Ciara McGeehan

like a massive like okay I'm I always planned on pursuing some second opinions um but it really gave me a real kick up the backside and like a fire there okay yeah I'm gonna seek that and you have specialists I mean specialists down here in Dublin um the doctor who did my sigmoidoscopy has um he his colleagues that he's referred me to um my

aunt, my auntie's wife, her brother's a GP and he had a pathway into like chemo care and cancer care down here too.

So I'm going to seek some second opinions from the experts down here.

They have connections with experts in New York.

One of the hospitals there has like really innovative cancer care.

I don't doubt that that path will also be tough because there's certain things that really in and really out.

I just really hope that in the pursuit of these second opinions, I'm going to get some more from other doctors in the NHS too, that there's other options out there for me that, you know, one doctor might think it's not possible, but another might think it is.

it's an interesting thing.

And I've chatted to some people that like the barrier to access and that is obviously there's things that it's private and I'll have to pay for that.

I have no problem.

I'll pay any gods I might to try to stay alive.

But whenever you're seeking some medical care in America, then it'll be even more.

So, you know, me and Tommy have savings.

We'd sell the house, do anything to try to

survive this and if it's not surviving until I'm a lucky lady in my 80s and 90s just maybe give me more time in this earth to enjoy the beautiful things so that's where I am right and it's tough because I don't know I don't know the next stage I'm wanting to plan a wedding me and Tommy are viewing wedding venues we viewed one yesterday on the way down the road to Dublin um it's really hard to plan it's hard to plan and say I'll be available in September or October because I don't know if they're going to turn around and say you need major surgery now

And how will I feel?

What's the recovery process?

Am I going to be okay to have a wedding this winter?

We want to do it sooner rather than later because I am fit and healthy looking and I don't look like a stereotypical cancer patient that they like to portray in movies.

But also that's probably a lesson for many people actually, us cancer patients.