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Sunday, March 16, 2025

Nicole Dyer-Griffith faces new cancer battle

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Nicole Dyer-Griffith plays with K2K presentation of Holy Trespasses–Life’s Bitter Sweet and Savoury Moments, as they crossed the stage at the Queen’s Park Savannah during the Parade of Bands on Carnival Tuesday.

Nicole Dyer-Griffith plays with K2K presentation of Holy Trespasses–Life’s Bitter Sweet and Savoury Moments, as they crossed the stage at the Queen’s Park Savannah during the Parade of Bands on Carnival Tuesday.

KRISTIAN DE SILVA

Lead Ed­i­tor–News­gath­er­ing

ke­jan.haynes@guardian.co.tt

For­mer Miss Uni­verse T&T and ex-gov­ern­ment sen­a­tor Nicole Dy­er-Grif­fith has re­vealed that her bat­tle with breast can­cer has tak­en a new turn, with doc­tors de­tect­ing a tu­mour in her brain.

In a video shared on so­cial me­dia, she spoke open­ly about the lat­est de­vel­op­ment.

“A few days be­fore Car­ni­val, I had to do an MRI, and the re­sults came back show­ing that there is a tu­mour in my brain. That is what you call a brain Mets, which is metas­ta­sis. That is when the can­cer spreads to an­oth­er part of the body, and in this case, it went to my brain.”

Dy­er-Grif­fith, who was first di­ag­nosed with stage three in­flam­ma­to­ry breast can­cer in April 2024, had un­der­gone chemother­a­py and ra­di­a­tion. She de­scribed her ini­tial re­ac­tion to the lat­est news as frus­tra­tion and dis­be­lief. “You can­not be se­ri­ous. I mean, all for cry­ing out loud, good grief. Give a man a break.”

De­spite the set­back, she has turned to her faith for strength, draw­ing on the bib­li­cal sto­ry of Job. “I kept go­ing back to the sto­ry of Job. It speaks to weath­er­ing storms, be­ing test­ed, push­ing the lim­its, and through all of it, not los­ing hope. It is about mak­ing sure that your faith is stronger than the test.”

She now pre­pares for an­oth­er round of treat­ment, in­clud­ing surgery and tar­get­ed ra­di­a­tion.

“So, the next step is surgery again, with­in the next week or so. We do tar­get­ed ra­di­a­tion. And all I’m hear­ing in my head is my friend from ra­di­a­tion say­ing, ‘Do not come back.’ I mean, I re­al­ly didn’t want to come back, and es­pe­cial­ly so soon. This is in­sane, but it is what it is.”

She said she has found com­fort in the sup­port of her loved ones and the wider com­mu­ni­ty.

“I can on­ly be be­cause of God’s grace, be­cause of my fam­i­ly’s sup­port, and be­cause of you. I re­al­ly do ap­pre­ci­ate it. So, thank you.”

She al­so asked for prayers for her fam­i­ly, ac­knowl­edg­ing the toll the ex­pe­ri­ence has tak­en on them.

“When you’re lift­ing me in prayer, lift them up as well. It’s very chal­leng­ing for all of us.”

De­ter­mined to keep mov­ing for­ward, she re­mains fo­cused on main­tain­ing a pos­i­tive out­look.

“One step at a time, one day at a time. This smile is not go­ing to come off be­cause by my faith is where I’ll be test­ed, and I will show you God’s grace and God’s glo­ry.”

Dy­er-Grif­fith’s re­silience has res­onat­ed with many as she con­tin­ues her fight.

“We have an­oth­er thing to do, and we’re go­ing to do it to­geth­er. I know you have my back, so we’re go­ing to do this to­geth­er,” she said.


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