Evelyn O’Rourke says breast cancer diagnosis while pregnant was ‘hardest time’

RTE star Evelyn O Rourke has opened up about her cancer diagnosis while pregnant saying it was the 'hardest time of her life"

"I was pregnant yet undergoing chemotherapy at the same time, which felt so wrong but was completely necessary.O’Rourke remembers the terrifying moment the doctor told her she had cancer."I can still hear the doctor's words. He turned to me and said, 'Evelyn, we've a problem here.""At the time, I thought if you got any cancer diagnosis that you were done for.”

O'Rourke spoke to mother of two, Vanessa Job, who is going through her second battle with chemotherapy for bowel cancer.Job said: "Physically and mentally, I am very different, and my kids will say that too.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

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