The View has now dedicated two
episodes to diseases. The first one was about Autism and the
second about Women and Depression. Both times they dedicated
the entire episode to the disease. They had medical experts,
sufferers and their loved ones as guests. Both of these shows
were VERY informative to all sides of the issues. They
discussed history, statistics, symptoms, treatments, alternative
treatments, future hope, and more.
We think The View should do one
of these shows about Lupus. We have written the following
email to the show and encourage all of you to write to them as well.
You can tell them your story, give them Lupus information and stats
and encourage them to cover this important topic.
Here is where you can go to
email them:
http://abc.go.com/daytime/theview/ask
To The View:
I have seen your shows about
Autism and Women and Depression. They were fantastic!
Both of these shows were very informative and supportive. They
were a real public service! I am writing to ask you to do to
one of these shows about Lupus.
Lupus affects an estimated 1.5
million Americans and 90% of them are women. For such a common
disease that is killing thousands of Americans every year, it is
dreadfully under publicized, misunderstood and lets just be honest,
ignored. This disease is often disabling and almost always
life altering for not only the patient, but also for their families.
It has been 40 years since the FDA has approved a new treatment for
Lupus. That is inexcusable when the current treatments can be
just as debilitating as the disease itself.
Almost everybody has heard of
Lupus and even knows somebody who has it, but if you asked them what
it is they wouldn't know, or they would tell you something vague or
just plain false. There are a lot of misconceptions out there
and sadly these have been perpetuated by people in the media.
On Monday, March 5th Dr. Phil made false and misleading comments
about this disease including stating that it was not life
threatening. Every time a public figure like him minimizes the
disease with lies like that, it sets back Lupus Awareness and
possibly even a cure.
We hope you will consider
dedicating a show to a disease that is killing and disabling
thousands of women every year! We will be asking our network
of Lupus patients and their families to let you know how much this
show is needed as well. If you want to read more about Lupus
you can visit my website at Cure4Lupus.org or the Lupus Foundation
of America's website at Lupus.org.
Kendra
Isola
Webmaster@Cure4Lupus.org
