She took painkillers that eased the pain albeit temporarily. Janet indulges in what she does with gusto and diligence and not even the pain could stop her from going to work she was then presenting the award winning property show – N-Soko Property Show – on NTV. And so when one day in April 2015 she woke up with a sharp pain in her leg, which was swollen, cancer was the furthest thing from her mind. They say time is a healer and indeed it is as Janet picked up the pieces of her life choosing instead to celebrate her father. He died two weeks later, almost a year after the diagnosis,” she recalls. On my wedding day, my father did his last duty: he walked me down the aisle in a wheelchair and wearing an oxygen mask. The cancer was spreading fast but he held on. I also wanted him to walk me down the aisle. “My father was a great paedetrician and I loved him to bits. The diagnosis couldn’t have come at a worse time as Janet was planning her wedding and she wanted no person to walk her down the aisle other than her father, and she told him as much. Encounter with cancerĮight years ago, Janet’s father was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. But that was before April 2015 when life happened. Perhaps it is these traits, and her charming smile, that saw her steadily rise in the media industry to become one of the most respected and loved TV presenters. I was moved by her positive attitude, determination and will to live. It was difficult to imagine that she had gone through a chemotherapy session less than a week before. I had met her a few days earlier during the cover shoot and the person I had gone to pick from the parking lot was totally different from the person I had in mind. She is smart, inspiring and very engaging. I am a cancer victor,” Janet candidly tells me as we settle down for this interview in her home. She takes LILY RONOH through her courageous and inspiring journey fighting the scourge. The charming TV presenter is now actively involved in creating cancer awareness and is planning to start a cancer foundation. Her chances of survival were poor, but she went on to beat the cancer through prayers, a positive attitude and treatment. Janet Kanini Ikua was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer in September 2015. The below story is a testament to her commitment to soldier on, as narrated to Parents Magazine Editor Lily Rono-Waweru in 2016. Sadly, on April 1st 2017, after battling with cancer for one and a half years, Janet Kanini Ikua succumbed to lung cancer.
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