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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">Who’s idea was this?</title><subtitle type="html">My breast cancer journey so far and the loss of my mum during it </subtitle><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.1.2.21912">Telligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)</generator><updated>2022-01-05T12:46:00Z</updated><entry><title>tamoxifen, phesgo, zomita &amp; zoladex</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/posts/tamoxifen-phesgo-zomita-zoladex" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/posts/tamoxifen-phesgo-zomita-zoladex</id><published>2022-10-20T09:48:00Z</published><updated>2022-10-20T09:48:00Z</updated><content type="html">The treatments I still continue to get are:
Zoladex injection in the stomach once every 4 weeks to put me into a menopausal state as i believe all the other things below work better on menopausal women. I get hot flushes and night sweats from this. O...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/posts/tamoxifen-phesgo-zomita-zoladex"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720443&amp;AppID=40771&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>KM26</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/a3b3b7a2a4524756a2573e288b312ec5</uri></author><category term="injection" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/injection" /><category term="sweats" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/sweats" /><category term="side effects" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/side%2beffects" /><category term="chemotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/chemotherapy" /><category term="Tamoxifen" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/Tamoxifen" /><category term="cannula" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/cannula" /><category term="Oncologist" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/Oncologist" /><category term="flushes" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/flushes" /><category term="Zoladex" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/Zoladex" /></entry><entry><title>Radiotherapy</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/posts/radiotherapy" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/posts/radiotherapy</id><published>2022-10-20T09:39:00Z</published><updated>2022-10-20T09:39:00Z</updated><content type="html">I had 15 sessions of radio therapy (mon-Fri for 3 weeks) and then i got to ring the bell at the end! which was actually a really nice feeling and made at least some of it worth it
I didn&amp;#39;t find radio too bad really i did start to get tired by the...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/posts/radiotherapy"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720442&amp;AppID=40771&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>KM26</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/a3b3b7a2a4524756a2573e288b312ec5</uri></author><category term="Breast cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/Breast%2bcancer" /><category term="therapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/therapy" /><category term="Steroid" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/Steroid" /><category term="radiotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/radiotherapy" /></entry><entry><title>Surgery</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/posts/surgery" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/posts/surgery</id><published>2022-07-23T02:21:00Z</published><updated>2022-07-23T02:21:00Z</updated><content type="html">25/4/22 finally surgery day has rolled around and thankfully not delayed (too much) by getting covid. Me and my partner went in at 8 am and thankfully because they couldn&amp;rsquo;t test be for covid since I&amp;rsquo;d just had it I got to go straight to t...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/posts/surgery"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720271&amp;AppID=40771&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>KM26</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/a3b3b7a2a4524756a2573e288b312ec5</uri></author><category term="lumpectomy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/lumpectomy" /><category term="anaesthetic" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/anaesthetic" /><category term="weight" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/weight" /><category term="side effects" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/side%2beffects" /><category term="Hospital" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/Hospital" /><category term="surgeon" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/surgeon" /><category term="morphine" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/morphine" /><category term="chemotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/chemotherapy" /><category term="Removing the breast" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/Removing%2bthe%2bbreast" /><category term="cannula" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/cannula" /><category term="toilet" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/toilet" /><category term="radiotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/radiotherapy" /><category term="mastectomy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/mastectomy" /></entry><entry><title>in between chemo and surgery</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/posts/in-between-chemo-and-surgery" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/posts/in-between-chemo-and-surgery</id><published>2022-07-23T01:54:00Z</published><updated>2022-07-23T01:54:00Z</updated><content type="html">Little update of between chemo and surgery first:
So my last chemo was 3/3/22 (I had 6 in total), I got some scans on 16/3/22 to check how chemo had done and got told similar results to my half way they thought maybe only 2 lymph nodes involved now (...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/posts/in-between-chemo-and-surgery"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720270&amp;AppID=40771&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>KM26</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/a3b3b7a2a4524756a2573e288b312ec5</uri></author><category term="tumour" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/tumour" /><category term="anaesthetic" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/anaesthetic" /><category term="sickness" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/sickness" /><category term="surgeon" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/surgeon" /><category term="Breast cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/Breast%2bcancer" /><category term="chemotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/chemotherapy" /><category term="Removing the breast" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/Removing%2bthe%2bbreast" /><category term="infection" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/infection" /><category term="HERCEPTIN" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/HERCEPTIN" /><category term="flushes" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/flushes" /><category term="radiotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/radiotherapy" /><category term="Zoladex" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/Zoladex" /><category term="mastectomy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/mastectomy" /></entry><entry><title>Chemo 5 &amp; 6</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/posts/chemo-5-6" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/posts/chemo-5-6</id><published>2022-07-23T01:50:00Z</published><updated>2022-07-23T01:50:00Z</updated><content type="html">Writing this way after the fact so hopefully haven&amp;rsquo;t forgot anything:

chemos 5&amp;amp;6 we&amp;rsquo;re just the same as 4, not sick like the first three more just joint pain and back pain but the pain killers helped. I definitely got a high from the...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/posts/chemo-5-6"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720269&amp;AppID=40771&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>KM26</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/a3b3b7a2a4524756a2573e288b312ec5</uri></author><category term="sleeping" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/sleeping" /><category term="Breast cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/Breast%2bcancer" /><category term="chemotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/chemotherapy" /><category term="steroids" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/steroids" /></entry><entry><title>Chemo 4 PTD</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/posts/chemo-4-ptd" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/posts/chemo-4-ptd</id><published>2022-01-22T17:32:00Z</published><updated>2022-01-22T17:32:00Z</updated><content type="html">I Just had my 4th round of chemo two days ago, this one is PTD so side effects to be expected, don&amp;rsquo;t seem to have any sickness or the other SE I had with EC. 
