'I thought I was having a heart attack — it was actually bowel cancer'

Natasha O’Byrne, a Cork mum of two, was diagnosed with bowel cancer last November. The 25-year-old is still undergoing chemotherapy.

She began to feel unwell on July 19, 2024. “I know the date exactly because the All-Ireland final was a couple of days later, and I couldn’t go. I had gotten pains in my chest; I thought I was having a heart attack.

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