The Adebajo Family

My name is Nina. I am a 35 year old, single female with no kids. On January 30, 2023, I suffered a severe seizure while at work. Upon being rushed to the to the emergency room and having them perform a CT Scan and MRI of my brain, they discovered I had 2 brain tumors on the left side of my brain and the swelling was what caused me to seize. I was also told that they would have to do emergency surgery within 48 hours or I would lose some if not all of my motor skills. They performed brain surgery to remove only one of the tumors. The tumor that was removed was the larger one. They could not remove both due to the fact it was too much trauma on my brain and there was already excessive swelling. They then sent the tumor out for pathological testing and I was told I would have to undergo radiation therapy to eliminate the other one.

I started and successfully completed a radiation/a cyber knife treatment course in May 2023. I lost my hair in the process which was extremely devastating mentally and emotionally. The pathological tests of the first tumor tested positive for malignancy. At the time, the only other thing they could tell me was that the cancer did not originate in my brain, it traveled from another part of my body and additional tests would have to be performed to figure out the origin. It took about 2 months and numerous doctor's appointments for the different tests to be performed and finally it was confirmed that it originated in my breast.

Being as though it spread to other parts in my body, I have been officially diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer. I have started chemotherapy and that is a struggle because of how sick it makes me. I am currently on my 4th regimen of chemotherapy because the others were not helping me. I am scared. I sometimes feel hopeless. However, I try to remain strong for all of the other survivors and for my family.