A fundraising campaign has been launched for Irish
cyclist Tomás Mulqueen after the De Ronde van Cork rider was diagnosed with a
rare form cancer.
He now requires a bone marrow transplant and will need to
stay in Dublin in rented accommodation with a carer for between three and six
months.
The fundraising campaign underway, which at the time of
writing had raised almost €10,000, aims to collect enough money to fund that
stay in Dublin and other costs associated with his treatment and recovery.
Many members of the Irish cycling community have already contributed to the fund and if you can spare some money to donate you can do so by following this link.
Cork-based Tomás had cancer 20 years ago but beat it on
that occasion and is now determined to do the same, though he has been through
a very difficult time of late and has a testing road ahead.
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When riding a cyclocross race last October he noticed his
heart rate was far higher than usual and then began to experience heartburn and
some other issues when he was eating.
In January of this year, having been in touch with health
professionals for a period, a biopsy was performed.
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The following month while Tomás was on a cycling holiday
in Spain he crashed and broke his pelvis and while undergoing treatment in
Spain the results of his biopsy in Ireland came back as inconclusive.
After being flown home by air ambulance and taken to the
Mercy University Hospital in Cork a further series of tests finally confirmed
that he had cancer.
The condition diagnosed was K Cell Lymphoma in the
oesophagus and his bone marrow, which is very rare in Ireland.
For just over two months now he has been in hospital in
Cork undergoing chemotherapy and has been home to see his children for just
four days.
He must now have a bone marrow transplant in St James
Hospital, Dublin, once it is confirmed that he is in remission.
Once a donor is found Tomás must then commit to the
lengthy period in Dublin as his treatment and recovery progresses and it is
during that period that significant expenses will arise.
In the past the Irish cycling community has rallied strongly around one of its own when he or she needs help. If you want to do the same now for Tomás, please follow this link.
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