A middle-aged man, Idris Abiodun Bakare has come down with Chronic Myelocytic Leukemia ( CML) a disease that infects the blood and the bone marrow. Abiodun has been diagnosed with CML since 2019 and he’s been living with it since then.

However, the disease is now treatment-resistant and he’s mandated to undergo a bone marrow transplant at Hisar Intercontinental Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey latest by August ending to avoid exacerbating the disease.

Abiodun narrates his predicament in a video:
‘It started with regular feverish feelings and general weakness of my body system. Before this time, I have never been sick nor admitted to any hospital. When the symptoms started manifesting, I didn’t initially pay attention to them till I one day fell while ironing my clothes. Before then, I only took some time off from my small business to relax at home. However, after the fall incident, I decided to visit the hospital because I experienced it more than once and was also losing weight,” Bakare explained.

According to him and from documents carrying his details sighted by this medium, his medical journey started in 2019 from Ikorodu General Hospital to the Lagos State Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) in Ikeja and later on referred to Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), Ile Ife, Osun State.

“I ran a series of tests at Ikorodu General Hospital that could not pinpoint exactly what was wrong with me. So I was asked to go for more comprehensive tests at LASUTH. It was after one of the tests at LASUTH that the doctor assigned to me (Dr. Dosunmu) noticed from the results that my spleen was enlarged and called for another test. The clinical summary and diagnosis of the second test confirmed that I have Chronic Myelocytic Leukemia (CML). I was also Hepatitis B virus-positive,” Bakare said in a teary voice.

“The drugs are scarce and expensive. There is a particular one that some NGOs are helping people living with this disease around the world get at a subsidized rate. But even at that, it is very expensive. Glivec (multinational brand of ImatiniB-) sells for close to two million nairas per two to four weeks of treatment. And you can imagine how many I must have used for over two years now. Aside from Glivec, I also use ULGICID, Oxyurea, Augmentin, Allopurinol, Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate, and other drugs too numerous to mention. Apart from the drugs, I also need to do tests from time to time to monitor progress or detect danger. I just did a TKD mutation analysis on Friday, 15th July at the cost of N50,000:00.”

Abiodun is appealing to well-meaning Nigerians to help him get back to his feet by donating to his bank FCMB bank account.

He needs the sum of 65 million naira to have the transplant done to avoid worsening his health conditions.

The 65 million naira is needed for the transplant, donor, post-surgery, and logistics expenses.

His account number is; Bakare Idris Abiodun, 0646851016, FCMB.

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May God heal you Aloma.

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