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>> ANNOUNCER: TODAY "THE
DOCTORS" IS ALL NEW! .
>> 24% OF COUPLES SLEEP APART.
>> CAN SEPARATE BEDS SPICE UP
YOUR MARRIAGE.
>> WHAT ARE THE WARNING SIGNS
YOUR NAILS MAY GIVE YOU.
>> THIS COULD BE A LIVER
PROBLEM THIS ULD BE A SIGN
OF A MELANOMA.
>> THE CLUES, THE CAUSE, THE
CURE.
THE BRAND-NEW ALTERNATIVE TO
THE E.R. AND THE DOCTOR.
>> OUR NURSE PRACTITIONERS
DIAGNOSE, PRESCRIBE AND TREAT.
>> BRUISING.
>> WHY THIS HAPPENS AND WHEN
YOU NEED TO WORRY.
>> THE SPIT UP.
>> THAT'S A SIGN YOU NEED TO
CALL THE DOCTOR, IT COULD BE
AN EMERGENCY.
>> COMING UP RIGHT NOW ON "THE
DOCTORS" WHERE M.D. MEETS T.V.
♪♪ ♪
DOCTOR, DOCTOR
GIVE ME THE NEWS
♪ ♪
>> WELCOME TO "THE DOCTORS",
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US
TODAY! CRACKED LIPS,
UNEXPLAINED BRUISING.
NAIL DISCOLORATION.
UNUSUAL BABY SPIT-UP.
SOMETIMES THESE PROBLEMS ARE
NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT, BUT
THEY CAN BE WARNING SIGNS OF
SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS.
SO, TODAY WE ARE LETTING YOU
KNOW IF AND WHEN YOU NEED TO
WORRY ABOUT THE CLUES YOUR
BODY MAY BE GIVING YOU.
BUT FIRST, EVEN IF YOU ARE
MADLY IN LOVE, A LITTLE
SEPARATE TIME CAN BE HEALTHY
FOR THE RELATIONSHIP.
WHAT ABOUT SEPARATE BEDS?
>> I THINK SLEEPING IN
SEPARATE BEDS IS NOT RIGHT FOR
MARRIED COUPLES.
>> HOW DO YOU GET SEX YUALITY
IF YOU ARE NOT IN THE SAME
BED?
>> I DON'T THINK THERE'S A
GOOD REASON TO BE IN A
SEPARATE ROOM.
>> NO. 1 SNORING, NO. 2
WIGGLING.
>> I PUT ON THE HEADSET AND I
DROWNED OUT THE SNORING.
>> THE ROOF IS GONNA FALL
DOWN.
IT'S LIKE A TRUCK COMING
THROUGH THE BEDROOM.
>> NUMBER 3, EXCESSIVE
TALKING.
NUMBER 4 BAD BREATH.
>> I AM NEWLY MARRIED SO I
DON'T WANT HIM TO THINK I
DON'T LIKE HIM JUST YET.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> OH, MAN!
>> 24% OF COUPLES SLEEP APART.
>> NO WAY.
I LIKE TO SNUGGLE.
>> YEAH.
>> THE BONDING THING IS SO
IMPORTANT.
>> BUT SO IS A GOOD NIGHT'S
SLEEP.
>>
>> YEAH, IT IS.
>> SO LET'S MOVE ON, THERE'S
ANOTHER THING WHERE WE'RE
COMPARING MEN AND WOMEN.
A COLORADO GROUP OF
RESEARCHERS SAY THAT WOMEN'S
HANDS, WHEN COMPARED TO MENS,
HARBORED MORE GERMS.
IN PARTICULAR --
>> YES! HA! AHHHH! FINALLY!
>> NO, NO, NO, FINALLY.
>> WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT THAT?
>> I HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS
STUDY IS STUPID!
>> NO, IT IS!
>> OH, MY GOD, HOW CUTOUCH
THAT!
>> HERE!
