Collymore: Kenyan doctors diagnosed me with Vitamin D deficiency instead of cancer

Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore left many rather worried after sharing how he was given incorrect diagnosis in his early stages of Cancer.

In an interview with Jeff Koinange, Bob shared that he was misdiagnosed with Vitamin D deficiency by Kenyan doctors before he new he had cancer.

“I use to get tired and have high temperatures from time to time. It got so bad that I could not make it to company events,” he said in the interview. 

“During a visit to Morocco, I started experiencing flu-like symptoms. I noticed a pain in the bones of my chin and that my body would start shaking. I thought to myself that it’s not something you experience unless you kick something really hard.”

Dissatisfied

He said that further research from a UK doctor eventually showed that he had cancer.

“My wife Wambui is really good in self diagnosis. She thought I had malaria. I also went to a doctor in Nairobi who said I had a vitamin D deficiency. I returned to Nairobi for check-ups and was given supplements,” he said. 

Adding:

“He did about 30 blood tests but said he could not find the problem. He needed to do more tests which meant I had to be admitted. It was the first time I was admitted at the hospital,” he said.