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Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust ‘ Let’s Meet 2011'
  1. Susan Quilliam
  1. Freelance Writer, Broadcaster and Agony Aunt, Cambridge, UK; susan@susanquilliam.com

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When Jo Maxwell died of cervical cancer at the tragically early age of 40, her husband James translated his grief into action and founded a charity in her memory. Some 13 years on, Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust – the only charity in the UK for women with cervical abnormalities and cancer – recently held one of its annual ‘Let’s Meet' days for women, their family and friends at the Thistle Birmingham City Hotel, Birmingham, UK on 15 October 2011.

You might think that with the shadow of cancer underpinning the day, the mood would be solemn. Nothing could be further from the truth. Yes, there were tears. Yes, there was anger – often, it …

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