Inishowen urged to
support Daffodil Day
14.03.23
A Clonmany woman who was
diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) is urging
the people of Inishowen to support cancer patients by
getting involved with the Irish Cancer Society’s
Daffodil Day on Friday, March 24.
In June 2021, Roseena Doherty had a temperature and sore
throat that wouldn’t go away. After taking a Covid-19
test, which was negative, she was prescribed a course of
antibiotics by her GP. Not long after this, Roseena
began feeling too ill to get out of bed and unable to
swallow any food or fluids and was taken to A & E in
Letterkenny Hospital.
Roseena was later transferred from Letterkenny to Galway
University Hospital, where she underwent further tests.
She was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) and
it was established that she would need four rounds of
chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant. |
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Roseena Doherty urges
Inishowen to support Daffodil Day |
Roseena explains: “Until I
was diagnosed with AML, it’s not something I’d ever
really heard of and I knew absolutely nothing about it.
I met other patients with leukaemia who had symptoms
like tiredness and bruising but that wasn’t my
experience. I had a sore throat and a temperature.
“Sometimes with a cancer diagnosis, we think we have to
be very brave. When people say to me that I’m dealing it
with very well and that I’m so positive, I would say we
have all have our harder days with our diagnosis, no
matter how we look. There can be a day when something
just hits you out of the blue and maybe for 10 minutes
you’ll have that cry. However then you’ll just dry
yourself off and you get on with it again.
“I am delighted to be supporting the Irish Cancer
Society’s Daffodil Day as this is one day in our year
when we can take something back from cancer.”
On top of funding life-changing cancer research, the
Irish Cancer Society provides vital services and
supports to patients and their families across Donegal
each year, including 171 free counselling sessions, 188
nights of in-home Night Nursing for cancer patients in
their final days, and 480 free lifts to get patients
safely to and from their hospital chemotherapy
appointments in 2022.
The Irish Cancer Society is calling on the public to
take part in any way they can to show solidarity and
support for anyone affected by cancer, and says that
this year’s Daffodil Day is their most important yet.
As well as donating and volunteering to help fundraise,
people can purchase items from the Daffodil Day online
shop and take part in a Steps Challenge.
For more information about Daffodil Day visit
www.Cancer.ie/DaffodilDay . |
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