by admin | Apr 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
Many Oxford Breast Buddy Group (OBBG) members may not have met our former Chairperson, Elizabeth Toohig, since she moved to Somerset in 2017 (although she still played at active role in the group for some time), so I would like to tell you a bit about her....
by admin | Mar 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
MARCH 2020 NEWS HEADLINES: PANIC! SUPERMARKET SHELVES EMPTY! GP/HOSPITALS OPEN FOR URGENT SURGERY AND ESSENTIAL VISITS ONLY! PANDEMIC! LOCKDOWN!!! What now?! First, our Trustees and Committee met to discuss the importance of supporting our members throughout lockdown,...
by admin | Mar 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
I completed my last blog just after my first surgery, a lumpectomy, in July 2020. A few days later I got the results from the tissue taken – I had a pathological complete response – results don’t come better than that. I sobbed tears of joy. It sounds strange, but...
by admin | Mar 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
My name is Anna, I’m 53, a mother of two boys, a Trustee and founding member of OBBG, and I have been living with secondary breast cancer (BC) – cancer that has spread to other organs – since 2017. My BC story started out in late 2012 with a triple positive...
by admin | Feb 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
Introduction My name is Jeanette Costigan. I would like to introduce myself as a new trustee for OBBG (Oxford Breast Buddy Group). I am doing this today, Thursday 4 February 2021, because it is World Cancer Day. Today we are paying attention to the fact that 1 in 2...
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