‘I didn’t think I’d see Christmas:’ Vicky Phelan on her decision to end cancer treatment 

'I would never have gone to America in January if I had known nobody would be able to come visit'
‘I didn’t think I’d see Christmas:’ Vicky Phelan on her decision to end cancer treatment 

Vicky Phelan appeared on the Late Late Show tonight

Vicky Phelan opened up about the difficult decision to cease chemotherapy and begin palliative care treatment in a powerful interview on the Late Late Show on Friday.

The campaigner, who shared the news that she had come to the difficult decision to stop chemotherapy in an Instagram post last week, told host Ryan Tubridy that following her first dose of chemotherapy on October 18 she “could not get out of the bed” for nearly two weeks.

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