Nobel laureate and renowned
dramatist, Wole Soyinka has revealed that he was diagnosed with early-stage
prostate cancer in 2014.
Speaking to BBC, Soyinka revealed
that he used an advanced technology, ‘proton therapy’ to treat it.
According to the 85-year-old, the
treatment was an ‘easy ride although uncomfortable.
He said “It hadn’t 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’t going to be a very good patient. So he
spoke to her most of the time rather than me,” he said.
”There is no disease in the world
any human being needs to be ashamed.
I don’t see why people need to go
to Canada, Europe to receive treatment which is affordable in this nation, it
is a shame.
”The 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.”
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