The Irish Cancer Society's biggest annual fundraiser, Daffodil Day, takes place today.
(Source: Irish Cancer Society/Facebook)A woman living with incurable cancer is using Daffodil Day to appeal to people to be body aware, and watch out for any changes in their bodies.
Trina Cleary was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018 and had a mastectomy.
She was given the all clear in 2019 but then last year she was diagnosed with stage four cancer.
Trina has been speaking to iRadio Newsfeed to mark Daffodil Day, which is the main fundraiser for the Irish Cancer Society.
She is encouraging people to show support by donating on www.cancer.ie, and she wants to get the message out that it's vital not to delay in getting any symptoms checked out by a doctor:
"Would my story have been different had I not put it off? I don't know but it's definitely one regret that I do have is putting it off for so long.
"Be aware of your own body, recognise any early changes, don't be afraid to go to your doctor or to attend a hospital appointment. To be honest, all my hospital appointments, I've never felt safer in going there."
Trina points out that you can ask for a second opinion or a referral if you aren't happy with your initial assessment, and she encourages people to fight for their own bodies.
She also wants to highlight how she is doing her best to hold onto positivity, even as she deals with her incurable diagnosis.
"A stage four diagnosis doesn't always mean a death sentence anymore, just with the advances in treatments and stuff like that...I try not [to] think too far ahead, I try and stay in the moment and live my three month block in between scans.
"It's a positive prognosis for myself at the moment anyway, nothing's changed in the past year, so we kind of just hold onto that little bit of positivity."
