It is exactly three years since media personality Njambi Koikai lost her mother.

Njambi, who's currently battling endometriosis, is celebrating her mother's death anniversary and in a lengthy post, she reminisced about the good times they spent together.

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Mummy...It's 3 years on. Never thought time would fly past us like this.

September 2015, is still quite vivid and livid for me. I had been having weird chest pains and a very dry cough for close to two months and my grandma had some debilitating stomach pain. My sister and I were raised by grandma and mom who we all fondly called mummy and never shosho, my mom is mom. We were rushed to hospital. I was told that I had to go for surgery that night due to a collapsed lung which the doctor thought was due to my underweight issues.

Mummy was diagnosed with ulcers. A few weeks later we found out she had pancreatic cancer stage 4. She later passed away on March 18, 2016.

Many Kenyans have been misdiagnosed as having ulcers, yet they have stomach cancer. Njambi shared more information on stomach cancer:

1. After getting CT and MRI scans, a biopsy should be carried out to determine the stage of the cancer/tumour.

2. Stomach cancers cause blockages in the bile duct and one may require surgery to clear it up.

3. By the time one is done with step 1 and 2, an oncologist should help either start radiation or chemotherapy. Mummy was too old for radiation, plus her cancer was at an advanced stage.

4. For chemotherapy, please do your research on the intravenous chemotherapy or tablet chemotherapy. This is not a very easy process for any patient. We had tablet/oral chemotherapy for mummy. It was way too strong for her.

5. Morphine is the only painkiller that can ease cancer pain. It's not an over the counter drug. You must have a prescription.

Rest well mummy. We miss you so much❤❤'

Koikai has been through a lot of challenges in life; her lungs would collapse every time she was on her periods. She has so far undergone 16 surgeries and she's still in the USA undergoing endometriosis treatment.

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