What Not to Say – Mean Well (Stupid Things People Say) – Rebecca Brown
Anticipatory Grief – Relationships and metastatic breast cancer – Jo Taylor
I first came across “anticipatory grief” whilst friends with Sarah Illingsworth, who had metastatic breast cancer and was a Trustee for Breast Cancer Now. She was bold and forthright and
Lymphoedema and me… Kirstin Spencer
My lymphoedema started very abruptly. One night, I developed unbelievably bad pain in my arm and shoulder. It was awful. I showered, tried to rub it better. When I went
A walking corpse – Beth Fortey
Others reaction to my cancer. It’s the reaction of others that really gets me. It’s like you have an infectious disease sometimes; people avoid you in the shops, they
Could the next big drug for metastatic breast cancer patients be physical activity?
I have always participated in some kind of form of physical activity. I was a gymnast when I was young, loved the fact I could walk on my hands, do
#FightingMBCplatitudes – Uncovering insensitive platitudes: a survey of people with metastatic breast cancer (MBC)
Last Autumn, Jo Taylor founder of After Breast Cancer Diagnosis and METUPUK and Eva Schumacher from Mamma Mia, an online German cancer magazine, (Eva is a patient living with MBC),
Your Cancer Crew – getting with those that get it – Sue Thomas
In April 2021, when I was told that I had de novo (straight to Stage 4) metastatic breast cancer, this rocked our world as a family and changed our lives
A Sister’s Perspective – Emma Smith (Trustee)
We had all plunged into a big black hole of despair in the days which followed my sister Helen’s metastatic breast cancer (MBC) diagnosis. Two and a half years on
My Journey to Alpelisib – Asha Umrawsingh
Asha died in March this year. She wrote this blog explaining the problems that she experienced trying to access a drug that she was ineligible for because she fell outside of the
Drugs drugs everywhere, can you access ones that work? Kirstin Spencer
Here at METUPUK, we know drug access is a big issue for all metastatic breast cancer patients. There have been huge leaps and bounds made in terms of research, knowledge