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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">Trying to accept the new normal</title><subtitle type="html">Breast Cancer diagnosis in the middle of a global pandemic</subtitle><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/trying-to-accept-the-new-normal/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/trying-to-accept-the-new-normal" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/trying-to-accept-the-new-normal/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.1.2.21912">Telligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)</generator><updated>2020-12-30T08:38:00Z</updated><entry><title>Sad days</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/trying-to-accept-the-new-normal/posts/sad-days" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/trying-to-accept-the-new-normal/posts/sad-days</id><published>2021-01-02T08:39:00Z</published><updated>2021-01-02T08:39:00Z</updated><content type="html">Since the news of my mastectomy I&amp;#39;ve felt inexplicably sad. An almost emptiness. People have sad to me that it is okay to feel sad, but I worry that it will not pass. I keep waiting for it to pass. In many tough times of I have always got to a po...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/trying-to-accept-the-new-normal/posts/sad-days"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=719020&amp;AppID=40026&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="research" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/trying-to-accept-the-new-normal/archive/tags/research" /><category term="Removing the breast" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/trying-to-accept-the-new-normal/archive/tags/Removing%2bthe%2bbreast" /><category term="mastectomy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/trying-to-accept-the-new-normal/archive/tags/mastectomy" /></entry><entry><title>Mastectomy</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/trying-to-accept-the-new-normal/posts/mastectomy" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/trying-to-accept-the-new-normal/posts/mastectomy</id><published>2020-12-31T07:22:00Z</published><updated>2020-12-31T07:22:00Z</updated><content type="html">Yesterday I was told I need a mastectomy and breast conserving surgery isn&amp;#39;t an option. I feel really unprepared for this and inexplicably sad.
Like everything else on this journey, does this sadness pass and be replaced by strength?
Does anyone ...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/trying-to-accept-the-new-normal/posts/mastectomy"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=719015&amp;AppID=40026&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="Breast cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/trying-to-accept-the-new-normal/archive/tags/Breast%2bcancer" /><category term="Removing the breast" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/trying-to-accept-the-new-normal/archive/tags/Removing%2bthe%2bbreast" /><category term="mastectomy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/trying-to-accept-the-new-normal/archive/tags/mastectomy" /></entry><entry><title>First meeting since diagnosis</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/trying-to-accept-the-new-normal/posts/first-meeting-since-diagnosis" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/trying-to-accept-the-new-normal/posts/first-meeting-since-diagnosis</id><published>2020-12-30T07:38:00Z</published><updated>2020-12-30T07:38:00Z</updated><content type="html">Today is my first meeting with the surgeon since my diagnosis. I have mixed feelings.
It is over 4 weeks since I was told I had breast cancer. I always thought that as soon as someone said you had cancer that things would move quickly.&amp;nbsp;
I am hop...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/trying-to-accept-the-new-normal/posts/first-meeting-since-diagnosis"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=719010&amp;AppID=40026&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="surgeon" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/trying-to-accept-the-new-normal/archive/tags/surgeon" /><category term="Breast cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/trying-to-accept-the-new-normal/archive/tags/Breast%2bcancer" /><category term="feelings" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/trying-to-accept-the-new-normal/archive/tags/feelings" /></entry></feed>