Help Conrad Reid in his fight against cancer

My name is Taitu Reid, my dad Conrad Reid (Papa Fiyah) a Rastafarian Patriarch struggling with Prostate Cancer.

He is a hard working family man who has been working constantly throughout his entire life and even harder since I was born 25 years ago.

My parents would be categorized as poor by society but I see them as more than their financial status, my dad grew up in Westmoreland Jamaica in the early 1950's from a struggling extended family but his parents instilled good work ethics on to him and his siblings from an early age.

He sighted the Rastafari faith in the early 1970's and the struggle employment as a Rastafarian was merely impossible at that time therefore he turn to the hills and begun farming food crops, burning fire coal and produce roots wines.

There as been a high demand for his roots wines over the years but because of financial instability, he does not have a good factory or area for his production therefore he is not able to source the raw materials for his production on a large scale and because of this the business is not profitable just a hand to mouth situation.

About three years ago he went to the doctor because he was concern about his prostate status and they ran some tests that showed that his PSA levels were over the average number. The doctor recommended that he ate less foods that's high in cholesterol.

He did what he was told and went for his regular check ups to ensure that all was well. After awhile the doctors informed him that his prostate gland had enlarged and recommend various medications that he took.

About 2 years ago they requested a prostate biopsy and after he did it and the results came back he was informed that it wasn't done properly and requested more blood test.

He did all that he was told and when the COVID 19 pandemic hit, due to the fact that it's the public health care system. He case was pushed aside and his appointments cancelled.

He kept calling the hospital to get any information about when his appointments would be rescheduled for but they kept giving him the run around. Earlier this year he accumulated some funds and visited a private doctor who gave him a referral to take to the public hospital and after which they requested some blood tests and from there the process restarted.

In September he did another biopsy that showed that the prostate became cancerous and so we are at this current point.

I'm my dad's only child and his wasn't aware of certain medical insurance policies before he became 64 and I was younger and didn't know the age lit and now he is 69 and he is not insured.

If my family were better off financial, my dad's illness wouldn't have progressed this far because the doctors in public health care system in Jamaica just makes you go around in circles instead of really dealing with your illness in time, but I trust that the Al-mighty will see my father through this difficult journey.

The success of this campaign is very essential to the funding of his treatment and medical expenses.

We give thanks to everyone for their assistance in advance.