Glamsquad Dec - Jan 2021

HEALTH
Awareness month, and your book
tells the story of a survivor. What
do you want to say to women,
especially Nigerian women, on
breast cancer and how they can
survive it?
Yes, October is Breast Cancer
Awareness month, and my message
to women is to do a regular self-exam,
followed by a yearly mammogram.
Early detection, significantly, for breast
cancer, changes your outcome. It
can save their life!”
You say you want to help Nigerian
women access primary cancer
care, which is a mammogram. Tell
us what you have in mind?
Yes, I want to help women in
Nigeria, who cannot afford something
as little as paying for a mammogram.
I will dedicate every proceeds that
come out of my book towards that
cause. I am currently raising funds
by doing a 100km this October. I will
eventually collaborate with a few
foundations in Nigeria.
So, apart from surviving, what are
you most grateful for?
I am grateful that I am alive to
make an impact across the globe.
How did you keep your appearance
and motivation?
I had a positive mindset from the
moment I heard the news. Each time
people see me, they tell me how
I have made them see life from a
different angle. I keep a very positive
aura!
Are you back at work, and how do
you occupy your time now?
I never missed work, even whilst I
was going through my treatment, I
still went to the office. Not because
they wanted me to come to work, but
because I wanted to keep my mental
stability.
A final word to everyone
Cancer is not a death sentence, so
cancer is not the big c but Christ!
My book ‘Scarred but not Scared’
– is my journey to grace; it is a
candid narration of my encounter
with stage 3 breast cancer. It is the
story of an ordinary woman who
had courageously gone through
an extraordinary experience in the
fight against breast cancer and has
survived through the grace of God
Almighty.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
The memoir describes the
excruciating experiences breast
cancer survivals go through, and
how I have emerged wiser and
more robust. The book is also about
using cancer as a life-changing
experience despite all the trauma
and deaths associated with the
disease – the change does not have
to be a death sentence. It is for us to
understand the choices we should
make when faced with such lifethreatening
situations, and to choose
to accept what we cannot change,
and ultimately to have faith and trust
in God for divine healing.
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