Dermot Morgan’s son Ben has revealed he is battling Hodgkin’s Lymphoma – writing a blog about his experience.
The son of the late Father Ted actor Dermot Morgan, who died in 1998, Ben has been writing about his diagnosis on his blog Stage Four Chancer to shed some light on the illness.
“I firmly believe that most of this emotional distress was due to the stigma surrounding cancer, as opposed to the scientific reality of the situation which, while scary, is completely manageable in terms of stress and worry,” he wrote.
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The 23-year-old insisted he wished to be as honest as possible and “crack lots and lots of jokes” in order to break the stigma surrounding cancer.
“Walking on eggshells IS NOT F***ING HELPFUL! It merely adds to the stigma and makes people feel worse”, he said.
“When you decide something is off-limits it merely gives that word/topic an undue amount of power.
“A more useful approach would be to allow discussion of all aspects of such issues in a way that allows us to tease out the specific concerns which make us uncomfortable around such subject matter,” he added.
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The comic revealed his diagnosis has made him a “much stronger person mentally” and has allowed him to give advice to other men dealing with health issues.
“I have been a snivelling weak mess, a shell of a man at times, but I always felt better afterwards and I refuse to take any shame in doing so,” he wrote.
“Look at me now; I’m on top of the world and I feel like I can deal with things I never thought possible before.
“I honestly believe that this wouldn’t be possible had I not let myself cry out the bad feelings when I was down,” he admitted.
