Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson, has revealed how she was placed on a life long medication over a cancer scare.
The actress made this known on Thursday while hosting veteran actress Joke Silva, on her cooking show.
She revealed that she had her thyroid which was gland in her throat removed as a result of the diagnosis.
“I’ve never discussed it where I had a cancer scare and I had my thyroid removed. It was like a journey for us. We had kids and my last was six months at that time
“We kept saying that we have to understand that, ‘this is the new us. Let’s go get the surgery done’. And when we go there, they said I was going to be on medication for the rest of my life.
“It was a reality that we had to sit down. Them giving me a time that ‘you cannot miss my medication. As you wake up, that’s the first thing’, and telling me all of the side effects.” she said.