American Healthcare Worldwide Leadership’s Post

Yeah, I beat CANCER💃 (I finally found the courage to share after 2 years 🙈 ) #longpost Everyday someone asks me why I am always positive and make it my business to inspire others. Many have assumed it's because my life is perfect 🤣 Well, this is my story: ➟ Jan 1, 2022: I started my PhD in the United States having traveled > 6000 miles from Nigeria ALONE. ➟ Sept 29, 2022: I was suddenly diagnosed with CANCER and booked to have an emergency surgery by Oct 7th. ↳ I negotiated with my doctor for a later date (Oct.20) because I had received an award from Corteva Agriscience and was invited to speak in the New Frontiers Conference (Oct. 11-13) ↳ Everyone expected me to cancel the trip, it made total sense, right? You just learnt you had CANCER 😳 ↳ Well, I opted not to, figured if I was going to die, I might as well go out with a bang 😊 ➟ Oct 11-13, 2022: I went to Corteva, gave my talk and had a blast. ➟ Oct 20, 2022: I went through a life-changing open-abdomen surgery with no family support but for my dear Mentor, Dr. Olatunde and a few good friends. ↳ I lost over 60 pounds of my body weight and became thin as a rake. ↳ Recovery was brutal, I missed three months of in-person schooling and research work. ➟ Nov 1, 2022: I opted to continue my classes online, again everyone thought I was crazy ↳ I had the option to carry-over my courses to the following year but I chose NOT to! ➜ NO, I wasn’t trying to prove I was STRONG! ↳ I was just trying to stay SANE. ↳ I needed to channel my pain and suffering to something else, otherwise I would FALL APART. ➜ And falling apart was something I could not afford. ↳ I aced all those courses by the way. Graduated with CGPA: 4.0/4.0 Oct. 11, 2024: Successfully defended my dissertation (1 yr early) and joined the 2% of the world with a Ph.D 💃 ----- My reason for sharing my story is to inspire you! It’s a hard life we live in! We all go through hardships, but having a positive attitude can make terrible situations more bearable. In all my struggles, I was certain of one fact: ➜ Things could have turned out way worse than they did. So I decided my glass was half-full rather than half-empty. You can choose that too! Stay inspired! Stay happy!! Smile always!!! #cancer #survivor #2yearsanniversory #inspiration #elevateyourprofessionalpresencewith_Amaka