Oncologist" /><category term="radiotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/archive/tags/radiotherapy" /><category term="anxiety" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/archive/tags/anxiety" /><category term="mammogram" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/archive/tags/mammogram" /></entry><entry><title>Meeting the oncology team tomorrow</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/posts/meeting-the-oncology-team-tomorrow" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/posts/meeting-the-oncology-team-tomorrow</id><published>2021-02-16T18:08:00Z</published><updated>2021-02-16T18:08:00Z</updated><content type="html">Back in November I was recalled from my first ever mammogram, a few months short of my 50th birthday. &amp;nbsp;I had no inkling anything was amiss until that point but got my diagnosis the same day (on my own - the first day of Lockdown 2). &amp;nbsp;The st...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/posts/meeting-the-oncology-team-tomorrow"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=719093&amp;AppID=40089&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="lumpectomy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/archive/tags/lumpectomy" /><category term="christmas" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/archive/tags/christmas" /><category term="oncology" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/archive/tags/oncology" /><category term="sickness" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/archive/tags/sickness" /><category term="Breast cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/archive/tags/Breast%2bcancer" /><category term="chemotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/archive/tags/chemotherapy" /><category term="Sentinel" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/archive/tags/Sentinel" /><category term="biopsy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/archive/tags/biopsy" /><category term="Oncologist" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/archive/tags/Oncologist" /><category term="radiotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/archive/tags/radiotherapy" /><category term="scalp cooling" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/archive/tags/scalp%2bcooling" /><category term="mammogram" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/the-lull-before-the-storm/archive/tags/mammogram" /></entry></feed>