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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">What the ecky fump?</title><subtitle type="html" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-ecky-fump/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-ecky-fump" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-ecky-fump/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.1.2.21912">Telligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)</generator><updated>2025-04-23T14:27:39Z</updated><entry><title>So? This is going bald?</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-ecky-fump/posts/so-this-is-going-bald" /><link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpeg" length="902467" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cfs-file/__key/telligent-evolution-components-attachments/01-42479-00-00-00-72-22-01/17493991595943565296407846413299.jpg" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-ecky-fump/posts/so-this-is-going-bald</id><published>2025-06-08T15:56:13Z</published><updated>2025-06-08T15:56:13Z</updated><content type="html">So, Tuesday 3rd June, I had my catch up &amp;amp; chat appointment with oncology. Told her about my day out with suspected sepsis with my 1st chemo... That shocker, were mouth ulcers like I suspected. She told me off and prescribed lidnocaine mouthwash. ...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-ecky-fump/posts/so-this-is-going-bald"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722201&amp;AppID=42479&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>JH70</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/5f77765626324761b51c38b36f7b3a88</uri></author></entry><entry><title>So... Scheduling chemo &amp; chauffeurs &amp; babysitter</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-ecky-fump/posts/so-scheduling-chemo-chauffeurs-babysitter" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-ecky-fump/posts/so-scheduling-chemo-chauffeurs-babysitter</id><published>2025-05-18T00:07:51Z</published><updated>2025-05-18T00:07:51Z</updated><content type="html">Jeez, what a palaver. Because I live a simple sounding journey away from the hospital BUT several hours on various public transport ways and have mobility issues I need to be picked up from chemo. I&amp;#39;m fine getting there, it&amp;#39;s the after they (...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-ecky-fump/posts/so-scheduling-chemo-chauffeurs-babysitter"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722161&amp;AppID=42479&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>JH70</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/5f77765626324761b51c38b36f7b3a88</uri></author><category term="Walking problems" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-ecky-fump/archive/tags/Walking%2bproblems" /><category term="transport" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-ecky-fump/archive/tags/transport" /><category term="chemotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-ecky-fump/archive/tags/chemotherapy" /><category term="mobility" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-ecky-fump/archive/tags/mobility" /></entry><entry><title>The latest</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-ecky-fump/posts/the-latest" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-ecky-fump/posts/the-latest</id><published>2025-04-30T10:03:00Z</published><updated>2025-04-30T10:03:00Z</updated><content type="html">So. EC-T and a portacath to be arranged.
Tests to do and mid May will see the start of apparently a 10 year treatment.... I knew it wouldn&amp;#39;t be a quick 3/4 months like my 1st go round but TEN YEARS ?
Drugs -&amp;nbsp;
EPIRUBICIN &amp;amp; CYCLOPHOSPHAMID...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-ecky-fump/posts/the-latest"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722114&amp;AppID=42479&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>JH70</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/5f77765626324761b51c38b36f7b3a88</uri></author><category term="epirubicin" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-ecky-fump/archive/tags/epirubicin" /><category term="cyclophosphamide" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-ecky-fump/archive/tags/cyclophosphamide" /></entry><entry><title>So now?</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-ecky-fump/posts/so-now" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-ecky-fump/posts/so-now</id><published>2025-04-23T13:35:18Z</published><updated>2025-04-23T13:35:18Z</updated><content type="html">Yesterday was results day. It hasn&amp;#39;t spread, YIPPEE!
Now I need to wait for oncology appointment next week to hear their plan.
I&amp;#39;m not actually sure what it all means though. I&amp;#39;ve got it in my right breast and lymph nodes.
It&amp;#39;s inflam...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-ecky-fump/posts/so-now"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722093&amp;AppID=42479&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>JH70</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/5f77765626324761b51c38b36f7b3a88</uri></author></entry><entry><title>About me</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-ecky-fump/posts/about-me" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-ecky-fump/posts/about-me</id><published>2025-04-23T13:27:39Z</published><updated>2025-04-23T13:27:39Z</updated><content type="html">I started this VERY LONG story with a sore tongue would you believe.
I have a mobility issues due to my spine. Three surgeries later and my spine is held together with nuts &amp;amp; bolts. But my legs hate me, so I stumble a bit. I thought I&amp;#39;d stumb...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-ecky-fump/posts/about-me"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722092&amp;AppID=42479&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>JH70</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/5f77765626324761b51c38b36f7b3a88</uri></author><category term="Tongue" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-ecky-fump/archive/tags/Tongue" /><category term="Walking problems" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-ecky-fump/archive/tags/Walking%2bproblems" /><category term="Breast cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-ecky-fump/archive/tags/Breast%2bcancer" /><category term="biopsy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-ecky-fump/archive/tags/biopsy" /><category term="radiotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/what-the-ecky-fump/archive/tags/radiotherapy" /></entry></feed>