meditating to manage stress.
At 67, he understands that prioritizing his health lets him enjoy a full life. In the coming months, he’ll be releasing a book, album and musical about Destiny’s Child. He also teaches a weekly class in sports, event and entertainment marketing at Prairie View A&M University in Texas.
“What is quality of life?” Knowles said. “It’s not just money. It starts with health.”
His medical journey began one night when he noticed a red dot on his white undershirt. He saw it again the next night. It went away for a few days, then returned. He realized it was always near his right nipple. He mentioned it to his wife, and she said she’d recently seen red spots on their bedsheets.
Knowles squeezed his right nipple and out came a glob of blood. After thinking through other scenarios, he wondered if breast cancer was a possibility. In addition to his family history, it was top of mind because his wife’s sister died of it in January and his wife’s mom is battling it.
The next day Knowles saw his internist, Dr. James Muntz, who sent a sample for further testing. The lab work prompted a mammogram, which found a stage 1A tumor. He became among the mere 2,000 or so men in the country likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer this year.
Because only 0.1% of men develop breast cancer but up to 10% of men with a