How banku and tilapia led to my throat cancer and loss of voice – Midwife recounts

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Atta Kay 4 days ago

Not a pleasant experience.It's very painful and sometimes can disorganise your mood when this happens to you eating Banku & Tilapia.But this hardly happens to Ga & Ada Drunkards like Sam George & Bukom Banku

Not a pleasant experience.It's very painful and sometimes can disorganise your mood when this happens to you eating Banku & Tilapia.But this hardly happens to Ga & Ada Drunkards like Sam George & Bukom Banku
Jojoba 4 days ago

Must everything lead to attacks on individuals. Peace should be the way.

Must everything lead to attacks on individuals. Peace should be the way.
DRAKOVICH 4 days ago

My people... I've been telling you for over a year now, that the NDC's annihilation of the NPP in 2024 has turned most of their followers into PREMATURE LUNATICS in our country. An example is @Atta Kay & @Kwaku Tee. Ever sinc ...
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My people... I've been telling you for over a year now, that the NDC's annihilation of the NPP in 2024 has turned most of their followers into PREMATURE LUNATICS in our country. An example is @Atta Kay & @Kwaku Tee. Ever since their brutal decapitation, they have been wailing like sick infants in a delivery warm. Their humiliation will be finally sealed in 2028 for every one of those animals to know that their party has become LIFELESS.
Sethoo 4 days ago

Are you sure NDC will survive President John Mahama's looting of the state?

Are you sure NDC will survive President John Mahama's looting of the state?
Sumankwaahene 4 days ago

Hey @Sethoo. You people are simply a desperate & hopeless lot at the NPP. Because of your low IQ, young animals like you can sit down and dream that your wicked cabal called the NPP would soon & so easily be called back just ...
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Hey @Sethoo. You people are simply a desperate & hopeless lot at the NPP. Because of your low IQ, young animals like you can sit down and dream that your wicked cabal called the NPP would soon & so easily be called back just after 4 years to come and restart your "Sasabonsam governance" once again. Wo maame tw3 wate.
Akiti 4 days ago

@ Drakovich. You are a very observant man.

@ Drakovich. You are a very observant man.
ST GHFUO: Kwame Nkrumah International Airport 4 days ago

The banku was spiked with roach poison or arsenic in white rice hence your ordeal.

The banku was spiked with roach poison or arsenic in white rice hence your ordeal.
The Spear 3 days ago

Please leave the Banku meal alone, it has absolutely NOTHING to do with the cancer.

Please leave the Banku meal alone, it has absolutely NOTHING to do with the cancer.
Lori 3 days ago

What about all the koti you sucked?

What about all the koti you sucked?
Sp 4 days ago

Another dirty pig talking

Another dirty pig talking

Afetor Kwesi 4 days ago

What is the relevance here?

What is the relevance here?
Maameô 4 days ago

What connection has the painful and sad narration got to do with your not funny comment? In moment like this, it's charitable to be quiet if you have no kind word to say.

What connection has the painful and sad narration got to do with your not funny comment? In moment like this, it's charitable to be quiet if you have no kind word to say.
Kalimba Mozambo 4 days ago

Bukom Banku is not a Ga man
He is from Burkina Faso

Bukom Banku is not a Ga man
He is from Burkina Faso
Nii Akwei 3 days ago

Try another Country

Try another Country
Cooon 4 days ago

Operations dont go well in Ghana. They could have just let her open her mouth and they use something to to just pick the bone out, with the help of a endoscopy device. A very simple procedure that turned badly. Even in the vi ...
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Operations dont go well in Ghana. They could have just let her open her mouth and they use something to to just pick the bone out, with the help of a endoscopy device. A very simple procedure that turned badly. Even in the village they would have been able to remove this bone peacefully without any issues. You are sick and go to hospital, you sometimes go home with much bigger problem
The Spear 3 days ago

Unless you have a dedicated doctor, it's ill-advised sometimes to go to the hospital in Ghana. Very unsafe prescriptions are killing Ghanaians.