>> YEAH , THIS IS WHY THE STUDY
IS STUPID.
WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT?
THE STUDY LOOKED AT 1
COLLEGE-AGED STUDENTS.
SO IT'S NOT EVEN A GOOD STUDY.
>> OKAY, AUTOMATIC.
>> I AGREE.
>> AND THE BACTERIA THAT'S ON
THE SKIN IS REALLY NOT EVEN
HARMFUL SO ALL THIS DOES IS A
STUDY THAT'S DETRIMENTAL TO
WOMEN.
I'M SORRY.
>> OKAY, LET'S NOT TAKE IT TOO
SERIOUSLY HERE.
>> THIS IS A STUDY THAT
SHOWOOSE -
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
>> IT DIDN'T SHOW MORE GERMS
BUT IT SHOWED MORE GERM
DIVERSITY.
THERE WERE MORE TYPES OF
GERMS, AGAIN, HARMLESS, BUT
THERE'S A THEORY THAT MAYBE
THE ACIDITY IN A WOMAN'S HANDS
MAKES THEM "DIRTIER".
>> A STUDY SAYS IT MAY BE
POSSIBLY DUE TO THE ACIDITY.
IT'S A THEORY.
51 STUDENTS.
>> NOT EVERY STUDY SHOWS --
MAYBE THERE'S MORE OF THIS FOR
WOMEN.
IT MEANS -- YOU GET SO UPSET.
THEIR HANDS ARE NOT DIRTIER.
>> ARE YOU A WOMAN?
>> NO!
>> IF I WERE, I WOULD BE A LOT
CLEANER AND PRETTIER.
>> I AM SURPRISED THEY EVEN
FOUND THAT, BECAUSE YOU WOULD
THINK THAT WOMEN WASH THEIR
HANDS MORE THAN MEN.
YOU DON'T WORRY ABOUT YOUR
HANDS.
>> THEY'RE THEORIZING IT'S
DUE TO MAKE UP AND --
>> IT'S YOUR PURSES.
REMEMBER WE DID THAT ON THE
SHOW.
SHE POURED OUT THE STUFF, AND
WE TESTED AND CULTURED IT.
IT WAS WRONG!
>> GERM ON PURSES, THAT'S
WRONG!
>> WOMEN 'S HANDS ARE DIRTIER
THAN MEN'S?
NO IT SHOWED THERE'S MORE
DIVERSITY.
>> YOU CAN'T SAY ONE SEX --
>> THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO DO
THIS.
>> YOU GUYS ARE SO STUPID
SOMETIMES BECAUSE YOU NEVER --
>> I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW!
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> I LOVE HOW EVERY TIME --
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> WE'RE JUST "STUPID" AND,
YOU KNOW --
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
THEY'RE WATCHING YOU BE STUPID
BECAUSE I AM TALKING ABOUT
SEXISM, FULET OUT A CERTAIN --
SELECT OUT A CERTAIN GROUP AND
SAY NEGATIVE THINGS ABOUT
THEM.
>> WE SHOULD NEVER STUDY THE
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEN AND
WOMEN BECAUSE IT'S SEXIST?
>> I DON'T UNDERSTAND!
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> COME ON.
COME OVER HERE.
COME ON OUR SIDE.
>> GET THIS OVERWITH.
>> I YOU.
>> FEWER GERMS OVER HERE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> THEY DIDN'T GIVE YOU ANY
GOOD REASONOOSE -
>> LISA, WE'RE ON THE SAME
PAGE HERE.
ABSOLUTELY, 100%, IT LOOKED AT
51 COLLEGE KIDS HAND OOZE -
>> THAT'S WHY I AM SAYING,
IT'S A STUPID STUDY!
>> BUT EVERYBODY, WASH YOUR
HANDS, MEN OR WOMEN.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> GIVE ME MORE OF THIS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> SO SHOULD I WASH MY MOUTH
OUT WITH SOAP, TOO?
