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Sue Hatton - Executive Trustee
Cornwall
In 1996 Sue was leading a very busy life working for the British Army in Germany. What she thought was irritable bowel resulted in her being hospitalised in Germany and an op to remove a polyp which was cancerous. Following intensive, damaging radiotherapy, chemotherapy and a thrombosis, Sue was referred to one of the leading colorectal surgeons Professor Bill Heald OBE. In December 1997 Sue had a Colostomy and hysterectomy. Sue now lives in Cornwall with her husband Neil, 11 chickens, 2 dogs and 2 cats. She and Neil run a holiday letting and are very involved in community life. She is passionate about the CA and her grandchildren!
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Monty Taylor - Chairman of Trustees
Oxfordshire
Monty was born in Nottingham in 1939, one of twins,and has been married to Sue for 44 years they have three children, four grandsons and a grandaughter. He is a qualified chartered surveyor and has practiced widely across the UK. From 1983, he worked in London and during the recession in the early 1990s acted as a Receiver on behalf of Commercial banks and other mortgagees bailing out half completed development projects and sorting out the problems they were left with by defaulting developers.
Monty retired from professional practice in 1995, although, he still runs a property company developing difficult sites with high quality houses, bungalows and flats. Monty was diagnosed with diverticulitis disease in 2002 and following a colonoscopy in February 2003 under went colon surgery when his stoma was formed.
Since that time he has travelled to Sri Lanka, Australia and New Zealand, China, South Africa and most recently returned from a month in South America.
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Ernie Hulme - Vice Chairman
North Staffordshire
Ernie has been married to Carol for 33 years. At 44, Ernie was diagnosed with low rectal cancer and after therapies had a colostomy. Ernie's Stoma Care Nurse asked him to visit a patient 12 months after his treatment which led to him becoming a volunteer with us. Ernie loves to help people. He was the Founder member of the North Staffordshire "Outlook "(an Ostomy Support Group) which has membership of almost 300.
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Jackie Dudley - Trustee
Berkshire
Born in 1939 Jackie Dudley was diagnosed with terminal cancer of the uterus and bowel in 2001. After an operation for a colostomy followed by chemotherapy she believes her continuing good health is due to the love, support and prayers of family and friends. Jackie became a volunteer for the BCA - later the CA - in 2002 and knows that the support they give to pre and post opertive colostomates is priceless. Knowing that she was not alone in 'Living with a colostomy' helped with her recovery and now Jackie runs two support groups in Berkshire to ensure that there is always somewhere that ostomates can meet to make and meet new friends, who feel as they do.
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Mary Thomas - Trustee
Buckinghamshire
Born in Wales, Mary has spent all her working life in England apart from a short spell with the British Army in Germany and is a Fellow of the Institute of Internal Auditors. In October 2008 she retired as Head of Internal Audit of a major central government department where she provided the Director General with an independent opinion on the adequacy and effectiveness of the organisation's governance and risk management, and advice on how best their business control systems might be improved. Following retirement, Mary became a volunteer with a local 'hospice at home' charity and with the Colostomy Association and also continues her studies at Birkbeck College, University of London pursuing her particular interest in art and architecture, which accounts for much of her travel to far flung places.
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Rosemary Brierley - Trustee
Nottinghamshire
Rosemary spent her early working life in the NHS. After graduating with a degree in Nutrition and Dietetics, she worked with people with diabetes, a job she really enjoyed. However, after emergency surgery to drain a pelvic abscess led to ongoing bowel problems and further operations, she opted for early retirement. So her life took a new turn: She became a colostomate, remarried, worked as a volunteer for the Citizens Advice Bureau then got a new job as an associate lecturer in Health and Disease with the Open University.
In 1996 she became a volunteer, first with BCA and then with the CA. Rosemary takes calls on the out-of- hours helpline and is also on the committee of her local Stoma Support Group. From 2006 to 2008 she was editor of Tidings magazine and has recently re-joined the editorial team as associate editor.
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