'It all started with my balls' - Colm Tóibín's moving essay about cancer is a must-read

Image: PA Images Image: PA Images IRISH AUTHOR COLM Tóibín written for the first time about being diagnosed and receiving treatment for cancer, prompting widespread praise online.

It all started with my balls. I was in Southern California and my right ball was slightly sore. At the beginning I thought the pain might be caused by the heavy keys in the right hand pocket of my trousers banging against my testicle as I walked along the street. So I moved the keys into my jacket pocket. The pain stayed for a while and then it went away and then it came back.

“One morning, a few days after I had finished the third week of chemo, I knew that I couldn’t go on,” Tóibín writes.

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