‘Why I Had To Cut Off My Breast’ – Betty Akeredolu Opens Up

The wife of the Ondo state Governor, Betty Akeredolu, has revealed that she is living on only has one breast.

In an interview with Punch, she explained that she did cut off one of the breasts on the advice of Doctor in spite of cancer.

According to her, “It was after the examination that the doctor again confirmed there was a lump. Even at that stage, he didn’t know what it was.

“I want to quickly emphasise something; it is part of the awareness campaign on breast cancer – that when a woman notices a lump in her breast, she cannot say what that lump is until she sees a doctor.

“It is the doctor that will recommend a test . It is after the test that she can know whether what she has is breast cancer or not.”

Asked what her husband’s reaction was when she informed him, the Ondo First Lady added, “When I told my husband, he was scared but he didn’t know that I had been fortified by the TV programme I watched.

“I think he must have wondered where I got the strength because I was on my feet and already prepared that whatever that woman did , I was going to do it and be okay. From then, my treatment commenced.

“The next line of treatment was mastectomy. By then, the level of my breast health care was at the rudimentary level. That was in 1997 . It was still the same radical mastectomy; I said remove the damn thing if that would make me live. We did that and the rest is history.”