Main pic: Conor along with mum Roisin, dad Joe as well as Aoife and Grainne.
A brave cancer survivor who successfully completed the Rome Marathon last month has handed over almost €15,000 to a worthy local charity.
Letterkenny man, Conor Dorrian (29), was first diagnosed in 2013 with Primary CNS Lymphoma, a rare inoperable aggressive cancerous brain tumour, and for a second time in 2017. During that time he received treatment and care in Beaumont Hospital, St Luke’s Hospital and St James Hospital.
He underwent chemotherapy, radiation therapy as well as a stem cell transplant.
Conor was also paralysed for a month in 2017 when he lost mobility in the right side of his body.
However Conor is happy that this chapter of his life is now behind him. To mark ten years since his first diagnosis, he and three friends – Charlie Boyle, Conor Gallen, and Gareth Coady – completed the Rome Marathon.
In the process they have managed, to date, to raise €14,680 for the Friends of Letterkenny University Hospital charity.
“A huge appreciation from the Friends of LUH for Conor’s super efforts. Glad to assist during a challenging period of his life,” a spokesperson for the charity said.
The ‘Friends’ charity is a voluntary organisation that provides such an important service for the people of Donegal
Their services include the provision of medical equipment, facilities, services and patient comforts in the hospital which would not otherwise be available from central funding.
They also provide free transport for people from Donegal who require radium treatment in St. Luke’s Hospital in Dublin.
You can still donate to Conor’s marathon effort by going to his GoFundMe page.
