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My Right Fallopian Tube, Ovary Not Found
Nigerian author, TV Producer and Digital Media Strategist Toyosi Etim-Effiong has continued to shared her story on battling and conquering ovarian cyst, sharing more amazing snaps from her maternity shoot with actor husband, Daniel Etim-Effiong as they are set to welcome baby 2.
Recall that Toyosi Etim-Effiong had taken to her Instagram page on Wednesday 14th July, to begin her story as she shared the first picture from her maternity shoot, promising to continue the story in subsequent posts.
Continuing her story, she wrote, “My Ovaries II I could smell sulfur and an ominous tune was playing in the background; it sounded like a pipe organ, in fact I was sure it was a pipe organ because I had grown up listening to one every Sunday at church. I was in the middle of a river, standing on a small rock with other rocks ahead of me leading to the riverbank on the other side. I skipped from rock to rock towards the other side as that seemed to be the only natural thing to do and in the strange and unusual manner of dreams, the other side became the middle of a large, parched field. The field was dry and brown and dusty with scattered clumps of dead grass that reminded me of an ill-maintained football field. Up ahead, I saw rainbow-colored spiral stairs with really bright, white light at the top and again it seemed like the natural direction to head in. I walked towards it and up the stairs- the smell of sulfur and the sound of the organ both long gone by now.”
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“As I inched closer to the light at the top of the stairs, I suddenly felt resistance in front of me. I couldn’t go any further and then I felt a gentle shove that sent me spiraling back down the stairs. I woke up on the operating table in the theatre at the same time that I hit the bottom of the rainbow-colored, spiral stairs in the dream and immediately broke into spontaneous praise. “JESUS is LORD!”, “GOD is real!” are two things I remember saying repeatedly before the gibberish started. Don’t do drugs people, don’t do drugs because the next thing that happened was me pointing and laughing at the hospital staff saying they each had two heads. It must have been the morphine or some other drug but yes, everyone around me had 2 heads and I was pointing and laughing hysterically as they wheeled me out to the recovery room. Suffice to say the surgery was a success, or so I thought.”
“Thank you so much for the prayers, well wishes, love… ?? I’m feeling kinda shy right now tbh but yeah, let’s carry on. My Ovaries Part III Seven years later in Ontario I was once again on an operating table; this time for a semi-emergency C-Section to get our baby out because my blood pressure had spiked and my midwives had handed me over to an OB/GYN. I’m #TeamMidwives by the way, especially in developed countries… actually only in developed countries… and now I’m feeling bad for the developing countries but yes in developed countries, I’ll choose midwives over a GP especially if they’re anything like the team I had the last time which I think is how all midwives in those parts are trained to be. They’re less… clinical. My team were like my big sisters, visits were warm and friendly, they were very attentive and seemed genuinely interested in me. I didn’t feel like just another patient, I felt seen and heard. They even paid home visits as part of their routine and then checked on me every week for six weeks post childbirth! Yeah, I loved and still love my midwives!”
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“Their policy however says that once a pregnancy is no longer progressing smoothly, the person has to be handed over to an OB/GYN. This is because midwives are trained to be specialists in natural, uncomplicated births which is what I really thought I was going to have. In fact I had started off planning a home birth- you know, soft music in the background, lights turned down, a birth tub perhaps, taking deep breaths and going through the process in a very zen manner; ALAS, it’s wheel chair that rolled me through the very brightly-lit hospital corridors into yet another operating theatre. 1 Thess 5:18a. I was thankful and quite calm and very awake during the surgery and then I asked what in hindsight is the funniest and silliest- but also a probable- question any new mum can ask, “Am I leaving with her when I’m going?” referring to the newborn that was about to make her way into the world. I don’t know why I asked that but I did and it was all laughs until my Asian OB/GYN peeked behind the surgical screen and said to me, “I only see one ovary. You removed an ovary?” ”
“Part IV I’ve told a few friends that I know- for a fact- that my life would have been different if I knew I had just one ovary. How incomplete I would have felt. How I’d have probably relocated to Redemption Camp until I got the ovary back. I certainly wouldn’t have lived my happy-go-lucky, traveling-on-a-whim life and I most certainly would have jeopardized any chances of being in a relationship. “Hey, how are you doing? My name is Brian, what’s your name?” “Hey, I have one ovary.” ? That, to me is how I figured most conversations would have gone, that’s if Brian even saw me. Where would Brian have seen me? I say I would have become a worker at Redemption Camp (ORI OKE) waiting for my miracle if I knew in 2012 that I had one ovary!!!