>> YES!
>> WE WILL MOVE ON.
THERE'S ANOTHER CONTROVERSY IN
THE HEADLINES.
IT'S THE ONGOING DEBATE ABOUT
WOMEN ... THIS IS ABOUT WOMEN.
WHETHER OR NOT WOMEN SHOULD
SHARE BREAST MILK.
>> BREAST MILK IS BEST.
BUILDING IMMUNITIES AGAINST
EAR INFECTION, DIARRHEA AND
RESPIRATORY ILLNESS.
>> BOOTLEG BREAST MILK SALES
ARE PUMPING UP ON THE
INTERNET.
WOMEN ARE SELLING THEIR MILK
AT $3 AN OUNCE.
>> SEEKING OUT UNCESTED
DONATIONS MAY -- UNTESTED
DONATIONS MAY NOT BE SAFE.
>> VIRAL INFECTIONS CAN BE
PASSED THROUGH BREAST MILK.
>> DO YOU KNOW IF THEY HAVE A
PAST HISTORY OF DRUG USE.
DO YOU KNOW IF THEY'RE
SMOKERS?
>> THERE'S A LOT OF RISK.
>> SO, WHEN WE FIRST TALKED
ABOUT WET-NURSING ON THE SHOW,
SHARING LITERALLY *** WITH
OTHER, YOU KNOW, OTHER
CHILDREN, LIKE THIS WOMAN DID,
WHEN SHE WAS IN AFRICA.
A CHILD TOOK BREAST MILK FROM
HER.
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID --
>> SHE WAS TRYING TO DO
SOMETHING VERY, VERY GOOD.
THERE'S A LOT OF CONTROVERSY
TO THIS.
>> WHAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO
DID IT AND THE WRONG WAY TO
DID IT.
>> GO TO AFRICA ALL THE TIME.
AND IT'S EVEN MORE COMPLICATED
AND DIFFICULT OF A SUBJECT
THAN YOU THINK.
THERE'S A LOT OF WOMEN WHO
SHOULDN'T BE BREASTFEEDING
BECAUSE OF ***, AND AGAIN WILL
IT'S AN ECONOMICAL THING TO
DID FOR THEM, AND SOMETIMES
SAFETY BECAUSE OF WATER AND
THINGS LIKE THAT, FORMULA MAY
NOT BE AS GOOD.
>> VERY OFTEN THEY DON'T HAVE
A CHOICE.
>> THEY DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLICATED
ISSUES WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A
DIFFERENT COUNTRY, VERSUS
TALKING ABOUT WOMEN HERE USING
MIMK BANKS AND THINGS LIKE
THAT.
>> SOME WOMEN CAN'T
BREASTFEED.
>> A WOMAN HAD A DOUBLE
MASKECTOMY, AND COULDN'T
BREASTFEED AND SHE WAS ABLE TO
GET A LOT OF DONORS TO GET
MILK BUT YOU GOTTA GO THROUGH
THE BREAST MILK BANK.
THEY PASTEURIZE THE MILK.
THERE'S NO INFECTIONS.
>> SOME OF THAT
PASTURIZATIONS, YOU WILL NOT
GET THE MINERALS.
>> YOU WILL LOWER THE QUALITY
OF MILK.
>> MAYBE I CAN'T BREASTFEED,
IS IT OKAY OR NOT TO USE MILK
FROM A BREAST MILK BANK IN
>> YES, I THINK SO.
>> I DON'T THINK.
>> WHAT'S WRONG WITH WITH IT?
>> I THINK FORMULA IS JUST AS
GOOD, ESPECIALLY WHEN --
>> YOU ARE WRONG ABOUT THAT.
>> WHEN YOU PASTEURIZE IT --
>> YOU THINK THERE'S HARMFUL
TO BABIES WHO HAVE FARM LA.
?
