LET US SAVE LIFE......LINDA GODWIN BREAST CANCER IS KILLING HER GRADUALLY

Linda Godwin, 25, a primary school teacher, mother of two and a half-year old boy who hails from Isi Umuozu, Nwangele LGA of Imo State, and is mother of a two ,is fighting the battle of her life against late-stage breast cancer. Linda who is residing at 11,Odofin Street, Olodi-Apapa, Lagos is in DESPERATE NEED or URGENT HELP.

 Linda Godwin  is currently undergoing expensive chemotherapy at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi Araba, Lagos, currently requires approximately N500,000 every three weeks over the next one year.

Linda who described her ordeal as the worst imaginable,writhing and groaning in pains, s told a moving  tale of anguish, regret and lamentation of the genesis of her ordeal.

Linda said “I discovered the lump in my breast by accident and called my husband’s attention to it. Together, we went to a diagnostic centre in Pako, Ajegunle area of Lagos State where a scan was prescribed. The result indicated that the lump was benign. We were told it was actually a cyst and not a malignant tumour as we initially fear.

 Linda Linda is  now making a passionate appeal and calling for assistance. “I am on my knees imploring kind-hearted Nigerians at home and abroad to have compassion and come to my aid. I need urgent financial assistance to continue managing this disorder and eventually  go abroad for better treatment. Please help save my life.’

If you wish to assist Linda, kindly send donations to Linda Godwin, Diamond Bank 0035014567, or call 08171334776 and 08038247106 for more details.

Consultant Oncologist and Head of the Department of Radiation/Oncology, LUTH, Professor A.T. Ajekigbe, explained: “The axilla is the armpit and the breast they are related. I call them first cousins. what ever happens to the breast most of the time will stretch to the armpit near it, and what happens to the breast may come from the armpit, they are  so related. It is called the lymphatic drainage system. The upper part of the breast drains into the system. if a doctor examines your breast for whatever reason, the doctor must also look into the armpit to see if there is anything there. he must check the  lymph nodes.

“Occasionally when breast cancer  spreads to the axilla, it blocks the lymphatic drainage system. The fluid comes down quite right, but cannot go back because of the blockage, hence the swollem arm. We advise patients to alleviate that part as often as possible. “Often, we use crepe bandage to push the fluid back. We may also apply  fortified cream through massage to  push the fluid back. We can also use what is known as Flowtron to push back the fluid to provide relief.”

She has been placed on an eight-course chemotherapy at three-week intervals. She has currently completed four courses and has four to go. Each treatment course costs approximately N300,000, but when drugs and other essentials are factored in, in addition to requirement of  care and support,  rehabilitation,  radiotherapy, plastic surgery, etc., the cost runs even higher.

We implore all  Nigerian citizen, corporate organisation, Governments and individual to please come to the assistance of this helpless young lady by donating generously to her appeal.