Following the health scare in Abuja, I returned to the United Kingdom, and visited my
General Practitioner (GP) who carried out initial tests and asked me to return at an appointed
date for the result. But before I could return to the hospital for that appointment, I fell
seriously ill and my wife took me to the hospital. This was the beginning of my journey to
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being hospitalised at Barnet Hospital, North London, in September 2005. I spent eight
months in hospital going through several courses of intense chemotherapy. I was discharged
in May 2006. I was in remission for seven years until I was finally discharged in October
2013 to being fully cured from the disease. In April 2015, I was diagnosed with Secondary
Relapse Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. I had to start intensive chemotherapy treatment
immediately at the University College London Hospital. The rest is history, and it is a
painful, life-changing experience which I will not wish for my worst enemy. I sincerely hope
that sharing my experience will give hope to many who read this book, especially those
suffering from similar diseases. I believe the experiences I am going to share with readers in
this book will show that it is not necessarily a death sentence when there is a diagnosis for
cancer. I found that in the ten years between the two cancer episodes, organisations like
Cancer Research UK, Macmillan Cancer Centre and the National Health Service have
undertaken ground-breaking research to improve treatment of different types of cancer. The
book will encourage anyone going through difficulties that it is not over until God says it is
over.
I am a living testimony of God’s goodness, grace and mercy.
God bless you as you read this book.`