In 2014, I began to experience a weird pain in my abdomen; this compelled many visitations to the hospital at different times; and, the doctors kept telling me that it was due to ‘Hormonal Imbalance.’ The pain kept increasing till a time came when I would be bedridden for a day or two taking medications due to the pain.
Alongside the pain, I began to experience constant headaches, and even fainting spells once in a while. Two years later, I had an ectopic pregnancy which, because of where it was located, had not been detected on time. I was rushed in for an emergency surgery in April 2016 after the pregnancy ruptured and the affected fallopian tube cut out. That was my second ectopic pregnancy and the third gynaecological surgery. In fact, the doctor asked me to pray that I will not come in for surgeries anymore because of the risk of complications.
Fast forward to 2020, the pains did not relent neither was there any improvement in my health. In December of that year, my husband asked me to go for a test again; and, this particular test showed that there was a problem in my pelvic area. I was given some medications which I took till March 2021 when I was referred for a scan as the medications were not effective.
By now, the pain had intensified and I began to feel a hot sensation in my breast. The scan revealed a 4 cm malignant tumour on one of my ovaries and I was referred for further testing – CA-125 Test. The test showed that I had stage three (3) ovarian cancer! My kidneys and breasts had been compromised. In fact people were amazed that I was still alive when they saw the test result.
By now, I had repeated dreams of death even before I found out that cancer was eating me up. The doctor hugged, sympathised with, and encouraged me to go for surgery as quickly as possible. I sought the opinion of another doctor in the church that I was fellowshipping with at that time; and, after he got me to calm down, he told me that, medically, the best option was to remove my womb if it had not affected other organs.
Unfortunately, in my case, my kidneys and breasts had been affected so even chemotherapy was not a guarantee as we had seen many who still died after chemotherapy; and, the few who survived had their cases detected early, not as late as mine. He advised me to seek the true God and find Him anyhow I could.
To be continued…
Miraculous Monday: 21st October 2024
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