40-year-old Woman Seeks N3.5m to Fight Cancerous Brain Tumor

Segun Awofadeji in Bauchi

A 40-year-old woman, Mrs. Modupeore Ogunrinola, has sent a save-my-soul message to well-meaning Nigerians for financial assistance to treat a brain tumor which has become cancerous.

The mother of three, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2020, said: “On September 20, 2020, I had the operation at Molly Specialist Hospital, Idi Ape, Ibadan, Oyo State through the financial and psychological support of my parents, siblings and my husband.

“The surgery was confirmed to be very successful. This is to the extent that I did not exhibit any expected normal negative surgery aftermath. A few days later, I was discharged. Thereafter, I was recommended for radiotherapy which I had at University Teaching Hospital, Ibadan. I was recuperating and regaining my health progressively.”

Modupeore said toward the end of 2022, she was not getting better, and started noticing signs of paralysis on her left leg and left hand, adding that: “After some time, I started feeling dull and bored to the extent that I was regularly feeling unconscious.

“Eventually, I was told that I was taken back to my doctor who immediately directed that I should go for an MRI examination. The result came out and alas! The growth of the tumor had returned and this time it came with fluid in the brain.”

She was taken to Redeemers Health Centre, Bodija in Ibadan, where she spent over 30 days before she was referred to NSIA-LUTH, Lagos, for emergency, saying the tumor has advanced to stage four.

In a medical report issued by the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Modupeore would need to undergo several chemotherapies (N516,000), MRI (N200,000), radiotherapy (N1,784,900) CT Scans, drugs and other consumables amounting to N3,500,000.

She could be reached for help via FCMB: 3081894011, Ogunrinola Modupeore Mary, or these phone numbers: 08146272919/08033090235.