Must Read: Cancer

Episode 7 years ago

Must Read: Cancer

After waiting outside for about 5 minutes, Tj came in
Tj: baba why you dey outside
Me: my oga e never tey wey I come, so I just say make I take fresh air
Tj: you sure say na fresh air you dey take abi dem don lock you for outside
Me: bros na all of the above oooo
Tj: who lock you outside sef?
Me: bros na dat one I never find out oooo
Tj: make I see the slippers wey dey outside first maybe I go fit guess the owner
Me: ok ooo
Tj went and was singing some uncoordinated music, next thing I saw was Acme coming out with JT shooting out of his boxers
Acme: baba shey I never kip una waiting sha
Me: at all na now I just dey enter sef
Me: baba abeg help me pass my bag I gats enter lag today
Acme: hanhan shebi you just land yesterday
Me: yes I forgot my original birth certificate for house na just one photocopy I bring and I don use am for clearance
Acme: heya….na money you wan waste be that ooo
Me: abi *waste money ke, abi I wan go make money*
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By 5pm I was in a bus to lagos, as usual I try my best to seat next to a young lady and at the same time pretend not to have her time.
Seriously, my mind was occupied with how to raise the money for my fees, then all of a sudden this lady just hit my shoulder with her head pretending to be sleeping, well she left the head on my shoulder and I didn’t complain after like 10minutes I decide to help her ministry or so I taught… I stretched my hand over ha shoulder, trying to rest my hand on ha b0s0m, well she didn’t complain so I decide to up my game a little more.


The time was around 8pm and the weather was very nice, I continued my romance with the lady beside me and this time I was squeezing her b0s0m and she had her hand on my JT. Have only heard about stories like this, but it happening to me is still amazing till today. Before I could say Jack she zipped down my trousers and pierce through my boxers rubbing my JT with passion, well that sent shivers to my brain. I bend my head on the seat in front of us and she did the same then our lips met slowly I was trying to devour her lips and she mine, by this time the guy sitting next to me has noticed somethings and was humming some sounds I understood, was just laughing in my mind. Before I could even finish enjoying my freebie, she told the driver she is dropping @ Iwo road. Chai na so this go end without getting to the promise land?
Finally the bus stopped and she looked up and said ‘bad boy’ I just smiled and said bye.


The guy beside me gave me the chairman look and I just winked him an off I go into dreamland till we arrive lagos around 10pm.


I entered bariga by 11:15 and met Mama shivering, I was shocked *by dis tym*
Me: mama what’s wrong
Mama: its just malaria
Me: did u go to the hospital
Mama: it just started today and have prayed about it
Me: Mama its not about praying alone at least use paracetamol
Mama: the lord has healed me, I will see my pastor tomorrow
Me: mama please take some medication and let’s go to the clinic tomorrow
Mama: why don’t you have faith
Me: mama I have faith, but faith without work is dead
Mama: tee leave me alone, am fine, how was your journey
Me: Mama I will get you some drugs tomorrow sha
Mama: you will use it yourself then
Me: but…
Mama: *cuts in* no but, please I need to rest and just shut your mouth till tomorrow, have had enough of you already.


The next morning, I was discussing with my sister who couldn’t go to school due to her mum’s condition
Tos: uncle tee, this mama’s sickness is always every week ooo
Me: hanhan every week ke? Shebi am always around and she has been fine.


Tos: am telling you the truth, she only pretends she’s fyn to u all
Me: really?
Tos: u know I go with her to the pastor regularly
Me: yes
Tos: it seems she has a big boil on her b0s0m
Me: boil ke? For ow long has the boil been there?
Tos: I don’t know ooo, but the boil seems to have lasted more than a month
Me: so what has she been using?
Tos: she’s has been rubbing oori on it
Me: ok den, lemme try and talk to her.


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Mama was a very spiritual person, infact too spiritual for my likeness, she usually say I act like an unbeliever and prays that God will touch my life. So after listening to Tos, I knew the best way to get her talk is to go spiritual on her too, so I went like this
Me: mama ow are u feeling this morning
Mama: am better by His grace
Me: it is well in Jesus Name, the lord that starts d good works will perfect it IJN
Mama: Amen
Me: are we going to see the pastor today?
Mama: do u want to go with me ni?
Me: yes, I think I need some spiritual guidance to start my program with, u know Ilorin is filled with muslims, so I need God’s protection among them.
Mama: that’s true, I thank God for ur life, dis is ow a child of God thinks and reasons
Me: yes ma
Mama: but av u deleted those worldly songs on ur phone? If u want god’s protection u av to do away with all the things of the world.


Me: *getting tired and bored* av done that ma, so when are we seeing the pastor?
Mama: we will go by 12
Me: ok ma.

By 12 we where at the church, and with the pastor in his office
Pastor: tee ow r u, and how come u are back so soon
Me: I just came to pick somethings I forget ni sir
Pastor: so when will u be going back?
Me: maybe next week sir
Pastor: make sure u see me befor u go back
Me: *i op no be prayer I wan c u for ooo* ok sir
Pastor: Mama ow r u feeling today
Mama: am strong sir
Pastor: it is well, any improvement?
Mama: Yes by his grace am better than last week
Pastor: to God be the glory
Me: daddy please can u advice ha to please go to the hospital, so we can know the nature of this reoccurring sickness
Pastor: mama, so u avnt been to the hospital?
Mama: I don’t need to go to d hospital sir, the great Physician is already working in me
Pastor: hallelujah……. Well ur faith has made u whole, but if ur son insists maybe u should try and just go
Mama: all right sir
Pastor: going to the hospital doesn’t stop God from doing what’s he will do, infact it will even help us to know wot exactly we are dealing with and where to shoot our arrows of prayer
Me: abi ooo, pls tell ha ooo
Mama: ok sir, thank u sir
Pastor: let’s pray

