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The pandemic took its toll on Tekira Hypolite’s waistline. Stuck at home during shelter-in-place she tipped the scales at 208lbs, her heaviest weight ever. Determined to do something about it she turned to her old friend, Kamel Dickinson. The persona...

Today marks three weeks since the removal of my pituitary tumour. While I am feeling well and able, I have been warned that returning back to my weight training schedule must be done carefully or there could be quite a few complications. As an acti...

Treasure Tannock loved Bootsie’s popular song, Bermudians Love to Drink. It wasn’t until she got older that she gave any real thought to the deeper implications of its lyrics. “As a young kid you are dancing to it but as you grow up, you realise how ...

Five months after a health scare that threatened her sight and caused a 30lb weight gain, Betty Doyling is on the road to recovery. The personal trainer flew to Boston two weeks ago to have a tumour removed from her pituitary gland, a pea-sized orga...

I was ruminating the other day how running a vet practice is very much like being the principal of a Formula One race team. Let me explain what I mean. You have the vets – your race drivers – highly skilled precision workers who constantly think on t...

“The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.” ― Frank Lloyd Wright For a long time, I sought motivation. I read books about how to be rich and famous or how to achieve goals or how to change habits. Books helped me, but I didn't feel the auth...

June has finally arrived! If you've been following me for a while, you know this is my favourite month … my birthday month and the beginning of summer. Although life for most looks different than previous summers, the desire to eat BBQ foods, drink s...

On the way to her first chemotherapy treatment in October 2017, Nina London vowed that at some point in the future she would do something to help others with cancer. Pals can confirm she has done that, and then some. Three years after that trip to Mi...

As veterinarians, we live for those patients that come along every once in a while and make us go “hmmm”. One patient that I will never forget – we'll call him Fluffy to protect his anonymity – once really opened my eyes, rather ironically. You see, ...

In six days I will hopefully have all my health issues resolved, having had surgery to remove a benign pituitary tumour at the base of my brain. I could have ignored the weight gain and other symptoms, however I’m glad I decided to pay a visit to my ...