METUPUK are devastated by the news that one of our Trustees and friend Connie Johncock has died. Connie was a founder trustee of METUPUK and our Treasurer, overseeing our finances as we
Our friend Connie Johncock
Aren’t you a bit young to have a pacemaker
Stage 4 breast cancer with a pacemaker
Most people know someone with a pacemaker, and chances are that person will be elderly. The average age of a first pacemaker implantation in the UK is 72, but pacemakers are actually fitted in people of all ages from newborn babies to the very elderly. I was 39 when I had mine, which was needed as a complication after heart surgery to replace my aortic valve and root.
Press Release: METUPUK launches #IAmThe31 Campaign to Highlight Secondary Breast Cancer Day #BCAM
13th October is officially Secondary Breast Cancer day – the only day in Breast Cancer Awareness Month that officially recognises secondary (metastatic) breast cancer (download as PDF). And so, this
What’s in a name? Metastatic? Secondary? Advanced? Cancer #IAmThe31
The terminology around cancer can be confusing, and no more so than for Stage IV cancer. The terms ‘secondary’, ‘advanced’ and ‘metastatic’ seem to be used fairly interchangeably, along with
#IAmThe31 Campaign
#IAmThe31 31 women die every day in the UK is our reality. This campaign is for October Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 31 days in October, 31 deaths every day, by
Postcode Lotteries
What’s your postcode and what does that say about you? If I asked a healthy person about the importance of their postcode I suspect they’d tell me about local schools,
Moo to you too!
Hi my name is Kit and apparently I’m a stubborn cow! Now the person who told me that didn’t think it was a good thing. But for a secondary breast
TotalHealth.co.uk: What the media has got so wrong about Sarah Harding
All of us in the metastatic cancer community are deeply sad that Sarah Harding is now dealing with secondary breast cancer, but the language used is problematic: Author Marion Keyes
What’s so bad about fears and tears?
I’m 36 years old and I’m dying of secondary breast cancer. As a result I’m petrified 24/7. I’m currently waiting for scan results that will tell me if my current
Supportive Care
As a secondary breast cancer patient living with an incurable disease, I feel very strongly about wording. Wording like fight, battle and lost/loosing. Words matter. So, I also think that