‘I have reached retirement age and that is something I did not think I would achieve,” says Joan Moore, who retired last week. She was 54 when she was first diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
“My tummy was swollen and I had a bit of pain,” says Moore. She suffered recurrences in 2010, 2011 and 2013. The Cork woman goes into hospital every three weeks for infusions of the targeted therapy that cuts the blood supply to the cancer and keeps her healthy.