How Even Doctors in Austria Couldn't Diagnose My Ailment - Tania Omotayo

Nigerian actress, fashion entrepreneuer, and business woman Tania Omotayo is speaking out today about her battle with endometriosis and her chaotic journey to finally finding a diagnosis and eventually help for the very painful and not often talked about ailment. Tania made the revelation during an interview with The Will Downtown. Here is what the actress had to say.

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Speaking about her battle with endometriosis, Tania Omotayo said:

TANIA OMOTAYO: For many years during my teenage years, I had really bad periods, very heavy and very painful. I always knew deep down that something wasn’t right, but no doctor seemed to be able to figure it out. God bless my father because he took me all over the world from doctor to doctor, trying to figure out what was causing me so much pain, but most GPs couldn’t figure it out, and I even had one in Austria tell my father to my face that there was nothing wrong with me and I was just looking for attention. Even though I knew it wasn’t right, I gave up trying to figure out what it was. In 2014 I was in SA on a work trip, and I was scrolling through Instagram and came across Tanzanian Model Millen Magese’s Instagram post about her struggles with endometriosis. I remember screaming to my colleagues and telling them this was what I had, and it felt like I was reading about myself. There and then, I googled endometriosis specialists in Johannesburg, and I found one with incredible reviews. I called and booked an appointment immediately and called my dad to send me extra money.

During my scan, my doctor stopped for a moment and said, “I can’t imagine how much pain you’ve been in, your ovaries are covered in cysts, and you have stage 3 or 4 endometriosis, but we need to perform surgery asap to be able to properly diagnose you.”

My whole life flashed before my eyes, and I also felt my heart break into tiny little pieces. I was so devastated because I honestly hadn’t really researched it; I just thought I wouldn’t be able to have kids. I cried like a baby right there in the doctor’s office. But I also felt vindicated as I finally knew what was wrong with me after years of pain and trauma. A couple of days after my diagnosis, I had my first laparoscopy surgery.

Luckily for me, I found out when I was 21/22 years old, and I was still very fertile. I asked my doctor about freezing my eggs, and he said I didn’t have to because I was fertile and young. All I had to do was make sure I got checkups every 6 months to make sure everything was still on track. And only if anything changed would I need to freeze my eggs. And that was what I did till I had my daughter at age 26. I followed the doctor’s orders, and I was blessed enough not to have fertility issues. But I will say that during my pregnancy, I was on edge and always expected the worst. I never thought I would be able to carry to term and deliver my baby naturally.

Wow! I can't imagine having a disease and knowing something is wrong with me, but having doctors around the world tell me that there's nothing wrong. That must be so frustrating. What do you think about what Tania Omotayo said? Let me know your thoughts by leaving a comment either below or on my Jide Okonjo Facebook post.

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