I’m dying' -Popular Nollywood actress Cries Out!

For some time now, popular Yoruba actress,
Omotunde Ogundimu, has been off the movie
scene. But if you think she has found

another passion, then, you are wrong. At the
moment, the mother of three is battling a
debilitating ailment that has since removed
the shine from her acting career. In this
interview with TheNationOnlineNg , she
ventilates her pains and hope, among other
issues.
You seldom appear in movies these days. So,
what really is responsible for this?
I have been ill.
So, how do you feel now?
I am still very weak. I was at the clinic and
the doctor revealed that, even if I have the
money readily available, I can’t undergo the
surgery now because I have lost so much
blood. So, I was given some drugs to help
boost the blood back to the level it should be.
Which hospital is that?
It is called Beachland Specialist Hospital in
Arepo, Ibafo, Ogun State.
What is the nature of the ailment?
My period comes like 10 to15 days; then, it
will stop and come again. I menstruate twice
in a month. I noticed it last year before my
husband passed away. Anytime we had
intercourse, I would always bleed. I took it
for something else, so I didn’t really pay
attention to it. But when he became sick and
we couldn’t have intercourse any more, it
(the bleeding) stopped. Then, I didn’t have
time to study it at that period too.
But what I noticed is that my menstrual
circle changed, so I would menstruate twice
in a month with very heavy flow. So, at that
time, I just felt it was one of the signs of
menopause because I am way above 40. But
last year, I had to go to the hospital to
complain and the doctor said I had fibroid,
even before the tests and scan were
conducted. When the scan was done, it was
discovered that the fibroid was fully grown
in my womb.
You said during the period your husband was
sick, you were not having intercourse. But
were you having the heavy flow at that time?
Then, it was normal. But the only time it
became abnormal was when we had
intercourse, so I thought I was approaching
my period.
What do you think is exactly wrong with
you? Don’t you think it might be a spiritual
problem?
No; I don’t think so. You can only say
something is spiritual when you don’t get a
solution to your problem. But in my own
case, I have been able to find out what the
problem is and the remedy. Every woman has
fibroid, but it is only when it is overgrown
that it becomes a problem that needs to be
attended to. When it started, I had people
who shared their own experiences with me
and I was directed to the hospital.
So, how have you been coping, financially?
Well, I am presently in Ibafo, Ogun State,
which is close to my home town. When my
husband passed away, my family asked me to
come back home, so as not to be left alone in
Lagos, where I don’t have anybody. So, I
came home and rented an apartment. But my
children are in one of the boarding schools
in Lagos. I didn’t want to change their
school.
Whenever they are on vacation, they come
here and we spend time together. Sending
them to one of the best schools in Lagos is
part of my huge financial commitments. But I
am glad that I can do that for them because I
want them to have the kind of education that
I didn’t have.
With your state of health, you definitely
need some help. Is anyone living with you?
Some of my siblings do come over to help.
But most of them are married and I cannot
force them to come and stay with me. So,
whenever they volunteer to come, I am
always glad to have them around. If not that
it went online, nobody knew I was sick. I am
a very quite person.
Why did you have to make the ailment
hidden for this long without going public
with it?
I am just a private person and I just felt I
could raise the money and go for the surgery
before anybody could know that I was sick.
I don’t go to functions anymore because of
the state of my body now-I am so lean.
Nobody will see me without asking what is
wrong with me. Even the last time I was on
location, many of my colleagues felt I was
die