Njambi Koikai has battled Thoracic Endometriosis for 19 long years. The disease was causing her lungs to collapse every month while she was on her period.
The popular TV personality underwent more than 16 surgeries since she was plagued by endometriosis. She never had a painless period since she was 13 years old.
Njambi left Kenya for US in February 2018 and was admitted at the Center For Endometriosis Care in Atlanta, Georgia, USA for one and a half year.
Njambi however triumphed over the condition in the long run. She returned home in August this year after spending one and a half year in US receiving treatment.
The former Trend panelist opened up about her fight with endometriosis in a recent post on social media. She revealed that 2016 was her lowest moment and that she nearly gave up fight.
Njambi however vowed to fight on despite the severity of her condition and all bad reports doctors gave her. She explained that she was determined to fight because she knew she had great purpose in life.
“May this face remind you that YOU can OVERCOME just about anything. I’ve gone to doctors offices received life-shattering reports that would make others give up. Yoh, i only got to the edge once in 2016 when my lungs collapsed twice in one weekend. I’d gone in for surgery on a Wednesday discharged on a Friday and on Sunday the predominant cough associated with Thoracic Endometriosis was back. I was reluctant to go back to hospital and my mum insisted. I had another collapse yet my lungs hadn’t healed. I hadn’t even gotten the stitches out. For the first time in my life i was dejected. I was not sure how this would end. Anyway i vowed to keep fighting for life because I’m here for a GREAT PURPOSE.
“With every doctor’s report i received, i smiled. Always. Even when they thought I’d die. I smiled.
I have never complained even with all the botched surgeries niko hapa. So hakuna kugive up.❤❤ My prayer is for all my Endowarriors to keep fighting. Don’t give up. There’s a warrior inside you. You’re special. Not many can handle this kind of pain. I pray for your healing, peace, calm and a pain-free life. We keep fighting for our voices to be heard. Access to quality treatment, training of doctors and funding for research in our continent,” wrote Njambi Koikai.