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“Thankfully”, I didn’t know, so my jet-set youth went unencumbered. I guess “Ignorance being bliss” worked in my favour. When Dr Wu asked me about it on the operating table, I stared at him blankly for a few seconds not understanding what he was saying and then light began to filter into my mind slowly. Did this mean they took out an ovary in Lagos without telling me? Wait, I’ve been living with one ovary? So wait, I was able to conceive with one ovary? No intervention, no waiting period? Was this even possible?.. My thoughts were interrupted by Oreofe’s cry. I had co-created with GOD. I had birthed life. My daughter, a child from my body, from my womb was here and she was crying. Nothing else mattered.”
“Part V I didn’t see Dr Wu until days later when I went to have my stitches checked. I had been busy tending to the new born but the question he asked had popped in my mind from time to time. If I had any doubt about the question or perhaps thought I had imagined it, the final report cleared that doubt. After writing about the incision and centimeters and all the other required medical details, clearly written in black and white was something like- “Left Fallopian tube and ovary intact, right tube and ovary not found”. To be honest, there are some things you see that make you question if they have another meaning. Not Found. What did Not Found mean? As in, they didn’t find it or it was found… not. In that moment, I truly wondered what Not Found meant but I didn’t have to wonder for long. During our chat, he broke it down concisely- Not Found meant Not Found. They didn’t see it. It wasn’t there. Simples.”
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Real Housewives of Potomac: Wendy osefo and Nneka ihim unfolding drama of egocentric demeanor By Chris Onuoha As the buzz, frenzy and intrigues of the dynamics of the Real Housewives of Potomac (RHOP) trend and gain momentum among Nigerian viewers, the most watched and exciting reality television talkshow by the American based BravoTv had continued to pull surprises on the Season 8 episodes with cast members’ feuding. #RHOP has been a formidable hub for lovers of the sitcom all female-cast gossip lounge centered among Maryland Potomac clout in the US, laced with influential women of substance in their different endeavors feuding, spilling and unraveling their different social issues in a manner that seem quite entertaining while revealing their peculiar challenges at their homes and private lives with no holds bar. With the Potomac series running into the eighth edition, the show got more exciting with an inclusion of a new Nigerian diva, Nneka Ihim, seen by many as a newbie with alluring wand to change the social narratives of the Potomac housewives and also an addition to black-skinned Africans whose presence on the show brings a cultural dimension to the trend. As a matter of special interest and attention by African viewers, Dr. Wendy Osefo’s cold shoulder over inclusion of another fellow Nigerian, Nneka Ihim on the set created a buzz that almost tore the scene apart, especially with an early jibes over ego-centered comments, cultural differences and social supremacy. These also led to the dragging of both families dirty linen to the screen. However, it was also seen and embraced by Potomac as a kaleidoscope, but was frowned at, by Nigerian audience who were not enthused at Wendy’s uncomely attitude towards a sister cast member and families threat of shrines. Episode after episodes in season eight unravels more of intrigues, with the seemingly unending feuding among cast members. While Karen and Gizelle seem to dwell in amicable space, they are of two different minds when it comes to the direction of the show. As revealed by an observer, Karen has been on the verge of steering the Potomac ship back toward a standard conflict-discussion-resolution arc, while other cast members are attempting to establish seniority and authority over choice of favourite cast members fraternise. The ego supremacy among members of the crew seems to create an unhealthy rivalry and stilted storytelling line that has also engulfed Wendy’s messy rift with Nneka as Wendy attempts to use her seniority to ice out Nneka. According to Shamira Ibrahim’s insight into episode eleven of the eighth season, she narrates how Karen had devised scheme on her big event to bring feuding members in a closet; the clear aim is to trap people who have lingering tensions on a four-hour Sprinter-van ride to southeast Virginia, perhaps, to look each other in the face with a permissive aura of resolving differences. However, the dynamics between Wendy and Nneka which has suddenly became iconic was not part of Karen’s secret plot of close-knitting big event bonding. Shamira Ibrahim noted that while on the trip, Nneka does extend an olive branch, inviting everyone, including Wendy, to her new home, which Wendy cattily rebuffs, adding that the silent treatment in the Sprinter van voyage was an unbelievably immature tactic, that made all the more silly by Wendy’s struggle to relax on-camera. “It would have been more interesting for Wendy to confront Nneka on why she would invite someone whose family she claims submitted hers to a shrine; that would amount to willingly inviting malevolent forces. Instead, we get a stilted exchange over a reheated lunch in which Wendy begins to launch into this clearly rehearsed lecture on how she is not interested in resolving this issue with Nneka, a stance that only hurts her. For better or worse, Nneka is aiming to build all of her own relationships with the cast; smoothing this situation over is in Wendy’s best interest as both she and Candiace have lost Robyn as an ally,” the comment stated. 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AFRIMA President speaks on fostering collaboration within African music community as BridgeAfric launches in Malawi |
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South African billionaire commits suicide
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The former Steinhoff CEO had been involved in an accounting fraud scandal as he got a hefty fine on Wednesday.
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