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Member Profile – Miranda Ashitey

March 5, 2021March 3, 2021 jotaylor

My name is Miranda Ashitey.
I’m 38 and I’m from Croydon. I was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer on the 14th of February 2019.

Uncategorizediamthe31, MBC, member profile, Miranda Ashitey

Are the lives of cancer patients less important than those of COVID patients asks @madmeynell? Dealing with suggested treatment delay

February 1, 2021February 2, 2021 drbexl
Drug Bottles

Every patient with metastatic cancer knows that at some point their oncologist will tell them that their treatment must be changed.  This point is normally reached when cancer has progressed on

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Treatment OptionsCOVID-19, Emma Robertson, iamthe31, Madeleine Meynell, Treatment Break1 Comment

Remembering Jo Myatt (@JoanneMyatt25), friend, advocate and supporter of METUPUK #IAmThe31

December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 jotaylor
Jo Myatt (RIP)

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

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Member StoriesA Friend Remembered, BusyLivingWithMets, iamthe31, Joanne Myatt, Joanne Taylor1 Comment

#TenThousandGifts from @JenniferSkin, #IAmThe31 in memory of @Elaine_Figgins

November 16, 2020December 15, 2020 drbexl
Jennifer Young Gift montage

Jennifer Young specialist skincare products are designed to combat some of the side-effects of treatment for cancer: dry, sore, itchy, flaky and sensitive skin. She is gifting 10,000 skincare products

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Social Media Campaign#TenThousandGifts, Competition, Elaine Figgins, iamthe31, Jennifer Young, Side effects, Skincare

The #IAmThe31 Campaign by @METUPUKorg, mentioned by @SarahJPHughes in @Guardian

November 15, 2020 drbexl

Sarah Hughes has written an excellent piece in The Guardian about what it’s like to live with Stage IV cancer during COVID times (including missing out as life ticks away,

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PressCOVID, iamthe31, Press Mention, Sarah Hughes, Stage IV Cancer, The Guardian

Featured in @TechForGoodLive Newsletter

November 9, 2020 drbexl
Screenshot of Newsletter

METUPUK member Bex Lewis has loved attending ‘Tech for Good‘ sessions in Manchester for many years (the events started in 2016), and has enjoyed hearing speakers from NHS Digital amongst

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PressBex Lewis, iamthe31, Tech for Good, TechForGoodLive

#IAmThe31: 31 Days? 31 Activities? 3.1 Distances? 31 People :-(

October 22, 2020October 22, 2020 drbexl
Pair of trainers in front of the number 31 painted on the road

It’s October, it’s still Breast Cancer Awareness Month, although Secondary Breast Cancer Awareness Day has been and gone… but we’re still very much living with that reality every day. The

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Social Media CampaignAwareness, Bex Lewis, Fundraising, iamthe31, Jo Taylor, Joanne Myatt, UProjects131 Comments

Campaign #IAmThe31 and @abcdiagnosis feature in @JenniferSkin blog

October 20, 2020October 26, 2020 drbexl
Photo of Jennifer Young toiletries

Over the past couple of weeks, cancer specialist skincare brand Jennifer Young has featured METUPUK and its founder in a couple of blogs. Introduction to MetUpUk  ‘Changing the landscape of

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PressBlogging, iamthe31, Jennifer Young, Jo Taylor

The ‘pink positivity’ is exhausting – when it ignores #IAmThe31 and focuses on #NoBraDay

October 18, 2020October 18, 2020 drbexl
Tassia Cartoon 'No Bra Day' - pink positivity standing on coffin of ignored secondary patient.

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

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Social Media CampaignBusyLivingWithMets, Cartoon, iamthe31, Pink Positivity, Tassia Haines87 Comments

Member @Diamondtrees11 asks: do we need a trigger warning for #IAmThe31 on #MBCDay?

October 13, 2020 jotaylor

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

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Member Stories, Social Media Campaign#BreastCancerAwarenessMonth, #NoBraDay, #SBCDay, #secondarybreastcancer, BCAM, BusyLivingWithMets, iamthe31, Kit D1 Comment

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