Beautiful Nollywood actress Ufuoma McDermott has opened up on life challenging moments she encountered for the past twelve years.
Sitting with media personality Chude Jideonwo, on the programme with Chude, Ufuoma McDermott disclosed how she lost her younger brother to chronic kidney disease and how she herself was diagnosed with the same ailment.
In 2023, the actress was diagnosed with stage 3 kidney disease after battling with it for over twelve years. And recently, Ufuoma was diagnosed with the 4th stage of the disease which is the final stage.
In the short clip shared online, Ufuoma McDermott who had been private on social media following her ordeals, revealed how she was down during the process. She expressed her wish to live because of her children.
According to her, she defied her doctor’s instructions on rest and went about her job and how she she couldn’t move for 6 months.
“First, she lost her younger brother to chronic kidney disease.
Then last year, Ufuoma McDermott was also diagnosed with Stage 3 kidney disease – after battling with it for 12 years.
She was told to slow down at work and rest. But she thought she had more time and negotiated with her doctors.
That delay turned out to be costly.
She was shortly diagnosed of Stage 4 kidney disease.
Stage 4.
That’s the final stage.
And she says it was a result of drug abuse – ingesting too many painkillers.
Thus began a battle for her life, where there was zero room for error. For 6 months, she couldn’t move. She couldn’t work. She couldn’t add weight. She actually thought the end had come.
In this exclusive interview, the actor and producer shares how she found her way back from Stage 4 kidney disease, how it changed how she lived her life, how she managed her public career while dealing with this in private, and why this life-changing experience has transformed the way she lives her life today.
Also for the first time, she confirms that over the past few years she has lived with her family abroad while acting and producing in Nigeria – and how a very private life has served her very well.
This was one hell of a conversation,” Chude wrote on Instagram.
Kemi Filani recalls that in 2023, Ufuoma McDermott hinted about her illness when she celebrated her birthday by sharing a testimony on how God saved her life.
She took to her Instagram page to share a photo of her in a green dress and disclosed how God saved her family from the mental preparation of losing her.
She stated that she made lifestyle changes and asked God to keep her, which He did.
