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| TIAMIYU Solomon |
Tiamiyu Solomon, an Ogun state indigene, has been suffering from what the doctors now call “a
poorly differentiated invasive squamous cell carcinoma.”
It started like a boil almost at the surface of his right eye six years ago. The gravity later dawned on him when he went for a test early 2011 at the Federal Medical Center, Abeokuta.
“ I went for a checkup six years ago and they asked me to be using eye drop. It was just in 2011 I realised that there was a tumour in my right eye. It was growing bigger and the doctor at Abeokuta General Hospital asked me to go for a test at the Federal Medical Centre where I got to know how big it is,” he explains.
Tiamiyu was later referred to the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan in April 2011. The eye was operated on June 10, the same year and the tumour was removed. It was however confirmed that the tumour was cancerous. Tiamiyu was also placed on treatment and all seemed to be well.
But the infection returned sometime in 2012. He stopped going for check-ups along the way and the ailment started to grow again. He went back to UCH where the eye was operated again in July 2012. But he says things were never the same again.
“ Instead of subsiding, the ailment spread to my neck, noise, etc, ” he laments
The 35-year-old man worked as a private teacher before the ailment hit him. The need to go for treatments stole his attention and later forced him out of work. He had stopped working since April 2012.
According to him, “It was only by the grace of God that I paid the previous hospital bills. My family has been supportive too. Though I was working, I had no fixed salary. My earnings depended on how many students I could take in a week and how many hours I could coach generally. I spent almost N500, 000 for the two operations. ”
He still wishes he can work and fend for himself but he had to stop because of the growing condition. He was also advised by the doctor to stop work.
“If I go through much stress today I must sleep throughout tomorrow. If I get home tonight I am going to have headache for sure. I was later advised by the doctor to take things easy,” he laments.
At present, the doctor says he needs radiotherapy to kill the growing cell. The radiotherapy is the first phase of the operation, which costs N300, 000. After that, he will need injections. One of the injections costs N20, 000 to N25, 000. The eyeball will also be removed completely once the radiation is completed. He says he needs about N800, 000 going by the calculation given by experts
Tiamiyu was supposed to do his introduction in November last year. He also suffers rejection from the public, insisting, “I just need to forget that people are looking at me because I want to live. I cannot socialise or do things in public. I am like a liability to some people taking care of me and I am not happy about it.”
A 2005 graduate of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Tiamiyu plans to start up poultry and farming once he survives the challenge. His aged parents have a large land in Ogun State and he wishes to use it for agriculture.
“ I want to have a big farm and I know how to do it well. It was what my parents used to bring me up from infancy till I finished my higher education.”
He strongly believes things will be fine, while seeking the assistance of everyone reading his story for him to be whole again.
“I am a teacher but I need to be strong to impact on the society through my teachings. It is not easy for me to come to the public to solicit assistance. It has come to the issue of life and death now and a matter of urgency.
“The eye was not this big before. I used glasses before but it has outgrown it and the doctor said it must be operated to prevent it spreading to other parts of my body,” he says
Help could get to Tiamiyu through:
GSM: 07085002779
Name: Tiamiyu Solomon
Account No: 0037866609
Bank: Union Bank
Or click on Help for Tiamiyu Solomon
We urge us to assist Mr Tiamiyu the way we can. God bless you as you help!
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