Dr Oz. One hour on BC today

Frightening in this day and age that ANYONE would get health information from television. It is November Sweeps. That's when television shows have to pull out all the stops to get good ratings. I find the November and February Sweep months laughable.

"Re: Hmmm..guess it was only a half hour. Although I'm sure he said at the beginning that this was going to be his most important hour this year. "

I guess in the Land of Oz, time is another concept, along with logic and facts, that falls by the wayside.

Land of Oz for sure.  Although if it gets someone to do their own exams and get a yearly mamo I suppose that's for the good. 

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/whats-your-breast-cancer-risk-pt-1

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/whats-your-breast-cancer-risk-pt-2

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/whats-your-breast-cancer-risk-pt-3

Was it Sonocine?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJPSJfdSdkY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StP1YYlk8v0

Sorry if i'm intruding, i'm not dx.  But didn't he say if we are obese as an adult our risk is doubled?  Well, i have about 60lbs to lose so i'm obese.  Does that mean my risk is automatically 1/4women? Is that what he meant by that.  Maybe he could have covered more and been more accurate if he used the whole hour.

pickle - There is no need to apologize as many of us agree with you. It seems media always skirts around the "reality" of this disease for advanced patients.

That's right - Oz is an "Oprah" find - I don't think much of him - he seems to always come up with sensationalist topics - for instance, my powdered makeup is "cancer causing" - eating green vegetables means you won't get colon cancer - everything is simplistic and some is simply not true - I certainly would never listen to him about anything as serious as BC.  As for getting Oprah to run a two hour special what about getting ABC to get their morning co-anchor (whose name totally escapes me) to host the show - she had breast cancer and actually did a series on ABC that was very well done and VERY honest but it was only about her cancer - I bet she'd be interested in telling "all the stories" and maybe they could make it one of their 20/20 shows and honestly, I'd rather they broadcast in any other month than October when the airwaves are now littered with pink fluff.

Bluedahlia, I'm falling out of my chair laughing over your post!

I just watched Dr. Oz to see what all they hype was about. I couldn't believe he used the word "cure".  I agree with what  you said Fearless One, people would underestimate the seriousness of this disease - until it is too late.  If there was a cure for BC, we would not be here now would we!

Beth..Of course you say things so elegantly..We survivors all know the fear  and that there is no cure..We just continue to live and hope that we are not chosen to be the next one whose cancer has spread .

One error I saw on the above is that Stage Four means palliative care.This is not necessarily so. I believe it means also that the cancer has spread to another organ outside of the breast..That is not necessarily a vital one. ..Yes it is not the best sign but I feel it is an injustice to bury all of our stage four sisters.

I will try to find the show..

HUgs,

Francine

Sorry I have not seen the show.

One curious aside is that Dr.Oz is a noted heart surgeon here in NYC and I went to lunch today with a women whose sister was saved by him..I know three people who went to him before he became Oprahs boy and an often quoted doctor.

Hi Francine, that is so true!  We surely don't want our Stage IV sisters buried, I want my Stage III and IV sisters alive, I want a cure.

Here is what palliative means:  Medications and treatments are said to have a palliative effect if they relieve symptoms without having a curative effect on the underlying disease or cause.

Lord knows, I don't understand everything about cancer, and I want to learn.  If the above does not explain treatment in the Stage IV environment, I want to know.  I have a friend who was just diagnosed Stage IV, and she has spots on her organs.  But I also understand she'll be on treatment for the rest of her life with no hope for a cure (rather, remission, correct?)

Edited to add:  thank you for the clarifications after Francine's post.  I am learning, and appreciate everyone testing what we say carefully.

Not only to young women get diagnosed Stage IV, they often, according to many studies and the YSC, get diagnosed later stage than our other BC sisters (and I surmise that means more than 10% are Stage IV out of the gates, but I do not have numbers and have been looking--based on my personal experience, it is a lot more than 10%).  If you want to get hoppin' mad, it's watching how ignorant people are with my young survivor friends.  Of course, no one wants to talk about it, because it makes us all feel so out of control.  What it makes me is furious.

Bluedahlia - LOVE your earlier post!! LOL!!

My onc gets so irritated with Dr. Oz. A while back there was a segment about a chemo drug - I think it was Gleevac (sp?) and asked my onc about it. She stated that so many of her patients inquire about things he has said and they just are not true. It's sensationalism - get the viewers. Unfortunately it creates so many unsuspecting idiots - my sister's boyfriend was just talking about eating wild blueberries will prevent cancer. I can't believe how many people really believe this crap. Yes . . . many of the so-called remedies can HELP and not hurt. After all, living a healthy lifestyle has never been a bad thing. But cure and prevent? Nope.