Oge shares her future moment in the Gallery of Hope, a photography exhibition made in collaboration with people living with incurable secondary breast cancer.
It’s November 2025. My son’s graduation day. I’m so proud to be stood surrounded by all my brilliant children.
Oge is a proud mother of three and a teacher at Morley College in London. She lives in Kent, commuting a couple of times a week to teach in-person classes. Since 2011 Oge has been teaching IT and business studies to mature students, as well as, as she puts it, pretty much anything else if needs be!
Oge first discovered a lump in February 2019, but it wasn’t until a second trip to the doctor, 10 months later in December that she discovered she had breast cancer. Unfortunately, it had already spread and she was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer. She has been having PHESGO® injections for the last 4 years, and thankfully, it’s still effective, meaning Oge is living a happy and fulfilling life.
Oge's story
What research are we doing into secondary breast cancer?
Secondary breast cancer occurs when breast cancer cells spread from the first (primary) breast cancer in the breast, through the lymphatic or blood system, to other parts of the body.
Our researchers are here working to buy more time for people with secondary breast cancer.
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