The Rachael Ray show is a
syndicated talk show that is new this season. Rachael Ray of
The Food Network's 30 Minute Meals hosts this light hearted, fun
talk show centered around cooking. You can visit the show's
website at: http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/
We have written the following
email to the show to ask them to do a segment about Lupus. We 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 the show's email
address:
rrfeedback@kingworld.com
To The Rachael Ray Show:
I want to start out by saying
that I am a big fan of your show. I think it is informative,
fun, and always entertaining. I am writing to you today to ask
you to do a segment 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 some time to a disease that is killing and disabling
thousands of women every year! We will be asking our support 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
