Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson-Okojie recently opened up about a health scare that left her with a lifelong medication regimen.
On her cooking show “Mercy’s Menu,” the actress revealed that she had been diagnosed with a cancer scare and underwent surgery to remove her thyroid gland.
Speaking on the show, Johnson-Okojie said, “I’ve never discussed it where I had a cancer scare and I had my thyroid removed. It was like a journey for us. We had kids and my last was six months at that time.”
The actress went on to share how she and her husband, Odi Okojie, managed the situation, saying “We kept saying that we have to understand that, ‘this is the new us. Let’s go get the surgery done’.”
The actress also revealed that as a result of the surgery, she will be on medication for the rest of her life. She stated, “It was a reality that we had to sit down. Them giving me a time that ‘you cannot miss my medication. As you wake up, that’s the first thing’, and telling me all of the side effects.”
