The Beginning Part 1.....

Hello Hi Everyone , remeber i said i will be back with some gist, well here it is .....💜

In 2017 February , I had an orthodontist appointment at my regular practice with Dr Mouton in Olympia , Windhoek. I was so tired from school this day and truly did not want the check up to be long because I know for sure it was just for my braces to be checked, to change the color and for it to be as quick as per usual but honestly it turned out different on that specific day , the 18th of February.

So the Dr calls my name, I lie down on that bed and open my mouth because homegirl was not about to lie down for long in there, so he checks inside my mouth and for a minute , he looked really puzzled, but hey I was not bothered  I was just thinking to myself how someone can be such a perfectionist in everything, checking all the little details and so on. Then he immediately suggests we do an Xray , at this point I am already annoyed my gosh 😫.. We get into the Xray room , the lady tells me to remove my glasses and any other metal I had on me, so i did, I removed my headband too , because it had those metal glitter things, you know the ones I am talking about? yeah yeah those ones.😃  So at this point I am feeling even worse because my hair is hanging and agh man 😄 Anyway, we finish the Xrays and then the Dr tells me he is not so happy with the results, and so all the annoyance i had in  me disappeared because I truly want to know what is wrong although im really tired. 

Then he tells me , he needs to refer you to a specialist , a Maxiofacial specialist , he's name is Dr Werner Koepp. He made me an appointment for the next day , although he was fully booked , Dr Wesley Mouton insisted that he sees me as soon s possible. I went the following day to see him at the doctors consulting rooms  at Roman Catholic Hospital. He tells me to go draw some blood at pathcare and also do |Xrays, when he got the results the following day which was the 20th February on a Wednesday, he tells me he will have to do a biopsy on me on Friday , so I will have to be admitted that Friday. 

Then Friday comes, my brother Peter and my dad woke up early to take me to the hospital,  I was so happy because I skipped school , I hate school😶😃 so hell yeah and I am going to eat hospital food and wuuh I  was just ecstatic man while still not realizing this might be very serious.

I will skip some information because the plan is not to bore you 😂.... After the biopsy, Dr Koepp says i should spent the night because he would like to see how I would wake up feeling. Oh wait , i missed something, the reason why I had to be operated on Friday is because on  Thursday I had to go back to Dr Mouton so they remove all of my braces for Friday's OP,  I  could not go to theater with the braces if they have to operate in the mouth.

So yeah, results came back on Tuesday that was the 23rd Feb and my dad and I went together, Dr Koepp looked so disappointed but I couldn't tell why until he told us "the results are back and you have Stage 3-4 Leiomyosarcoma Cancer................. "        *takes a deep breath lean back on the chair, my dad tearing up and me so confused *

  [ Leiomyosarcoma is a rare type of cancer that affects smooth muscle tissue. These tumors are most common in the abdomen, but can occur anywhere in the body, including the uterus. Other common sites include blood vessels and skin].

My cancer occurred in my left lower jaw and this was The Beginning of the endless questions of what happened to your jaw? do you have a toothache? and your leg ? are you in pain..? the list goes on.

So Dr starts the planning of the biggest operation he has ever come across with this type of cancer, and that meant not being operated in Namibia because we do not have the fit equipment for it, so it was really major. He starts making calls to his fellow doctors in South Africa. Us on the hand have to make arrangements with our medical aid and so on, family members coming on board to give support in every kind of manner 😢 .

The plannings were done , my uncles and aunts plus my dad managed with the medical aid and extra funds, my brother Peter on the other hand was making sure we get the closest accommodation to the Kloof Medi - Clinc Hospital in Pretoria, Dr Koepp was arranging all the medical stuff and everything  everything was set. We were booked to fly out on the 26th to Pretoria with my dad, so we left. Everybody escorted us to the airport , some friends came to give us hugs and well wishes at home before leaving.. 

Aannnd we were off...✈

Check out for part 2.

With Love 

 Etuna 💓