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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">Third time lucky?</title><subtitle type="html" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/third-time-lucky/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/third-time-lucky" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/third-time-lucky/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.1.2.21912">Telligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)</generator><updated>2023-03-30T11:06:01Z</updated><entry><title>Poo(h) sticks save the day</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/third-time-lucky/posts/poo-h-sticks-save-the-day" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/third-time-lucky/posts/poo-h-sticks-save-the-day</id><published>2023-03-30T10:17:36Z</published><updated>2023-03-30T10:17:36Z</updated><content type="html">In 2015 I was invited by the NHS bowel screening programme to send them samples of my stools, which I did promptly. It was the second time I was taking part, the first time two years before the test was clear. But this time I was asked to repeat, the...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/third-time-lucky/posts/poo-h-sticks-save-the-day"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720728&amp;AppID=41372&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Bajax</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/820054c4297e41469265cd09590b3365</uri></author><category term="polyps" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/third-time-lucky/archive/tags/polyps" /><category term="screening" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/third-time-lucky/archive/tags/screening" /><category term="Stools" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/third-time-lucky/archive/tags/Stools" /><category term="advocate" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/third-time-lucky/archive/tags/advocate" /><category term="Hospital" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/third-time-lucky/archive/tags/Hospital" /><category term="colorectal" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/third-time-lucky/archive/tags/colorectal" /><category term="Colonoscopy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/third-time-lucky/archive/tags/Colonoscopy" /><category term="chemotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/third-time-lucky/archive/tags/chemotherapy" /><category term="bowel cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/third-time-lucky/archive/tags/bowel%2bcancer" /><category term="biopsy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/third-time-lucky/archive/tags/biopsy" /><category term="Discharged" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/third-time-lucky/archive/tags/Discharged" /></entry><entry><title>Dedicated to the one that took my place (male breast cancer)</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/third-time-lucky/posts/dedicated-to-the-one-that-took-my-place-male-breast-cancer" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/third-time-lucky/posts/dedicated-to-the-one-that-took-my-place-male-breast-cancer</id><published>2023-03-30T10:06:01Z</published><updated>2023-03-30T10:06:01Z</updated><content type="html">In 2013 I had a scare for breast cancer. It turned out to be benign gynaecomastia, but for a few days I was obviously worried. In the aftermath and heaving a sigh of relief, I wrote the following. The Clive referred here is Clive James, whose lyric w...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/third-time-lucky/posts/dedicated-to-the-one-that-took-my-place-male-breast-cancer"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720727&amp;AppID=41372&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Bajax</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/820054c4297e41469265cd09590b3365</uri></author><category term="Benign" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/third-time-lucky/archive/tags/Benign" /><category term="Breast cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/third-time-lucky/archive/tags/Breast%2bcancer" /></entry></feed>