Earley opens up on his battle with cancer
February 10, 2021
Dermot Earley features on Laochra Gael
Dermot Earley was just 23-years-old when he was diagnosed with Testicular Cancer and recalls wondering 'was he going to be okay?’.
The former Kildare star features on Thursday night’s Laochra Gael series on TG4 and talks about the time in 2002 when he, as he says himself ‘felt a lump you know, where I shouldn't have a lump.’
"I went to see an oncologist in Galway in late January on a Friday afternoon,” explained Earley. “Through an ultrasound he said, 'Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's cancerous. We're going to operate on Monday'.
"What goes through your head, first of all 'Am I going to be OK? Secondly, will I be able to have kids? All this sort of stuff, will you be able to have a relationship?'
“You're young, all these things start going through your head when you discover a lump in one of your testicles. It's a shock because at the time, you're pretty much feeling invincible.”
Thursday 11th February @ 9.30pm on TG4
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— Laochra Gael (@Laochra_Gael) February 10, 2021
