Cork teacher on bowel cancer diagnosis at 45: ‘My life would never be the same again’

Secondary school teacher John O’Regan went to his doctor when he noticed a change in his bowel habits. The results from a follow-up colonoscopy were life-changing

John O'Regan, in Fountainstown, Co Cork. Pic: Larry Cummins.

In  The Matrix movie, there is a scene where the mysterious Morpheus offers Neo (Keanu Reeves) a red or blue pill. Take the blue pill and life would continue as normal, with the unpleasantness of his current experience removed from his memory. Take the red pill, however, and he would get to see the truth outside the illusion of the Matrix.