One fateful morning, years ago while getting ready to go to the
office, my phone rang. It was my dear
friend, MM who was
supposed to pick me up for work. So I thought she was outside my house already.
I took the call to say I was on my way out…and I heard her crying…
Ha!
Whattapun?
MM yaya? I asked?
“Please
come, ki zo, zo kawai” she said, still crying.
What
could it be? MM wouldn’t talk; she kept crying.
In a state
of total confusing, I ran to MM’s so much for free ride.
I met her
still crying. She cried even harder when she saw me.
I was
confused.
She was a mess.
I didn’t
know what to do so I held her tight still asking what the problem was…
“I
felt a lump...” she eventually said.
Ha! Mogbe!
Lump?
Cancer?!
M and I held
each other and began to cry.
We cried because we
thought M had breast cancer and was going to die.
The
ignorance of it all!
Well, we got
ready and went to the hospital; puffy eyes and all.
The Dr. examined MM,
carried out some tests and we waited for the results.
The days waiting were the
longest days of our lives. M lost weight, we cried all the time! Just making
eye contact made us cry.
They were days of sober reflection.
Well,
results came back clean.
The lump was benign.
She did not
even have to go through surgery to take it out. It was drained with a
syringe and all was good.
All is still good with
M.
Today is the
last day of Breast Cancer Awareness month, but I believe everyday should be. Adult women of all ages are
encouraged to perform breast self exams at least once a month as “Forty
percent of diagnosed breast cancers are detected by women who feel a lump, so
establishing a regular breast self-exam is very important” and if, just
if you find any abnormality, talk to someone, go to someone, speak to someone
and by someone I mean a Dr. in a hospital.
Remember that the best protection is early detection and a false alarm is better than being ignorant.
To those who are fighting Breast Cancer, I say #StayStrong.
#SupperSammy
#Peddi
#Rejoice and many others who have lost the fight...
#RestWell
#La’Millish.... Happy birthday sweetie!
XO