Unless you have a dedicated doctor, it's ill-advised sometimes to go to the hospital in Ghana. Very unsafe prescriptions are killing Ghanaians.
Joe 3 days ago

Rightly so Ashanti did not know how to eat tilapia watch them eat, they are better in bush meat

Rightly so Ashanti did not know how to eat tilapia watch them eat, they are better in bush meat
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Jojoba 4 days ago

Sorry for your ordeal. But I don't think it came from eating banku and tilapia. Nobody knows causes of cancers. With the tilapia bones, the procedures you took was a known way of handling such a situation. Once again, sorry f ...
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Sorry for your ordeal. But I don't think it came from eating banku and tilapia. Nobody knows causes of cancers. With the tilapia bones, the procedures you took was a known way of handling such a situation. Once again, sorry for what happened to you.
Don 4 days ago

My point. It has nothing to do with banku and tilapia looking at her narration

My point. It has nothing to do with banku and tilapia looking at her narration

OZYMANDIAS 4 days ago

I wonder why most people praise this Banku and Tilapia meal. To me, it’s not a meal to waste so much time on. Any meal that is so unmatched should be properly chewed before being swallowed. Does Banku not go with Okro and b ...
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I wonder why most people praise this Banku and Tilapia meal. To me, it’s not a meal to waste so much time on. Any meal that is so unmatched should be properly chewed before being swallowed. Does Banku not go with Okro and beef stew or Okro and and fish stew well prepared, with the bones in the fish removed? Do the Ewes and Gas who eat this meal combination almost daily not have a special way of preparing this? Most Ghanaians copy everything so blindly.
Holy Sinner 4 days ago

BOO MATER oooo, Soo sorry to hear your story my sister,on the other hand am happy you are still alive, thanks be God. This tilapia bones are causing havoc to a lot of people. All the same, I remember having a Fante friend who ...
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BOO MATER oooo, Soo sorry to hear your story my sister,on the other hand am happy you are still alive, thanks be God. This tilapia bones are causing havoc to a lot of people. All the same, I remember having a Fante friend who had a technic in drawing all the bones out of fresh, making it nonetheless before cooking and enjoying it..It's very kind of you sharing your experience with tilapia lovers.
Konfo 4 days ago

Atta Kay, l think your mental faculty needs a serious check up. It's just a piece of advice. I don't want you to spend the rest of your life at Ankaful.

Atta Kay, l think your mental faculty needs a serious check up. It's just a piece of advice. I don't want you to spend the rest of your life at Ankaful.
Ewvevi 4 days ago

Sorry madam, but these days SOME of our doctors can't be trusted. They are so useless that, even a ward attendant in scrubs might do a better job.

Sorry madam, but these days SOME of our doctors can't be trusted. They are so useless that, even a ward attendant in scrubs might do a better job.
Madam please this toli no fine 4 days ago

Cancer is different story from your banku matter.

Cancer is different story from your banku matter.
Abrewa 4 days ago

this world, human being is nothing! we should all be humble and love each other no matter the situation!!!!!

this world, human being is nothing! we should all be humble and love each other no matter the situation!!!!!
COOLBLUE 4 days ago

Knowing that some Ghanaian women graduated from Fried Rice to Banku and Tilapia, could it be that this woman was ordering only Banku and Tilapia during her dates with men, that might have caused bones to choke her throat lead ...
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Knowing that some Ghanaian women graduated from Fried Rice to Banku and Tilapia, could it be that this woman was ordering only Banku and Tilapia during her dates with men, that might have caused bones to choke her throat leading to throat cancer?

How can she associate her throat illness to excessive consumption of banku and tilapia because it became her favourite meal?

We thank her for coming up with this important information about the consequences of eating banku and tilapia.as daily meal. Her experience may be a lesson to other ladies to desist from ordering banku and tilapia while on date and rather switch to Pizza, which isn't cheaper in Ghana either, but less harmful than banku and tilapia because it's prepared with boneless meat or fish.
THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED AT A VERY EARLY STAGE IF GOOD REFERRAL PATHWAYS EXISTED. 4 days ago

We are seeing what happens when there is a broken Health system in place.
When those in high places fall ill the first thing they do is to jump on board a plane and go abroad for treatment. This is particularly true of our p ...
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We are seeing what happens when there is a broken Health system in place.
When those in high places fall ill the first thing they do is to jump on board a plane and go abroad for treatment. This is particularly true of our politicians.
WHEN WILL THOSE IN AUTHORITY "GRASP THE NETTLE" AND DEAL WITH THE CRITICAL ISSUES AFFECTING OUR HEALTH SYSTEM?
Let me make a suggestion: IT SHOULD BE MANDATORY FOR ANYONE APPOINTED A HEALTH MINISTY, HEALTH DEPUTY MINISTY OR TO ANY HIGH HEALTH RELATED OFFICE TO BE REQUIRED TO SPEND AT LEAST A MINIMUM OF THREE 8 HOUR SESSIONS SHADOWING OUR DOCTORS AND NURSES WORKING IN THE WARDS, CLINICS AND ESPECIALLY IN OUR EMERGENCY ROOMS. I BELIEVE THAT THIS WOULD PROFOUNDLY AFFECT THESE OFFICIALS UNLESS THEY HAVE HEARTS OF STONE.
AMENDED 4 days ago

