{"id":164941,"date":"2024-03-23T08:11:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T08:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=164941"},"modified":"2024-03-23T08:11:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T08:11:29","slug":"i-thought-i-was-going-to-die-abimbola-craig-speaks-on-battle-with-brain-tumour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2024\/03\/23\/i-thought-i-was-going-to-die-abimbola-craig-speaks-on-battle-with-brain-tumour\/","title":{"rendered":"I thought I was going to die \u2013 Abimbola Craig speaks on battle with brain tumour"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong>Abimbola Craig has opened up on her health challenge, 10 years after she underwent brain surgery.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">The brilliant filmmaker cum actress said when the doctors told her she had brain tumour and needed a surgery in 2014, she didn\u2019t fear death as much as post the procedure. <\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Abimbola Craig said some days after the successful surgery, she started having hallucinations, insomnia, depression, lack of appetite and puking. <\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">These symptoms had her fearing for her life but 10 years down the lane, she\u2019s grateful for life.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Popular Nigerian filmmaker cum actress Abimbola Craig, known for \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2024\/02\/22\/sgit-actress-chioma-okoli-speaks-out-on-being-sexually-harassed-by-an-employer\/\"><em>Skinny Girl in Transit\u2019<\/em><\/a>, amongst other hit movies has talked candidly about the grueling operations she underwent after a brain surgery in 2014, emphasising that she truly believed she would not survive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In a new video on YouTube, she spoke about her experience after the doctors discovered that she had a brain tumour and needed surgery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">However, the removal of the tumour led to a different issue. Shortly after the procedure, Craig realised that she was reacting to the pain medication. She said:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cFour days after the surgery I started feeling weird but I couldn\u2019t explain what it was that was wrong with me. I couldn\u2019t eat. I couldn\u2019t sleep and I also started losing my appetite and started losing weight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I thought maybe it was the strong pain medication I was on.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">After googling the side effects of the medication she realised that she was experiencing both insomnia, hallucinations and depression. And after calling the hospital, she was permitted to switch to a less effective pain medication, however, she had already lost 10kg. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_164944\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-164944\" style=\"width: 1242px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-164944 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/IMG_3817.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1242\" height=\"1526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/IMG_3817.jpeg 1242w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/IMG_3817-244x300.jpeg 244w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/IMG_3817-833x1024.jpeg 833w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/IMG_3817-768x944.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1242px) 100vw, 1242px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-164944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abimbola Craig<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Craig recalled a particularly excruciating procedure she endured after her surgery, the lumbar puncture. She said:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI remember my last visit. I was still throwing up so much that Mum tried to reach my doctor but couldn\u2019t.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">At this time I was doing a lumbar puncture, I had 4 that day. Lumbar punctures are like spinal taps. So they tell you to bend and take fluids from the spine and the reason why they did this is because they still didn\u2019t know what was wrong with me so they thought I had meningitis.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">After conducting tests, It was discovered that she had simply contracted malaria during her visit to Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">She was immediately treated for malaria and was on the road to recovery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Abimbola Craig continued:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201c10 years after my surgery, I am alive. I am healthy and doing things I never thought I\u2019d be able to do again. I thought I was going to die, not even from the brain surgery. It was during the period of the lumbar puncture, not sure if I had meningitis and all. 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