Mrs. Marian Grant, a leukaemia survivor, has recounted her painful and emotional journey from diagnosis to recovery, revealing that she was diagnosed with acute leukaemia in 2016 shortly after burying her husband.
Speaking on Changes, a Joy Prime programme hosted by Roselyn Felli, Mrs. Grant described how the illness gradually manifested while she worked. She recalled that although the distance from her workplace to her office was short, she found herself unusually weak and unable to walk without stopping multiple times.
“From my work to my office was just a walking distance, but I could not walk. I had to stop two or three times before I could get there,” she said.
Concerned by her worsening condition, Mrs. Grant visited the Police Hospital, where she regularly went for medical check-ups. Doctors conducted a series of tests and asked her to return for the results after about a week. However, the outcome raised serious concern.
“My doctor told me she did not like the results, so we had to go to Korle-Bu for further tests,” she recounted, adding that she was extremely weak at the time.
According to her, the gravity of the diagnosis became apparent when the doctor chose not to inform her directly but instead called in her siblings. Their emotional reaction immediately alarmed her.
“They all started crying, and that made me wonder what the results were saying. I forced them to tell me, and that was when they said I had acute leukaemia,” she said.
Mrs. Grant explained that at the time, she had limited understanding of the disease, having only heard of it vaguely. Doctors later explained that it was a blood condition involving abnormal white blood cell production. As her condition worsened, she experienced severe physical distress, including extreme weakness and loss of appetite.
“I noticed blood on my body. I could not eat or drink. Even the mention of food made me vomit,” she said.
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