Prostate Cancer - Which Choice Would You Rather Make?

"Good Health Is No Accident" – Dr. Robin Roberts, Bahamian Urologist

Recently I was privileged to participate in Doctor’s Hospital’s distinguished lecture series, as well known Bahamian Urologist, Dr. Robin Roberts presented on the topic “The Healthy Male: Forty Years Plus…And Doing It All”. A presentation that every Bahamian man and boy should have an opportunity to experience.

Early on it looked like a ladies affair but the men eventually showed up and benefited from an informative, frank and open presentation on men health issues.

As I sat and listened it seemed like déjà vu. You see it was fifteen years ago that Dr. Roberts helped my son Rashad, by reconnecting his urethra, which was accidentally severed during a life changing surgery, and now there he was sharing information that was vital to possibly extending my life.

While you may not have the “genes” that ensures long life, from Dr. Roberts’ presentation it was clear that you are your own worst enemy. You are the ones doing the best you can during the first half of your lives to shorten the second half of your life. It’s your appetite that’s killing you!

Yes it’s “Your Lifestyle not your genes” that determines your health. Dr. Roberts premise was that most of the diseases that affects you later on in life are the result of choices you make and that “poor health was no accident” “good health is no accident!”

While Prostate cancer was what everyone wanted to hear about, it was very enlightening and astonishing to learn that men were leading the way in deaths in fifteen categories of preventable diseases.

Including High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Heart Disease, High Cholesterol, Obesity (65% of Bahamians are obese), Strokes and Cancers.

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October A Good Time To Look At Your Money & Health

Wow would you believe it’s October already? And before you realize it Christmas will be here and 2009 would have passed you by. That’s why it’s so important to take some time to reflect on what’s happening in your lives and around you because your daily activities sometimes distract us from what is really happening.

I think October gives us an opportunity with less than 100 days left in the year to see what you have accomplished, reminisced on the past, seriously consider your physical health, and diligently refocus your dreams for the future. Ironically, October has been declared not only youth’s month but also older persons month.

Older persons can now look back over their lives and see the journey that they have made to where they are and younger persons can look forward to where the journey that they are on will take them.

And no matter your age there are two things that would inevitably affect the quality of the lifestyle that you’re able to enjoy- Money and Health! Two issues but you cannot afford to ignored.

While youth gives you the strength of the energy and enthusiasm to be able to focus all of your skills and energy on earning money. It is not until you’re much older that you really appreciate the value of that money that you would have earned. And why it is so important now for you to begin to teach your children the value of money.

Never forgetting that money is only a tool that allows you to do what you want to do when you want to do it but this can only happen if you focus on creating wealth. Wealth is simply your ability to go without a pay cheque.

So the question you should be asking yourself is “how long can I go without a pay cheque? and this will tell you whether in fact you’re using your money to create wealth.

Unfortunately, you do not recognize the importance of creating wealth until you would have exhausted your most valuable resource - Your Time.

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