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Originally Posted by only4some1special  oh cool! kat was on oprah! pls do let us know what show it was, i will try to search it on youtube, will love to see her on that show. |
It was back in 2002-ish for a weight loss story/emotional eating show. Actually, there were two of us on with PCOS...we both spoke to a senior producer about possibly doing a show...
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Originally Posted by auburn315 Maybe Oprah hasn't done a show because there is so little known about the disease. |
There's actually a lot known. I think that part of it has to do with something that happened with Dr Phil (when he was still on Oprah) years ago. I can't recall what he said, but it triggered a nasty backlash from the pcos community that wasn't very constructive. It could have been used as a 'teaching' opportunity, but the letters and emails were really mean...
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Originally Posted by auburn315 By the way, how many users are there of us? Maybe we should all bombard their emails. Everyone send an email to each about PCOS. Send a personal story along with it because it affects women differently and so many truly touching ways. But we would need to be concerted in our effort and all send the email within the same time frame so it would be obvious we're trying to reach them. |
The membership count is listed at the bottom of the board on the main page. It's around 51,000.
I've posted my thoughts on how to approach the media on several threads over the years...
There are several very effective things that can be done that don't require 'everyone' getting involved.
- Respond to the magazine interview requests that I post regularly.
- Contact your local newspaper and television health reporters and ask them to tell YOUR story. Most reporters don't do stories to 'get the word out' (about any disease)...they do stories that have 'a story'.
- Work on beating PCOS... Get serious about healthy eating and physical activity (not necessarily 'dieting' per se, but a regular program of health). Take your meds (if you take them) on time, and as directed... Be proactive with your medical team... Keep a journal of what you're doing, because THAT will become your story.
- Thank media outlets that do stories featuring pcos or cysters. (did anyone write CNN and thank them when Tithers was on last week? Or when our other cyster appeared in the April edition of Fitness?) If pcos wasn't mentioned, or only briefly mentioned, politely ask them to consider doing a larger feature story on pcos...