Aug 30, 2011

Remember to Email Dr. Oz About POTS on Thursday, September 1st!!!


Please help us raise awareness about Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome ("POTS"). On September 1, 2011, we want 1000 people to e-mail the Dr. Oz Show about Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome and ask them to do an episode about it. We want everyone to send the e-mail on the same day to have a big impact.

On September 1, 2011, please visit Dr. Oz's website and ask them to do a show on POTS: http://www.doctoroz.com/contact

We have included sample e-mails below if you don't want to write your own. Please RSVP to this 'event' to let us know if you will participate in this e-mail campaign. Please invite others to join us. We need as many e-mails as we can get!

SAMPLE LETTER FROM POTS PATIENT:
Dear Dr. Oz,
I am a (age) year old (gender) from (location). I am a fan of your show and I have diagnosed with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome ("POTS"). It took a really long time to get diagnosed because not many people, even doctors, know about POTS. The experts at Mayo Clinic say there are at least 500,000 people in the U.S. currently diagnosed with POTS, and that there are probably another 500,000 people in the US who have it, but have been misdiagnosed. Your show would help raise awareness about POTS amongst the general public, and even within the medical profession. Please do a segment or a whole show on POTS.
Thank you,
(your name)

SAMPLE LETTER FROM FAMILY/FRIENDS OF POTS PATIENTS:
Dear Dr. Oz,
I am writing to you because I would like you to do an episode on Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS). My (friend/sister/spouse, etc.) has been diagnosed with POTS and it has really impacted (his/her) life. Mayo Clinic estimates that there are 500,000 patients in the U.S. currently diagnosed with POTS, and that there are probably another 500,000 patients suffering from POTS who have been misdiagnosed because there is a lack of awareness about POTS amongst the general public and in the medical community. Highlighting POTS on your show could go along way to increasing public awareness of this syndrome. Please do an episode on POTS on one of your upcoming shows.
Thank you,
(your name)

Aug 11, 2011

'Healing Hands'



Yet another wondrous mixed media piece, 'Healing Hands,' by my wonderful friend Marie C. Sakai, artist and editor at All Things Healing. View more of her work on her Facebook Fan Page or her personal blog.