A.FINE. YOU COMPARE,
SCIENCE SHOWS BREAST MILK IS
BETTER.
>> YOU DON'T GET 100%
INFECTION FREE FROM THE MILK
BANK.
YOU GOTTA INSPECT T.
>> YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE
POTENTIAL.
>> I WORRY ABOUT SHARING BODY
FLUIDS OF ANY TYPE, BUT NO ONE
WILL ARGUE THAT IN GENERAL,
BREAST MILK IS SUPERIOR TO
FORMULA.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN WOMEN WHO
FARM LAFEED ARE DOING SOME --
FORMULA FEED ARE DOING SOME --
>> WHEN THE MOTHER DOESN'T
HAVE AN INFECTION, LIKE *** OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHICH IS
PREVALENT IN OTHER COUNTRIES
AND SHOULDN'T BE DOING THAT.
>> FORMULA HAS COME A LONG
WAY, WE HAVE ADDED IMPORTANT
FEAT ACIDS, AND IT'S -- FATTY
ACIDS THAT HAS CLOSED THE GAP.
>> WARNING SIGNS YOUR BODY IS
TRYING TO TELL YOU.
THERE'S AN ANNOYING LIP ISSUE
NEXT.
>> HIRKSDOCTORS, I -- HI,
DOCTORS, I GET DRY CHAPPED
LIPS AND I USE LIP GLOSSES AND
OINTMENTS TO TRY TO ALLEVIATE
THE PAIN AND NOTHING SEEMS TO
HELP.
>> WHAT CAN I DO IT PREVENT
IT?
IS IT CHAPPED LIPS OR COULD IT
BE MORE SERIOUS?
>> PAULINE IS HERE TALKING
ABOUT LIP CRACKS.
PAULINE, THANKS FOR JOINING
US.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS
BEFORE THE SHOW.
ANYONE GET THOSE PAINFUL
CRACKS IN THE CORNER OF YOUR
MOUTH?
>> I USED TO GET THAT A LOT.
SUN EXPOSURE SOMETIMES WILL DO
THAT TO YOU.
>> IT'S CALLED ANGULAR
CHOLITIS.
IT'S THE TECHNICAL NAME.
IT'S A LIP CRACK.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE ANIMATION,
RIGHT AT THE CORNER, YOU ARE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE LIP CRACKS.
AND OF COURSE WHEN THAT
HAPPENS, ANYONE WHO HAS HAD
THIS, IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO
HEAL.
IT'S LIKE A PAPER CUT.
IT'S VERY IRRITATING.
WHEN YOU HAVE THESE, YOU DO
WANT TO AVOID SHARING UTENSILS
AND KISSING OTHER PEOPLE.
THERE'S A RISK OF INFECTION.
>> YOU ARE GETTING THESE ALL
THE TIME, PAULINE.
YOU MAY WANT TO TALK TO THE
DOCTOR ABOUT LOOKING AT YOUR
BLOOD LEVELS OF B-12.
IF YOU HAVE LOW B-12 OR LOW
IRON, THAT CAN BE A CAUSE OF
REPEAT EPISODES OF ANGULAR
CHELITIS.
>> YOU WANT TO ADD THINGS TO
YOUR DIET.
VEGETABLES YOU SEE HERE,
SPINACH IS LOADED WITH IRON.
NOLT AS EASILY ABSORBED THAT
COMES FROM MEAT OR ANIMAL
SOURCES.
>> ANYONE OUT THERE WHO IS A
VEAG AN, WHO DOESN'T EAT
ANIMAL PRODUCTS, EGGS, MILK,
YOU ARE NOT GETTING VITAMIN
B12 IN THE DIET AND YOU NEED
TO GET SUPPLEMENTED.
>> A GOOD SOURCE IS FORTIFIED
CEREALS OR SOY PRODUCTS, IT
WORKS WELL FOR THE B12.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
INFORMATION.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR
QUESTION.
