CONTACTING THE TALK SHOW HOSTS RE PANCREATITIS & MATTHEW PERRY

March 30, 2001

Mark:

I enjoyed the chat session the other day. It is so nice being able to talk to

others whom know what it is like to live with pancreatitis. The support that

we give eachother helps each and everyone of us to get through every day.

I was part of the chat session Wednesday night. I brought up the idea about

getting together as a group and sending our stories to different talk show

hosts. We are often so mistreated and misjudged by the medical community

especially after articles like the one about appear in

international magazines like People Magazine and/or other magazines. In this

magazine article it is mentioned that pancreatitis is caused by alcohol and

drugs. No other causes are listed. Several people contacted People Magazine

to no avail. Many received only a standard form letter back from People

Magazine.

We need to get the public's attention and bring up our thoughts about the

article. We need to let the talk show hosts know that not all

pancreatitis attacks are caused by alcohol or drugs. There are other causes.

We need to let them know what type of symptoms we live with everyday and how

we are often misjudged and/or mistreated by the ER docs, residents, and

others of the medical community. I think that the talk show hosts may be

interested in ordinary people's stories.

I did get the e-mail addresses of several talk show hosts. Can you post them

on your website for others to see. I think that we should contact these talk

show hosts possibly at the same time and on the same date. I was thinking

maybe contacting the talk show hosts as a group tomorrow Saturday, 3/31/01 at

10:00 PST or 1:00 EST and sharing our stories with the talk show hosts. Here

are websites of the talkshow hosts:

The Oprah Winfrey Show - www.oprah.com (After getting into the website,

click e-mail, then e-mail oprah)

The Montel Show - www.montelshow.com (After getting into the

website, click " interact " , then e-mail Montel)

The Show - www.jennyjones.warnerbros.com (After getting into the

website, click " contact us " then " show ideas " .

The Sally Raphael Show - www.sallyjr.com (After getting into the

website, click " show ideas " then " list idea or request " )

If tomorrow is not a good time to contact the talk show hosts for everybody

in the group. Then let's decide on another date or time to contact the talk

show hosts.

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