When Prof William Gumede was diagnosed with stage 4 lymphoma cancer in early 2019, he believed he only had months to live.
The treatment was excruciating, he said. “It is a very hard journey. I do understand why some people, after they have gone through it, do not want to do it again. I had six-hour drips, and the pain was really bad. Sometimes you do not know how to stand. The pain combined with nausea was just terrifying.
The second year of chemotherapy was challenging for Gumede as it was during the Covid-19 outbreak, which posed risks to his fragile health. “During chemotherapy, my body and immune system were vulnerable and my oxygen generating capacity was vulnerable. The danger of undergoing the treatment during the Covid-19 outbreak was clear.”
“The way I had looked at life was if I do not do things for myself, others will be unlikely to do things for me. My treatment journey turned that upside down for me. The professor had his last chemotherapy in late 2022 and is now undergoing body treatment to rebalance his body.
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