>> COMING UP, WHART WARNING
SIGNS YOUR NAILS AND NIPPLES
MAY BE GIVING YOU.
THE HEALTH SECRETS YOUR BODY
WANTS YOU TO KNOW.
AND LATER, HAVE YOU HAD
ABRAUSE THAT APPEARED -- A
BRUISE THAT APPEARED OUT OF NO
WHERE.
WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN?
AND WHEN DO YOU NEED TO WORRY?
WE WILL LET YOU KNOW NEXT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
♪ ♪ I
>> Announcer: COMING UP ...
>> I WAS GENERAL PARTNERSHIP
I WAS GETTING UNDRESSED AND I
NOTICED I HAD SOMETHING RED ON
MY SHIRT.
I PULLED THE BREAST UPWARD AND
MY *** WAS BLEEDING!
AND LATER ...
>> AND THE BABY IS SPITTING
UP?
OH! BOOM.
YOU CAN SEE THAT CAN ACTUALLY
LOOK LIKE A LARGE AMOUNT.
ESPECIALLY IF IT'S SPREAD ALL
OVER THE TABLE.
BUT THIS IS
[ APPLAUSE ]
♪ ♪
>> WELCOME BACK, TODAY IS ALL
ABOUT UNCOVERING THE CLUES
THAT YOUR BODY IS TRYING TO
GIVE YOU.
WHEN OUR NEXT GUEST DISCOVERED
BLOOD ON HER SHIRT, SHE HAD NO
IDEA HOW SERIOUS HER SYMPTOMS
REALLY WERE.
OR HOW IT WOULD EFFECT HER OWN
DAUGHTER!
>> THIS ALL STARTED IN JULY.
I WAS GETTING UNDRESSED FOR
BED.
AND I NOTICED THAT I HAD
SOMETHING RED ON MY SHIRT.
I PULLED MY BREAST UPWARD AND
MY *** WAS BLEEDING.
I IGNORED IT.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD GO AWAY.
I CALLED MY DOCTOR A FEW DAYS
LATER AND SCHEDULED A MAMMOGRAM.
SHE SAID WE SHOULD DO A
CHAO-ONE TESTING AND IT WAS
POSITIVE.
THERE WAS A HIGH CHANCE I
WOULD HAVE CANCER IN MY
BREAST.
AND THEY NEEDED TO OPERATE.
QUICKLY.
>> MY DOCTOR SAID THAT THERE
WOULD BE A 50% CHANCE THAT ONE
OF MY DAUGHTERS WOULD BE
BRACKO POSITIVE.
WHEN IT CAME BACK I WAS
POSITIVE, A CARIER OF THE
JEAN-- GENE, IT DIDN'T
REGISTER.
WE HAVE UP TO A 50% CHANCE OF
AN OVARIAN CANCER.
I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION TO
HAVE THE MASTECTOMY.
I COULDN'T IMAGINE THAT MY
DAUGHTER IS TELLING ME, THE
SAME STORY, THEY AM TRYING TO
GET THROUGH MY HEAD ABOUT
MYSELF.
MY DOCTORS ALL SUGGESTED THAT
I NEED TO DO A MASTECTOMY,
BECAUSE IF I DIDN'T HAVE
BREAST CANCER TODAY, I WOULD
HAVE IT SOON.
I DID RESEARCH AND FOUND THE
SKIN SPARING MASTECTOMY.
THEY CAN SAVE A LOT OF YOUR
SKIN SO THERE'S A GREAT
POSSIBILITY OF SAVING THE
***.
AND IT'S A TOUGH DECISION.
>> HOW'S YOUR DAY?
>> I JUST WANT TO BE A GRANNY
FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
>> IT WAS DEVASTATING NEWS FOR
BERNADET AND HER DAUGHTER,
TINA, BUT A GOOD WARNING FOR
ALL WOMEN.
