The year 2023 has not been easy for Real Housewives of Lagos star Toyin "Tiannah" Lawani-Adebayo (41), who has been battling some major health issues. After losing her child, the Lagos-based businesswoman and fashion designer battled with fibroids and also had to undergo spine surgery. She has since opened up about her recovery process which has affected all aspects of her life.
BEING IN ICU
Tiannah says that being in ICU was tough. "I ended up in ICU three times and made it out three times," she says. "I had to write to communicate with doctors and nurses. My small baby kept looking at me like I said something. I then knew how it felt to lose one's voice. The ability to speak, walk, and sit is so underrated." Tiannah says doesn't wish what she went through on any of her enemies. "This period in my life made me realise who were my friends and who weren't. The last people I expected to rush to my aid did so without even asking," she says. "I am thankful to everyone who supported me while being stuck in that hospital. You think you have money? Wait until you are in hospital." Tiannah was in the hospital for two months. "Then did the rest at a rehabilitation centre," she says She thanks her husband for the support. "I just pray to God to show mercy to anyone going through the same out there. I'm thinking about the people who don't have funds to help themselves what will they do? Being there, I saw at least three rich people die in front of me and I was just grateful for my life."
THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE
Tiannah says there was a particular day when she was extremely bored, tired and frustrated for being stuck in the hospital. "I wrote it down. I looked around the room and there were so many flowers from friends and family," she says. "The hospital had to ask me to evacuate them. I told hubby can you take my pictures. I wanted to create a crown with these flowers and use my bare skin." She created a photoshoot using the gifted flowers. "Everyone in the hospital, nurse's doctors, kept screaming about how glowing my skin was," she says.
