{"id":752698,"date":"2019-11-27T00:05:39","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T00:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/27\/wole-soyinka-opens-up-on-being-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer\/"},"modified":"2019-11-27T00:05:39","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T00:05:39","slug":"wole-soyinka-opens-up-on-being-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/27\/wole-soyinka-opens-up-on-being-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Wole Soyinka Opens Up On Being Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer |"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nigerian Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka has opened up on being diagnosed with\u00a0prostate cancer in 2014.\u00a0 In an interview with BBC, Soyinka said he’s been using\u00a0an advanced technology \u2018proton therapy\u2019 to treat it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He however admitted that he is uncomfortable with the treatment though its been quite an easy ride.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

He said \u201cIt hadn\u2019t yet gotten to the stage where it was non-reversible and so (the doctor) gave us a number of guidelines. I say us because he wanted to make sure that my wife made sure that I followed it. He sensed that I wasn\u2019t going to be a very good patient. So he spoke to her most of the time rather than me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201dThere is no disease in the world any human being needs to be ashamed. I don\u2019t see why people need to go to Canada, Europe to receive treatment which is affordable in this nation, it is a shame.<\/p>\n

\u201dThe options I compared to other treatment I know about and I have seen in operation. Mine for me was an easy ride, uncomfortable in many ways but it is painless.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n