BLOOD OR DISCHARGE FROM THE
NIPPLES CAN BE A SIGN OF
TUMORS AND EVEN BREAST CANCER.
WE HAVE BERNADET AND HER
DAUGHTER, TINA, WITH US.
THANK YOU.
>> SO, WHEN YOU FIRST NOTICED
THE BLEEDING COMING FROM THE
***, WHAT DID YOU DO?
>> I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, I
JUST THOUGHT, THAT YOU KNOW,
IT WAS BLEEDING AND IT WOULD
GO AWAY.
I IGNORED IT.
>> DID YOU JUST WANT TO IGNORE
IT?
WERE YOU IN DENIAL OR YOU
DIDN'T THINK THAT IT
POTENTIALLY COULD BE SOMETHING
THAT SERIOUS?
>> I THINK PART OF ME WAS IN
DENIAL AND THE OTHER PART
THOUGHT IT WOULD GO AWAY.
I AM HEALTHY AND I DON'T GET
SICK.
I HADN'T HAD A MAMMOGRAM, I
THOUGHT, NOTHING IS BROKEN, I
HAD NO SYMPTOMS, I DIDN'T FEEL
LIKE ANYTHING WAS WRONG.
>> AND I SEE THIS OFTEN IN MY
OFFICE.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
WOMEN WHO FIND SOMETHING, THEY
IGNORE IT BECAUSE THEY'RE
AFRAID OF WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
THEY THINK IT WILL MEAN THE
WORST.
AND YOUR DOCTOR ACTUALLY
SUGGESTED THAT YOU GET THE
BRACKATESTING.
THE TESTING FOR THE BREAST
CANCER GENE.
>> THERE'S HISTORY IN THE
FAMILY, WITH THE HISTORY IN
THE FAMILY WE WILL DO THE TEST
ON YOU, AND THEN THEY DID
THEMRI, THEY SAID WE WILL
REMOVE THE LEFT WILL DUCT
SYSTEM.
>> WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR
MIND BECAUSE I HAVE SO MANY
PATIENTS WHO SAY, SHOULD I GET
TESTED FOR THAT, TINA, OR NOT.
BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS, YOU
WERE MET WITH THE QUESTION OF,
WHAT AM I GONNA DO "F" IT
COMES BACK -- IF IT COMES BACK
POSITIVE.
SOME WOMEN MIGHT DO SURGERY OR
SOME DO MEDICATION OR SOME
WOMEN MIGHT NOT DO ANYTHING.
YOU KNOW, DOES THAT GO THROUGH
YOUR MIND?
>> I WAS NOT GONNA DO
ANYTHING.
BECAUSE IT STILL HADN'T
REGISTERED TO ME WHAT IT WAS
AND WHAT IT MEANT.
I WAS GONNA DO NOTHING.
>> WHEN YOU FOUND OUT, THAT
MEANS YOU ARE AN 87% GREATER
RISK OF DEVELOPING BREAST
CANCER, THEN THAT HAD FINALLY,
I ASSUME --
>>IS WAS GONNA IGNORE T. I WAS
HOPING FOR THE BEST.
I THOUGHT IT WILL GO AWAY.
IT'S NOT ME.
THIS ISN'T ME.
AND THAT'S A TOTAL NORMAL
FIRST REACTION.
>> BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO
BECOME A VICTIM TO BREAST
CANCER.
>> DON'T WANT TO BECOME A
VICTIM.
>> IF YOU CAN, YOU WANT TO BE
AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
SO, YOU -- YOU HAD A DIFFERENT
SORTA SITUATION, THOUGH.
>> RIGHT.
WERE YOU HAVING SYMPTOMS?
>> I HAD NO SYMPTOMS,
WHATSOEVER.
BECAUSE MY MOM CAME BACK
POSITIVE, WITH THE TEST, WITH
THE GENE, THEY WANTED TO HAVE
MY STORY AND I TESTED BECAUSE
IT LOOK -- SISTER AND I TESTED
BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE THE ONE
OF THE TWO OF US WOULD HAVE
IT.
