Linda Hassen, METAvivor volunteer and Stage IV Stampede State Captain for Wisconsin, discusses her story and how she found a new passion for advocacy and helping others dealing with this terrible disease.
I’ve written before about the horrifying reality that there are those people who pretend to have cancer, even metastatic cancer. Those experiences really shook me to my core and changed the way I look at others; it put me on notice, I suppose, that I needed to be more careful, to ask more questions.
- Abigail Johnston
Applications for the 2021/2022 #ThisIsMBC in person retreat are now being accepted thought July 15. Read more...
This summer, Metavivor will launch an educational campaign around two pending bills in Congress, the Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act and the Cancer Drug Parity Act.
Listen to the latest episode of Our MBC Life featuring METAvivor's Director of Advocacy, Barry Lenk.
It does not take long after a diagnosis of MBC to see that policies and legislation have a tremendous impact on our lives and the resources that are available to us as we navigate this complex world. In this episode we explore policy and legislation from the perspective of the patient advocate who make it their mission to cause change.
