Strong Medicine

[Guest guest]

I don't know if anyone watched this show, but it's on Lifetime and I

think it's an excellent show. It's a little " soap opera-ish " , but

for

the most part, it deals with serious women's health issues. Well, I

got an idea watching the show tonight and just e-mailed the following

to Lifetime:

I am writing about the show Strong Medicine. I watch Strong Medicine

every week and am thrilled that their is finally a show that

addresses

so many health issues for women. Recently, I experienced a serious

health issue that I think would be an excellent story line for an

episode of Strong Medicine.

The 'quick' version of my story is that after a few months of trying

to start a family, my husband and I discovered that I was pregnant.

Unfortunately, I miscarried and was required to undergo a D & C.

Following the D & C, my cycles did not resume. My OB/GYN mistakenly

assumed the problem was hormonal, and after several months of trying

various medications, my OB/GYN suggested performing another D & C in

order to 'fix' the problem. Fortunately, I found a doctor online

that

literally screamed for me to not have another D & C. I later found out

that this treatment could have resulted in my never being able to

carry a child. Instead, I went to a specialist (a reproductive

encrinologist) that had dealt with Ashermans Syndrome (the syndrome

that my internet doctor believed I had) and was treated and am now

trying again to start a family.

I was lucky. Many women unknowingly follow the advise of their

OB/GYNs that are ill-informed of this condition. Ashermans Syndrome

is scarring and/or adhesions in the uterus caused by inflammation

following an overly aggresive d & c or other surgical procedure to

remove fibroids, polyps, septums, etc. For more information, please

look at our website at www.ashermans.freeservers.com

I know that Lifetime does not normally take script suggestions that

do

not come from a third party agent. However, I hope you will consider

passing this information along to the producers of Strong Medicine.

I

belong to an online community of Ashermans sufferers and one of our

goals is to educate women and more importantly, OB/GYNs about this

condition. The treatment options available to women can mean a

difference between having a minor surgical procedure to fix a

temporary problem and having to deal with the devastating effects of

never being able to bear children. Like I mentioned, I was one of

the

lucky women. Within our online community, their are many women that

have not been so lucky, simply because their OB/GYNs had never seen a

case of Ashermans and did not recognize the condition. My own doctor

told me that he had not seen a case in his 15+ years of practice in

Dallas.

Thank you for your consideration.

Noell

I guess I should have posted this first and taken suggestions on it,

but it's sent now. So...I don't expect anything to become of it, but

I thought it was worth a shot...maybe, if more of use write in,

they'll take notice.

Their address is www.lifetimetv.com Go to the bottom and click on

" Write Us " . I found a statement on another part of the site that

specifically says that they do not take scripts or suggestions

without

going through an agent, yet after I sent my note, it came back with a

little note that said " thanks - we depend on your ideas and input (or

something to that effect).

If anyone else writes in, let me know. I doubt we'll hear anything

back, but you never know...