A male breast cancer survivor reveals some startling statistics.
PUBLISHED May 24, 2018
Khevin Barnes is a Male Breast Cancer survivor, magician and speaker. He is currently writing, composing and producing a comedy stage musical about Male Breast Cancer Awareness. He travels wherever he is invited to speak to (and do a little magic for) men and women about breast cancer. www.BreastCancerSpeaker.com www.MaleBreastCancerSurvivor.com
It's not always easy being human. When you stop and think about all of the things that can go wrong in our bodies, it's a staggering and eye-opening revelation.
According to the World Health Organization, there are approximately 30,000 known diseases worldwide. If every disease represents one mile, you could easily circumnavigate planet Earth with the list. The National Safety Council reports that your odds of dying of cancer are 1 in 7.
According to the World Health Organization, there are approximately 30,000 known diseases worldwide. If every disease represents one mile, you could easily circumnavigate planet Earth with the list. The National Safety Council reports that your odds of dying of cancer are 1 in 7.
But if you're afraid of flying, you can rest easy. The odds of you being killed in a plane crash are just 1 in 205,552. As much as I hate to say it, we are much, much more likely to die of cancer.
It's not my intention to make this a depressing discussion. To the contrary, I started thinking about this with a positive attitude, realizing that we do pretty well in this very dangerous world, with most of us living to the ripe old age of just under 30,000 days. The average human life span is about 79 years.
That may not seem like much, but I find that when we think of our lives in days, it really hits home. As an example, I am just about to turn 68. If I am one of those "average" humans, I have about 4,000 days left.....
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