Cancer survivor says faith healed her

Nasopharynx cancer survivor Sedilame Kgomotso. PIC KEOAGILE BONANG
Nasopharynx cancer survivor Sedilame Kgomotso. PIC KEOAGILE BONANG

FRANCISTOWN: After battling, with nasopharynx cancer for a year, facing her darkest hour, a bold 20 year-old Sedilame Kgomotso triumphantly walked into Mmegi offices on Tuesday to announce she had been healed by faith.

Wikipedia describes nasopharynx cancer as a rare type of the disease that affects the head and neck. It starts in the upper part of the throat, behind the nose and this is the area called the nasopharynx. It is precariously placed at the base of the skull, above the roof of the mouth.

Kgomotso whose names translate to “My light” and “Comfort”, which conjures positivism in life, said that she was diagnosed with this cancer in May 2012 when she was doing Form Four at Francistown Senior Secondary School.  She described that time as the most difficult of her life.

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