'I went into Mammy mode': A Midleton mother reflects on her cancer journey

Katherine Dolphin Griffin discovered her children were more resilient than she had expected 

Katherine Dolphin-Griffin, at her home in Knockgorm, Midleton, Co Cork.

Katherine Dolphin Griffin was making her daughter’s First Communion dress when she was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer in 2012.

Following full thyroidectomy, the Midleton-based mum of Mia, now 17, and Colin, 13, went on radioactive iodine therapy. This meant taking a radioactive tablet to soak up any thyroid cells still present post-surgery – plus a week in the isolation unit in CUH.