KUALA LUMPUR: The former manager of popular pop rock group Slam, Johan Aziz, who is suffering from bone cancer was recently rushed to the hospital.
"I really couldn't stand the pain anymore and was rolling around. I'm not even ashamed to cry in front of people. Only God knows the pain.
"I had difficulty breathing and my family finally called an ambulance to take me to Ampang Hospital.
"When I got there, the doctor couldn't do anything because my medical records were at a private medical centre. I was treated there before," said Johan of his experience last night in a Harian Metro report today.
According to him, the doctor gave him painkillers to ease the pain temporarily after an examination and allowed him to return home.
"I was supposed to undergo surgery to remove cancer cells that had spread to the bones at the private medical center.
"However, the doctor who treated me went for haj and will only return to Malaysia in the middle of this month.
"The doctor at Ampang Hospital didn't want to do anything for fear of worsening things for me," he said.
Johan added that he now had to take four types of painkillers and two more nerve medicines everyday.
According to him, the doctor at the private medical centre informed him that many of his nerves had already been damaged due to a previous surgery.
"That's why I can't walk so much, the doctor said I have to undergo surgery again. Other doctors don't dare to take over because they are afraid that other nerves could be affected.
"So I have to wait for this particular specialist doctor. But the pain is unbearable. I haven't slept for a week because of the pain," he said.
Johan who was responsible for rising the profile of Slam in the 1990s had colon cancer in 2018 followed by bone cancer later.
He has undergone chemotherapy for 56 times and surgery for four times.
"The last time I did chemotherapy was in January and during the fasting month I underwent bowel removal surgery. I never thought that after that the cancer would spread to my bones as well.
"Actually, even taking painkillers doesn't make the pain go away completely. I'm really suffering right now," he said.
Earlier, Johan's family uploaded a video of him on Facebook in a weak state in a hospital bed.
His family also requested for friends who know him to pray for his recovery.
