‘I was at the gym three times a week and didn’t smoke’ – Cork mother who was diagnosed with lung cancer days after turning 40

Mother of two Gillian Ryan's shock lung cancer diagnosis

Eilish O'Regan

A non-smoking fit and healthy mother-of two has told of her shock diagnosis with lung cancer and the “horrendous recovery” she later endured.

Gillian Ryan (42) from Cork said: “Friday, November 12, 2021, will always be the day I died and was reborn”.