METUPUK has joined the Northern Ireland Coalition (NICCC) and will work collaboratively with partner charities to improve outcomes for cancer patients in Northern Ireland. Ann McBrien, METUPUK’s Northern Ireland Executive
METUPUK update
METUPUK members have done amazing things in the last two years and continue to do so. Here is an update on the last two months: Founder Jo Taylor was due
The Economist – Pioneering person-centred breast cancer care – Madeleine Meynell
At the End of May 2024 Madeleine attended an event at the offices of the Economist on Pioneering person-centred breast cancer care. This event was part of a wider project looking at
Data collection for metastatic breast cancer, “we are only counted when we are dead” – Kat Southwell
Just shy of six years ago I was diagnosed with Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC). Rare with a “high fatality rate and difficult to treat” is what I learnt in the
Metastatic May – a Primary Patient by Jane Cooke
I was diagnosed with hormone positive primary breast cancer in February 2022. I had a lumpectomy, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and am now on 10 years of reduce risking hormone repressing therapy.
When D-Day’s DE NOVO – Sue Thomas
When D-Day’s DE NOVO My name is Sue, I’m a wife, a mum, a nanny, a daughter, a friend, a Metastatic Breast Cancer patient, and an advocate. My breast cancer
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