Let me make a suggestion: IT SHOULD BE MANDATORY FOR ANYONE APPOINTED A HEALTH MINISTER, HEALTH DEPUTY MINISTER OR TO ANY HIGH HEALTH RELATED OFFICE TO BE REQUIRED TO SPEND AT LEAST A MINIMUM OF THREE 8 HOUR SESSIONS SHADOWIN ...
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Let me make a suggestion: IT SHOULD BE MANDATORY FOR ANYONE APPOINTED A HEALTH MINISTER, HEALTH DEPUTY MINISTER OR TO ANY HIGH HEALTH RELATED OFFICE TO BE REQUIRED TO SPEND AT LEAST A MINIMUM OF THREE 8 HOUR SESSIONS SHADOWING OUR DOCTORS AND NURSES WORKING IN THE WARDS, CLINICS AND ESPECIALLY IN OUR EMERGENCY ROOMS. I BELIEVE THAT THIS WOULD PROFOUNDLY AFFECT HOW THESE OFFICIALS VIEW THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES UNLESS THEY HAVE HEARTS OF STONE.
Afetor Kwesi 4 days ago

How is fish bone linked to cancer?

How is fish bone linked to cancer?

Glamorlife.. 2 days ago

Yeap, African mentality !
It is not the banku and tilapia that cause the problem. Possibly, she had a wound after the surgery which turned into cancerous wound but the banku and tilapia wpund not cause cancer.
If that b ...
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Yeap, African mentality !
It is not the banku and tilapia that cause the problem. Possibly, she had a wound after the surgery which turned into cancerous wound but the banku and tilapia wpund not cause cancer.
If that be the case most of us in Ghana would be walking around with throat cancer.
Barko osae twum 4 days ago

I am sorry for what you went through. I had friends who have experienced this tilapia bone issue. But l can guarantee you that its totally got nothing to do with you cancer of throat diagnosis. If that is the case there will ...
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I am sorry for what you went through. I had friends who have experienced this tilapia bone issue. But l can guarantee you that its totally got nothing to do with you cancer of throat diagnosis. If that is the case there will be no person left standing on the vota region landscape. Cos almost e eryone there has experienced fish/ Tilapia bone stock in their throat.i hope your diagnosis of cancer is accurate. I have an uncle who was diagnosis in a ghanaian hospital in a cra with 4th state prostate cancer, the doctor and hospital wete so reluctant on gi en their diagnosis is writing as the children wanted him out of ghana for effective medical care. Only to be told that no cancer cels were found in his system.
Kwess 3 days ago

Madam, you are a health worker you should be mindful of how you present your ordeal, you will let food venders lose their customers, this has nothing to do with banku and tilapia even if it' is tilapia, what about banku, say ...
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Madam, you are a health worker you should be mindful of how you present your ordeal, you will let food venders lose their customers, this has nothing to do with banku and tilapia even if it' is tilapia, what about banku, say it is because you rush to eat, you rush to eat that cost you and it's a fish bone, it can be eny fish.
Kwame 3 days ago

We both small and big tilapia eaters always have boned of tilapia stuck in our troat, but they don't generate cancer.
So the cancer maybe in the family, its inherited.

We both small and big tilapia eaters always have boned of tilapia stuck in our troat, but they don't generate cancer.
So the cancer maybe in the family, its inherited.
Chai!!! 3 days ago

Banku and tilapia did nothing wrong.
It was your village people. Go and ask them.

Banku and tilapia did nothing wrong.
It was your village people. Go and ask them.
Glamorlife.. 2 days ago

I don't like tilapia because there are too many bones it the fish. If you're not careful, a bone can get caught in your throat.

I don't like tilapia because there are too many bones it the fish. If you're not careful, a bone can get caught in your throat.
Glamorlife.. 2 days ago

The banku and tilapia didn't cause the cancer. Possibly, you ended up with a wound in your throat which the wound became cancerous. But eating banku and tilapia alone doesn't give you cancer. Is wound that turn into cancero ...
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The banku and tilapia didn't cause the cancer. Possibly, you ended up with a wound in your throat which the wound became cancerous. But eating banku and tilapia alone doesn't give you cancer. Is wound that turn into cancerous. Tilapia has a lot of tiny bones, and a bone can easily get caught in your throat.

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How banku and tilapia led to my throat cancer and loss of voice – Midwife recounts

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