She also explained her health scare and the decisions behind her appeal for financial support as reactions continue online.
Self-acclaimed relationship expert Blessing "Blessing CEO" Okoro has said she will release her cancer test results soon, addressing the controversy surrounding her appeal for financial support for a planned surgery.
In a video obtained by this PREMIUM TIMES, she explained that she initially withheld her medical report because she was still trying to understand her condition.
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This newspaper reported that Blessing, CEO, sparked widespread online discussion after revealing she had been diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer.
Speaking during Daddy Freeze's Instagram Live on Wednesday night, she addressed questions from doctors and concerned viewers who expressed doubt about the diagnosis, saying: "I will share my medical report as soon as possible. Let me explain to you, as a layperson, the biopsy, when they asked you for it, I think they inserted, brought out, something.
"I don't know where they inserted it or what it is. I think it was inserted around the place or something like a breast. I was awake when it was inserted. It was painful, but not severe pain. I didn't do a mammogram.
Financial support
The 36-year-old explained that she turned to the public for financial support because she was uncertain about what lay ahead following her diagnosis.
She added that she sought public assistance because those around her, and the information she had heard about cancer, had amplified her fears about the complexity of the required surgery.
"The whole thing is. I don't know until these conversations we are having, I'm clueless. Now, the concept is when they amputate or take out your boobs. You still need to run other tests to see if it has entered your blood or your bones. Some people say by the time you do it, you're already like a vegetable, you have to go to...
"A lot of stuff. To me, planning was important because I didn't want to come out in my vulnerable moment. I wanted to do it quietly. I needed money for the surgery. That was the reason why I didn't put a specific amount to the public. I didn't say I needed 1 million, 2 million, 3 million. My friend said, " If we can do it for people that we don't know, what about a public figure?" Initially, they said a GoFundMe," said Blessing CEO.
Properties for sale
Additionally, Blessing CEO, revealed that she initially did not know the full cost of her surgery and had considered selling her car, house, and other valuables to cover the expenses.
She explained that, after receiving advice from well-wishers, she decided against selling her properties and instead turned to Nigerians for financial support.
She noted, "I put my car up for sale. That was where it started from. After my car, I put my house for sale. That was when people started saying, " You don't have to sell your property now. If you sell your property, where will you stay?
"That was the birth of the account number. But people are making it look as if I just woke up and did that. Absolutely not. If I knew the account number was going to come with a medical report, I practically would have presented."
Doctor's advice
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Furthermore, Blessing CEO, revealed that her doctor had advised her not to speak publicly about the matter too soon.
She explained that after she eventually made the announcement and faced a wave of criticism, she decided to remove the account number she had shared for financial support.
"My doctor said, when you're going through stuff like this, you should announce it when you are done. It's like when you're pregnant. Because you don't want people monitoring, you have friends, you have enemies. That was the advice he gave to me. So it wasn't as if I woke up and just started asking Nigerians for money.
"So, it was when the account number came up, people now said. I think it was VDM who made a video and said, "Blessing, you can't be asking Nigerians for money without putting out a medical report." So, not like I didn't want to do it. But then there was chaos. The insults started. What did I do? I archived it. I took out the account number."
