METUP-UK member Bex Lewis was pleased to be invited to join Will Taylor’s ‘Good Enough’ podcast, off the back of social media content talking about the problematic nature of talking
Remembering Jo Myatt (@JoanneMyatt25), friend, advocate and supporter of METUPUK #IAmThe31
I met Jo 3 years ago at the Conservative Party conference as we were both involved with the Breast Cancer Care (BCC) conference stand. When we met we realised we
Chatting to @ForeverCopilots – Travelling and Truly #BusyLivingWithMets
My name is Kate Gross, And I’m a 3 x cancer survivor. We are planning the adventure of a lifetime, but first a little about me. I’m 50 years old
METUPUK member @drbexl talks hope and grief with @HopefulActivism podcast
Last week METUPUK activist Bex Lewis spoke to Abigail Thomas for the Christian podcast – ‘The Hopeful Activists‘ – around the theme of grief and h0pe within the cancer experience:
Why is Awareness of SBC important? By Fiona Macrae of @InsuranceWith
I received an email from Fiona who is the creator of InsuranceWith and it again highlights why it is so important to be aware of secondary breast cancer. She has
The ‘pink positivity’ is exhausting – when it ignores #IAmThe31 and focuses on #NoBraDay
We went quiet, because the majority of us working on the #IAmThe31 campaign are undergoing continued treatment for Secondary Breast Cancer, are awaiting scan results, trying to work, and exhausted
Member @Diamondtrees11 asks: do we need a trigger warning for #IAmThe31 on #MBCDay?
This blog will probably upset some people. I talk about real life. In fact I talk about my life. My life with incurable, but always fatal, secondary breast cancer aged
How to … add a METUP Facebook Profile Picture Frame #IAmThe31, #BusyLivingWithMets
Within your social media profiles, it is possible to add ‘frames’ around your picture, to show your affiliation and support for a particular campaign. For Breast Cancer Awareness month, as
#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
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