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	<title>Me and Melanoma</title>
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	<description>My story on what happened after I was diagnosed with Malignant Metastatic Melanoma which has progressed to my brain</description>
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		<title>The battle continues</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Ayres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, recently lumps have appeared around my body, one on shoulder , two in right boob, one where my ribs are and one in my upper right bum cheek.  The one above shoulder needed removing as it was growing so I am currently waiting for the results.  They think its metastasis but we aren&#8217;t sure. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aletheastory.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13547687&amp;post=574&amp;subd=aletheastory&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thank you</title>
		<link>http://aletheastory.wordpress.com/2011/05/28/thank-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 16:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Ayres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick note to thank you all for your inspirational commnets and for willing me through this difficult journey. You make me want to be stronger. I hope you and your families who may be fighting the same thing remain strong too. Alethea x<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aletheastory.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13547687&amp;post=571&amp;subd=aletheastory&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Side effects and more</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 16:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Ayres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m getting super fed up now of all this disease. It’s so hard to keep patient and I&#8217;m starting to fly off the handle at the simplest of things. My last course of chemo really knackered me out. My hemoglobin dropped super low so on Wednesday I had a blood transfusion. It took forever. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aletheastory.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13547687&amp;post=569&amp;subd=aletheastory&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting better</title>
		<link>http://aletheastory.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/getting-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 11:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Ayres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you know if you are getting better when you have something like brain tumours?  You cant see it getting better like a scab on your knee! No healing bones, no disappearing bruises.  So its hard to feel like you are getting better when you aren&#8217;t sure if you are getting better, even though [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aletheastory.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13547687&amp;post=564&amp;subd=aletheastory&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Life is too short</title>
		<link>http://aletheastory.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/life-is-too-short/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 07:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Ayres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m upset cause a fellow melanoma fighter lost his fight with melanoma.  He fought hard and was a true inspiration.  I didn&#8217;t know him personally but its still hard to hear news like that. Life is too short.  Skin cancer is a terrible terrible disease so please those of you who sunbathe be careful and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aletheastory.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13547687&amp;post=555&amp;subd=aletheastory&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dont drink and chemo</title>
		<link>http://aletheastory.wordpress.com/2011/04/30/dont-drink-and-chemo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 15:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Ayres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was my birthday on the 22nd so I decided it was a good idea to go out and have some fun with my friends and husband.  It was a good night and I allowed myself a few vodka&#8217;s and coke.  I didnt get drunk and did quite a bit of dancing too!  And I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aletheastory.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13547687&amp;post=550&amp;subd=aletheastory&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Feel like a beached whale!</title>
		<link>http://aletheastory.wordpress.com/2011/04/16/feel-like-a-beached-wale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Ayres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So i&#8217;ve piled on the weight big time.  A whooping 89 kg &#8211; 14 stone.. only 6 kgs less than what I weighed when I gave birth to my son.  13 kgs more than what I normally weigh. (I think you get the picture now ha).. before you say its the least of my worries.. its [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aletheastory.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13547687&amp;post=542&amp;subd=aletheastory&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>3 down 6 to go</title>
		<link>http://aletheastory.wordpress.com/2011/04/06/3-down-6-to-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Ayres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I got my results today.  Not much has changed yet as treatment takes a while to kick in however I only have SIX tumours now as opposed to 9. YAY  Charlie is still 2.4cms big and the brain swelling is still quite visible around it so I have to continue with cortisone for a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aletheastory.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13547687&amp;post=539&amp;subd=aletheastory&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Road to recovery</title>
		<link>http://aletheastory.wordpress.com/2011/04/03/road-to-recovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2011 16:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Ayres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its quite a long one.  You get sick, you get diagnosed, you get treatment then you need to start getting better. Everything changes about you. My legs are still weak and its frustrating getting up off chairs which sometimes cause me headaches and dizziness so I have to do things slowly.  I darent squat cause [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aletheastory.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13547687&amp;post=535&amp;subd=aletheastory&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chemo sucks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mrs Ayres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I started my chemotherapy tablets on Tuesday, then went off to Physio.  As i&#8217;ve taken them before I thought nothing of it really as I&#8217;ve had no problems.   But this time as they are a higher dose they did not agree with me and there I was sitting at the physio place feeling ok one minute [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aletheastory.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13547687&amp;post=531&amp;subd=aletheastory&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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