This month is National Childhood Cancer Awareness month. I suggest doing a show to bring attention to this issue. Pediatric cancer is the leading cause of death to our children by disease. 1 in 330 children will be afflicted in their lifetime. 2009-09-08T14:20:58Z maybe false 154 4 390 approved 33200 2009-11-14T20:12:11Z 118782 1 in every 100 babies are born with some sort of heart defect. Over half of those babies will not make it to their first birthday. Yet nobody ever hears of CHD (Congential Heart Defects). There is screaning for other diseases such as Downs syndrome that effects 1 in every 1000 babies, yet still nothing for CHD. The doctors should shed some light on this issue. As well Aquired heart defects from viruses such as myocarditis that effects children and adults. Some babies are 1 in a million, mine is 1 out of 100. 2009-09-09T21:18:16Z maybe false 380 4 142 approved 22930 2009-11-20T15:31:15Z 120990 There needs to be more awareness and more truthful discussion on this subject. I am not a cancer parent, however I am involvd with children who are suffering and dying with this diease. I would like to see real stats and not what is given out. Not only in my view but in many of these parents view it is becoming an epidemic. 2009-09-09T03:31:06Z maybe false 304 18 48 approved 11400 2009-10-24T14:08:22Z 120291 THIS IS CHILDHOOD CANCER MONTH. DO IT FOR ALEXA BROWN WHO LOST HER BATTLE. 2009-09-16T23:59:12Z maybe false 726 2 28 approved 9030 2009-10-24T14:08:33Z 125169 Make awareness of CHD's to everyone. Symptoms in children, sonograms to detect before birth, etc. Long term care...what happens after they are diagnosed. How are they treated, what other procedures they have to go through. How it affects the rest of the family, siblings, etc. 2009-09-10T16:50:06Z maybe false 426 4 31 approved 4410 2009-11-20T15:31:30Z 121545 Diagnosis, Procedures, Life after surgery. The statistics of having a child with a heart defect. The links of what can cause a heart defect. How to prevent them from having anymore heart complications in the future. My Daughter was born with Transposition of the Great Vessels. What are the odds of this heart defect? How are other families coping with having a child with a Congental Heart Defect. 2009-09-10T18:40:36Z maybe false 435 4 46 approved 4010 2009-11-20T15:31:35Z 121613 I am a 38yr old female who was recently diagnosed with Long QT Sydrome (lqts) after being misdiagnosed with Epilepsy. I thought I was suffering from panic attacks for about a year which turned out to be seizures. During one of my hospital stays, I had an abnormal ekg. Even after my correct diagnosis, most of the doctors at the local hospital didn't even know how to treat me. After almost dying a couple of times when I went into Torsades, I finally recieved my defibrillator/pacemaker to prevent sudden death. I take beta blockers daily. I still struggle to get answers even from excellent doctors. Since then, my older son, my brother and mom have also been diagnosed. Long QT is a hereditary heart rhythm disorder (can also be aquired through some medication as well.) that can cause fainting, seizures or in some cases death. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/long-qt-syndrome/DS00434 Unfortunately, many otherwise healthy young athletes die suddenly and unexpectedly from this very treatable illness. My goal and hope is to spread the word on how important it is to have our young athletes properly screened before participating in any competitive sports. I also would like to point out that many people who are diagnosed with epilepsy and continue to have seizures despite medications need to have an ekg to rule this out. I hope that in my difficulty to get diagnosed that I can help someone avoid a tragedy. Jan 2009-09-07T16:41:03Z maybe false 96 18 22 approved 2360 2009-11-20T23:15:26Z 118283 Ugly Legs I had thrombo phlebitis when I was pregnant quite a few years ago and when I was pregnant with my 1st child, my Dr. told me it looked like I had already had 10 kids by the looks of my legs. I have had my legs stripped and had the laser treatment for my varicose veins to help with the pain. The measures I have taken to help my legs have helped the pain, but my legs are ugly. On vacation, I went into a convenient store to pay for the gas we had got and a trucker was in there and made fun of my legs saying he was glad he didn't have ugly legs and would never go out in public if he had legs that looked like mine. I ignored him like I thought was the best idea, but when we got back on the interstate he kept changing lanes in front of us with his 18 wheeler. I can't believe that the ugliness of my legs led my family to be in such an unsafe situation. The varicose veins have left my ankles at two different sizes with the right ankle measuring 10" and my left ankle measuring 12". Is there anything that can be done to minimize the bulging areas in my legs and make them look nice again? 2009-09-06T21:11:55Z maybe false 58 5 5 approved 1900 2009-11-06T03:07:37Z 118077 Let's review the latest technology in children with heart conditions and get the latest news on their prognosis for an active and healthy life such as surgery, antibiotics and exercise. 2009-09-09T03:09:10Z maybe false 302 4 11 approved 1750 2009-11-20T15:31:43Z 120273 For Chloe Downey of Charles City ia http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/chloedowney 2009-09-17T16:53:54Z maybe false 752 18 6 approved 1710 2009-10-10T07:33:40Z 125487