Former radio presenter and NTV host Njambi Koikai, popularly known as Faya Mama, has opened up on how her medical condition cost her boyfriends because of painful sex.
Njambi suffers from thoracic endometriosis, a condition in which tissue that normally lines the inside of your uterus, the endometrium , grows outside the uterus.
She first noticed the condition when she was 13 during her menstrual circle that caused her pain. She ignored it, but it spread to her lungs, causing them to collapse every month during her periods
Njambi was taken to Atlanta, United States for treatment in 2018.
She told BBC recently about her struggles with the disease in efforts to create awareness about the condition.
In the interview, Njambi said it has been difficult to have stable love relationships because of painful sex and partners who do not understand her condition.
Reacting to the interviewer’s question on the experience of losing partners because of painful sex, Njambi said; “Yes, yes because the pain is so much I don’t even want to go through it. And to find somebody who understands that and someone who is willing to live with you through that pain is hard. You know having to see you go through pain every single month is crazy.”
In a social media post a few weeks ago, she had urged her followers to tag, former US first Lady Michelle Obama, media mogul Oprah Winfrey, popular show host Ellen Degeneres, actress Lupita Nyong’o, international media houses CNN and BBC to raise awareness on the condition.
Career
The media personality came back to radio after 6 years of missing in action. She is currently working at Trace Radio. She host a show dubbed Trace Na Doba, which run every Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday from 8pm-12 midnight.
“Faaaaaammmm!! After 6 years!!!! 6 long years off-air! Guess who’s back on Radio? Queen Fyah Mummah Jahmby!!!” she captioned her post in 2021.
Koikai has worked on several shows and gained fame while hosting reggae shows in the pioneer urban radio Metro FM before she moved to Q FM, which was under the Nation Media Group.
She was a regular guest and a host at popular NTV show The Trend before she left the country to seek treatment in the USA.
Koikai suffers from Thoracic Endometriosis – a condition which causes her lungs to collapse regularly and has undergone numerous surgeries after she was diagnosed with endometriosis at 29.
