It is with enormous sadness that Jo Taylor, an amazing wife and mum passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family at 8:18am on Monday 3rd of November. Please allow her family some privacy to grieve together. #IAmThe31 #BusyLivingWithMets #SecondaryBreastCancer #MetastaticBreastCancer #DarkerPink #DyingForACure

Me, need to get a refund from @Argos_Online . Help link virtual bot which was no help. Use their X help site DMs “hi welcome to our virtual assistant” (the same useless FAQ pointer as before) Also the typo on the virtual bot made me chuckle. AI isn’t taking us over quite yet.

On behalf of all the Trustees, volunteers and supporters of METUPUK, we would like to offer our heartfelt congratulations to our Founder, Jo Taylor, for being awarded the British Empire Medal in The King's New Year Honours List 2025. A much deserved recognition for years of work in improving outcomes and quality of life for patients with breast cancer. Jo was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007 at the age of 38, months after giving birth to her second child. After diagnosis, Jo was shocked by the lack of information on reconstructive surgical options for patients with breast cancer. To address this gap, she created the website After Breast Cancer Diagnosis (ABCD). Jo later added information on diet and exercise and set up residential Exercise Retreats for patients with a diagnosis of primary or metastatic (secondary) breast cancer. When Jo was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) in 2014 she once again became aware of lack of information being provided to patients. Although 30% of patients develop MBC, sometimes years after primary breast cancer, women were not being informed about what to look out for. Jo designed a Red Flag Infographic aimed at patients with a history of primary breast cancer to show the signs and symptoms of MBC. These Infographics are now signposted throughout the NHS. In 2016, Jo founded METUPUK after connecting with patient advocates in the USA. At first it was a loose coalition of likeminded patients campaigning for improvements in outcomes. In 2021 METUPUK became a registered charity, the only UK charity solely dedicated to patient advocacy for MBC. The four main areas of focus are increasing awareness of the signs and symptoms of metastatic breast cancer, increasing access to innovative treatments, improving information and access to clinical trials and improvements in data collection. We are very lucky to have Jo as our Founder and Chair of Trustees. Thank you for all your hard work.

Perfect in every way #gavinandstaceythefinale

Please @LloydsBank bring back the old app. It was the best. Now it looks like Times New Roman has had a party and stayed.

I don’t think many people realise this. We are going backwards in cancer and yet have some of the brightest minds in the world!

✨ Which COSD data items are important for the NAoMe? We've compiled a list of "Key Data Items" which highlights COSD data items to make sure are being completed for all patients with metastatic #breastcancer. Access here: bit.ly/3tOU9Wk @useMYdata @NHSEngland

My 100% track record of crap flowers from @waitrose continues. Went back to using them after a trashed parcel of bulbs several years ago. Ordered for a very close family friend and look how they have arrived!! We chose specifically so that it would be easy for her to enjoy 🤬

Winner of Celebrity #Mastermind is @TerryChristian! 🏆 Fantastic that he beat all the other celebrities & very kindly supports #METUPUK as his chosen charity & thankful of his ongoing support Congratulations Terry! You're always our winner! @CliveMyrieBBC @mastermindquiz

If @philippahether had been alive today she would have totally approved of the first recipient @MsZoeBarber to the award named in Philippa’s honour ❤️💔

The amazing Zoe Barber - in all my years in MBC I’ve never heard someone get it so right in what they are saying 👏👏👏#mbcwales

Professor Tom Crosby, OBE, Consultant @VelindreCC & Medical Director for @WalesCancerNet asking Eluned Morgan for support from Government to deliver the changes needed to support cancer in wales.

Anything that starts with “at least…” which actually applies to so many scenarios in life

We're run by volunteers, most living with #metastaticbreastcancer & we rely on efforts & collaboration of individuals like you. We're behind some monumental changes over the UK. Exciting developments are happening. Will you be a part of it in Wales? ---> join-us@metupuk.org.uk

Pain can be a major barrier to everyday activities in women w/ breast cancer dx. New study by BRiC investigates pain experience for better pain management strategies 👇🙏Please participate and RT @abcdiagnosis #breastcancer @METUPUKorg #metastaticbreastcancer #PainManagement

In case you were on a different planet and missed the big news, we have now had 11 days in a row setting new all-time modern global temperature records, peaking at 17.233°C on July 6, quite possibly the hottest 11 days globally in the last 100,000 years. washingtonpost.com/weather/2…

Thank you so much for choosing to support @metupuk Mary is woven into so much of what we do daily and who we are 💔

Hot footing from our @metupuk Metastatic Breast Cancer conference in Manchester last week with @GM_Cancer we are now showcasing our MBC clinical trial dashboard at the British Breast Cancer Group’s annual meeting in Brighton. Very honoured that we are allowed to attend.