Yesterday I had a lot of&amp;nbsp;energy and still seem to have quite a bit, I think it&amp;amp;r...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/posts/chemo-4-ptd"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=719867&amp;AppID=40771&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>KM26</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/a3b3b7a2a4524756a2573e288b312ec5</uri></author><category term="tumour" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/tumour" /><category term="injection" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/injection" /><category term="sickness" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/sickness" /><category term="needles" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/needles" /><category term="energy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/energy" /><category term="working" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/working" /><category term="side effects" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/side%2beffects" /><category term="Breast cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/Breast%2bcancer" /><category term="chemotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/chemotherapy" /><category term="steroids" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/steroids" /><category term="mammogram" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/mammogram" /></entry><entry><title>Chemo Cycles 1-3 EC</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/posts/chemo" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/posts/chemo</id><published>2022-01-05T13:52:00Z</published><updated>2022-01-05T13:52:00Z</updated><content type="html">15/11/21 - I start chemo tomorrow so a bit stressed about how I&amp;rsquo;m going to be able to help my family with things for my mum if I end up taking unwell but I guess we will see how it goes and take it one day at a time. Silver lining is that I&amp;amp;rsq...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/posts/chemo"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=719826&amp;AppID=40771&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>KM26</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/a3b3b7a2a4524756a2573e288b312ec5</uri></author><category term="sickness" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/sickness" /><category term="ovaries" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/ovaries" /><category term="nausea" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/nausea" /><category term="tiredness" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/tiredness" /><category term="Hospital" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/Hospital" /><category term="Breast cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/Breast%2bcancer" /><category term="chemotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/chemotherapy" /><category term="fatigue" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/fatigue" /><category term="pregnant" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/pregnant" /><category term="flushes" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/flushes" /></entry><entry><title>Losing Mum</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/posts/losing-mum" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/posts/losing-mum</id><published>2022-01-05T13:25:00Z</published><updated>2022-01-05T13:25:00Z</updated><content type="html">I lost my mum the day after my first chemo 16/11/21, there&amp;rsquo;s never a good time to lose someone but I feel like this really is the worst possible time!
She was in a come for 30 days prior because she had an aneurism at work on the 16/10/21, I re...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/posts/losing-mum"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=719825&amp;AppID=40771&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>KM26</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/a3b3b7a2a4524756a2573e288b312ec5</uri></author><category term="sickness" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/sickness" /><category term="funeral" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/funeral" /><category term="Breast cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/Breast%2bcancer" /><category term="chemotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/chemotherapy" /></entry><entry><title>Diagnosis</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/posts/diagnosis" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/posts/diagnosis</id><published>2022-01-05T12:46:00Z</published><updated>2022-01-05T12:46:00Z</updated><content type="html">Hey, I&amp;rsquo;m&amp;nbsp;Kirsty and I&amp;rsquo;m 26 years old and recently diagnosed with invasive breast cancer&amp;nbsp;(stage 2, grade 3, HER2 +, with medullary features&amp;lt;whatever that means) trying to be super positive and kick cancers ass!&amp;nbsp;
I found a...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/posts/diagnosis"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=719824&amp;AppID=40771&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>KM26</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/a3b3b7a2a4524756a2573e288b312ec5</uri></author><category term="tumour" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/tumour" /><category term="invasive" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/invasive" /><category term="Lymphoma" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/Lymphoma" /><category term="working" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/working" /><category term="radiation" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/radiation" /><category term="research" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/research" /><category term="Breast cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/Breast%2bcancer" /><category term="chemotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/chemotherapy" /><category term="therapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/therapy" /><category term="vaccine" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/vaccine" /><category term="mammogram" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/who-s-idea-was-this/archive/tags/mammogram" /></entry></feed>