Nollywood actress, Uche Ogbodo has debunked the rumor of contracting HIV
while speaking on the travails she experienced from a terminal illness she
battled in 2021.
The mother of two cleared the air about
having HIV during an Instagram live session with Legacy Tv on Thursday.
You could recall that the actress recently narrated how the pregnancy that produced her
second daughter, Lumina Maris, saved her from a terminal disease. According to
Uche, she suffered an acute Angioedema and was told by her doctor to relocate
abroad because she was not likely to survive in Nigeria.
Recounting her experience, she said: “To think that people died from this thing that
happened to me and I am still here. I am still working; I am still fine. I told
my sister that if anything happens to me, she should take care of my daughter
like I am here.
“People judge people so much. On social
media, people judge people so much. You don’t know what that person goes
through. I was going through hell; I was called names. People said I had HIV,
that I was too dry. I was too skinny; I wasn’t looking fresh. I was called
different names all through that time”.
She added: ‘For the
first time in years, I feel God’s love all around me. All the COVID-19 period,
I wasn’t bathing. I wasn’t bathing during the 3 months’ lockdown. I couldn’t
take care of myself but my man was there every day with me. My family were
there, my sisters, my daughter Mildred, they were with me. It was a terrible
experience for me. I couldn’t even share it for a long time. I just kept
thanking God”.
