How I Battle Stage Four Kidney Disease While Raising My Kids – Nollywood Actress

Nollywood actress Ufuoma McDermott has bravely opened up about her ongoing struggle with stage four kidney disease, revealing the profound challenges she has faced over the past 12 years while simultaneously raising her children.

In a heartfelt interview on the WithChude podcast, the 43-year-old star shared her journey with the debilitating illness, discussing how it has impacted her life and family.

Ufuoma said she had initially been diagnosed with stage three but it later progressed to stage four because she failed to listen to the advice of her doctors.

The movie star added that it got so bad last year that she thought she “was going to die” because she had pushed her body. She also talked about her negotiation with her doctor regarding work and rest.

“My weight, people do not understand when I say I cannot afford to put on weight, I do not want to die. I have little children. I had pushed my body and it was borderline stage 4,” she said.

“Last year was a very trying time in my life where I thought I was going to die. I have battled chronic kidney for a while, for about 12 years now. I was negotiating with the doctor, she said ‘I need you to go home and rest’.

“But I was like ‘what if I go home… I promise you if I sleep today, before I leave tomorrow…’ She said ‘Ufuoma I need you to sleep now, if you can take tabs and just sleep. I need you to rest, I need your blood pressure to drop.’ She mixed up my medications for me, long and short is that I went back on set.”

In 2017, the actress revealed that she lost her brother to kidney failure.