“I don’t wanna die, I have little children” – Ufuoma McDermott opens up on the final stage of kidney disease
Nollywood actress Ufuoma McDermott recently opened up about her life challenges over the past twelve years.
In a conversation with media personality Chude Jideonwo on With Chude, Ufuoma shared the heartbreaking experience of losing her younger brother to chronic kidney disease and revealed that she, too, was diagnosed with the same condition.
In 2023, Ufuoma was diagnosed with stage 3 kidney disease after more than a decade of battling the illness. Recently, her condition progressed to stage 4, the final stage of the disease.
In a brief clip shared online, Ufuoma, who has kept a low profile on social media amid her health struggles, opened up about how difficult the journey has been. She expressed her strong desire to live for her children.
Despite her doctor’s advice to rest, she continued working, which eventually left her unable to move for six months.
“First, she lost her younger brother to chronic kidney disease.
Then last year, Ufuoma McDermott was also diagnosed with Stage 3 kidney disease – after battling with it for 12 years.
She was told to slow down at work and rest. But she thought she had more time and negotiated with her doctors.
That delay turned out to be costly.
She was shortly diagnosed of Stage 4 kidney disease.
Stage 4.
That’s the final stage.
And she says it was a result of drug abuse – ingesting too many painkillers.
Thus began a battle for her life, where there was zero room for error. For 6 months, she couldn’t move. She couldn’t work. She couldn’t add weight. She actually thought the end had come.
In this exclusive interview, the actor and producer shares how she found her way back from Stage 4 kidney disease, how it changed how she lived her life, how she managed her public career while dealing with this in private, and why this life-changing experience has transformed the way she lives her life today.
Also for the first time, she confirms that over the past few years she has lived with her family abroad while acting and producing in Nigeria – and how a very private life has served her very well.
This was one hell of a conversation,” Chude wrote on Instagram.
