Former Tyrone gaelic footballer Jody Gormley says he has “no worry of dying in any respect” after revealing he has been recognized with terminal liver most cancers.
Gormley was a distinguished participant for the Pink Arms through the Nineteen Nineties, serving to the county win the Ulster Championship in 1995 and attain the All-Eire ultimate later that 12 months.
The 53-year-old, who says medical doctors informed him in mid-September that he has solely months left to stay, was managing his membership Trillick as not too long ago as final week within the Tyrone Senior Soccer Championship ultimate, after which he informed his gamers the information as they gathered within the dressing room after defeat by Errigal Ciaran.
“I’ve no worry of dying. No worry of dying in any respect. I’ve felt blessed my whole life,” Gormley mentioned on The GAA Social.
“The disappointment is the individuals you are forsaking. That I will not get to see my son, he is coaching laborious with Trillick, he is come again after a few years, that I will not get to see him play and I will not get to see my household develop up and mature.
“That is not scary however unhappy actually. That is the fact. While you peel all of it again, it is the individuals near you that you just’re not going to have these experiences with. That’s the real disappointment, there is no being robust round that, that is the fact.”