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Got back home and placed a call to Ife
Me: ife wots up
Ife: tee am fyn, sorry I dint call u
Me: *i wasn’t even xpecting u to call* no problem, ow is school
Ife: am not in school today ooo
Me: ok….. U went to the bank outside school abi
Ife: no I avnt gone to d bank either
Me: so u are just sleeping at home
Ife: hmmmmm not really, I usually go for checkup on wednesday
Me: *check up gini* really
Ife: yea
Me: so what kinda check up is it
Ife: medical check up
Me: are u sick ni?
Ife: must one be sick before going for check up?
Me: not really, but in dis part of our world its only when one is sick oooo
Ife: well am fyn, but I just had an operation two months ago, so I do go for check up regularly
Me: operation? Wot kinda operation?

Ife: don’t worry urself about that, if u get closer to me u will know
Me: I op u are all ryt sha
Ife: do I look otherwise to u?
Me: not really, well I just called to see if u are in school
Ife: yea thanks, will be in school tomoro, by the way av u gone to the bank?
Me: not yet, won’t go without the damsel with me
Ife: which damsel
Me: u of course
Ife: u better stop flattering urself
*u av less than one minute for ur call*
Me: darling I will av to go now, am outta credit
Ife: aiit thanks for calling
Me: u are welcome dear…… Drops call
*wot could be wrong with ife? She looks all right na, hanhan, operation ke?* na wah ooo
I recharged and put a call to Acme who told me Bisola has moved out of the lodge to somewhere in GRA, the I called my uncle who works in Adeniji to assist me with my predicament, he said I should see him the next day. Dad called and told me to go meet his friend who works at piviot engineering in ikeja on monday.


Wow I was happy, doors are opening, so I may not need to look for any job after all……..
Then on friday Mama got worse……
Tos: tee please come and see Mama ooo
Me: wetin happen again
Tos: I can’t really say ooo
Got to the room and saw mama in great pain, her body temperature was almost at boiling point,
Mama: tee please bring me the anointing oil
Me: mama this is not about anointing oil let’s go to the hospital
Mama: did u meet me in this life or I met u? Can u know more than me, c’mon get the oil for me
Me: ok ooo, if that how u want it, Gave her the oil.


Me: Mama I heard there is a boil on ur b0s0m
Mama: tee, yes but I can’t really talk now
*oh god hey, am the one who’s searching* that’s my phone ringing, checked the caller and it was Ife
Me: sweetheart how are u doing
Ife: am fyn, and who’s your sweetheart?


Me: u of course
Ife: deceive yourself, where are u
Me: am not in school ooo
Ife: so when will you be coming
Me: I ad to travel yestade, my mum is kinda sick
Ife: but u dint tell me when u called yestade
Me: it was after I called u
Ife: how is she now sha
Me: she’s getting better, and how are u feeling also
Ife: well am fine, it was just a check up its not that am sick so pls stop asking
Me: if u say so ma
Ife: will wait for you to come before paying my fees ooo, I don’t have the strength for the bank stress
Me: no problem ma, I should be back latest by wednesday.


Ife: ok then, will talk to u later
Me: thanks dear and bye

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Its past evening and mama wasn’t faring any better, so she eventually succumb to us going to the hospital. I stood outside called a bike man to take us to Gbagada general hospital. The queue was quite long but when the nurses saw her, they moved us to the front of the queue and attended to us. Luckily she had a card already( she got it during antenatal) so it was easy to get her medical history. Quickly she was given a bed and placed on a drip, her blood samples were taken and the doc said he will be back when the test result are out.


About an hour later, the result came and the doc called me
Doc: the test result showed ur mum have typhoid and malaria
Me: *na everybody wey sick for naija dey get dos two mtcheeewww* really
Doc: yes
Me: and is that all?
Doc: yes, so we will need to admit her for two days
Me: no problem doc. But sir, I think she has a very big lump on her b0s0m
Doc: really? Well we just took her blood samples based on the explanation she gave us, but I will go back and do a general check up on her now
Me: please don’t let her know I told u anything ooo
Doc: not to worry youngman
Me: thanks sir
Later the doc came to our ward and spoke with mama
Doc: madam ow r u feeling now
Mama: am better by his grace, thanks
Doc: the result of the test carried out is ready but we will still need to do a general check up on you based on what we got from the result
Mama: no problem
Doc: young man can u please excuse us
Me: ok sir
The doc drew the curtain and I left to get a drink outside.


Twenty minutes later the doc came out and confirmed there is a lump on her b0s0m and that it is an over grown lump. He said he will direct us to LASUTH after the treatment here, where we will see a specialist. I thanked him and he left for his office..


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Fast forward to monday now, Mama was still at the hospital, I had to go see dad’s friend at ikeja, to my surprise he gave me 20k. I felt like rolling on the floor to thank him, then I called my uncle at Adeniji that I will be coming right away, he aslo gave me 12k, making a total of 32k in less than 5hours.


From Adeniji, I entered Tinubu and Idumota to get some wears and change my wardrobe a little. Got some cloths with about 7k .


Mama was discharged later in the evening, she was feeling perfectly okay now and I was glad again. So I told her I will be returning to school the next day she prayed for me, I mocked her about going to the hospital, we all laughed and went to bed.

Early the next morning I was on my way to Ilorin, called Ife, but she dint pick up, later she sent a message that she’s not feeling too good and can’t pick calls for now. I replied her text and told ha to send me her address so I could check her when I arrive.

I waited till I get to ilorin but no reply, but at night, I got a call that got me scared….