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My oesophageal cancer story: 'I know guys with Rennie in their pockets and Gaviscon in the van'

School teacher Conor Davoren was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer after experiencing chronic heartburn 
My oesophageal cancer story: 'I know guys with Rennie in their pockets and Gaviscon in the van'

Conor Davoren at home near Kilnaboy, Co Clare. Picture: Eamon Ward

It's sheer good luck that Conor Davoren didn’t just take a glass of milk going to bed and a couple of Rennie during the day, and simply ignore the symptoms he was experiencing.

A secondary school teacher who also farms, Conor was just 32 when he was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in October 2021.

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