'I have no regrets. I loved my mam so much': Niamh Drohan on losing her mother to bowel cancer
Niamh Drohan, a senior PR account manager with Hopkins Communications, tells Helen O’Callaghan about the day she faced the crushing reality of her mother Noelle’s terminal bowel cancer diagnosis
Niamh Drohan: 'I feel incredibly lucky and blessed to have experienced her love.' Picture: Eddie O'Hare
The day that changed the trajectory of my life — July 12, 2024. Mam had been sick for 18 months — she’d been diagnosed with bowel cancer.
Mam was fiercely protective, a maternal and private person. She never liked a fuss. When she told us the diagnosis, she told everybody the prognosis was good — it wasn’t, but we didn’t find out until after her death.
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