SO I TOOK THE TEST AND IT CAME
BACK POSITIVE.
AND I WAS SHOCKED.
>> I CAN ONLY IMAGINE.
>> NO, NO, I MEAN, THERE'S NO
GREATER BOND THAN A MOTHER AND
DAUGHTER, AND YOU GAVE HERT
RED FLAGS, SO YOU COULD GET
TESTED.
>> WHEN WE GOT TESTED, SHE
SAID, MOM, YOU SAVED MY LIFE
WHEN SHE CAME BACK POSITIVE.
>> ABSOLUTELY, YOU DID.
ABSOLUTELY.
YOU DID.
BREAST CANCER, THE FURTHER
ALONG YOU GET, WITH BREAST
CANCER IT'S EARLY DETECTION,
IT'S THE KEY.
OR PREVENTION.
WE HAVE SO FEW TOOLS EXCEPT
WHAT YOU ARE DOING, AND IT'S
GREAT YOU WERE WILLING TO DO
SOMETHING, BECAUSE BEFORE, THE
IDEA OF SURGERY, YOU KNOW, FOR
WOMEN, IT WAS JUST LIKE
UNTHINKABLE AND A LOT OF WOMEN
ACTUALLY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
THEY DID NOT GET TESTED
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GO
DOWN THAT ROAD.
>> AND A BODY PART, IF WE ARE
GETTING INTO THAT --
>> THAT'S WHY WE HAVE YOU ON
THE SHOW TODAY, BECAUSE YOU
TOOK MATTERS INTO YOUR OWN
HANDS.
YOU GOT THE GENE TEST AND YOU
KNEW IT PUT YOU AT RISK.
THEY LEARNED ABOUT AN
EXTRAORDINARY SURGERY THAT
WOULD NOT ONLY TREAT THE
CANCER BUT SAVE THE APPEARANCE
OF THEIR ***, AS WELL.
WE WILL TAKE YOU INSIDE THE
OR, AFTER THE BREAK AND LATER,
DO YOU EVER GET UNEXPLAINED
BRUISES OR DISCOLORED NAILS?
WE WILL UNCOVER THE CLUES YOUR
BODY IS GIVING YOU.
STAY WITH US!
[ CROWD CHEERING ]
[ APPLAUSE ]
♪ ♪
>> IN A TRADITIONAL
MASTECTOMY, THE WOMAN HAS A
BIG SCARBOROUGH COMING ACROSS
-- BIG SCAR COMING ACROSS THE
CHEST AND SHE WOULD HAVE NONE
OF THIS SKIN.
>> ANY TIME ANY DAY YOU DON'T
NEED AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE
"THE DOCTORS".
ADD "THE DOCTORS" TO YOUR
[ APPLAUSE ]
♪ ♪
>> WELCOME BACK, WHEN
BERNADETT AND HER DAUGHTER
TINA, DISCOVERED THEY HAD AN
EXTREMELY HIGH CHANCE TO HAVE
BREAST CANCER THEY OPTED FOR A
SKIN-SPARING MASTECTOMY AND
THEY DID IT TOGETHER!
>> THIS IS THE FIRST INCISION
AND HE WILL TAKE IT DOWN TO
THE BREAST TISSUE, DIVIDE THE
TISSUE AWAY FROM THE SKIN,
TAKE IT ALL OUT.
WE REDUCE THE RISK OF BREAST
CANCER.
>> WE WANT TO TAYLOR THE SKIN
OF THE BREAST THROUGH THE SAME
TYPE OF INCISION THAT A
PLASTIC SURGEON WOULD USE FOR
PURELY COSMETIC SURGERY.
>> BASICALLY, WHAT IT AMOUNTS
TO, IS, SHELLING OUT THE
BREAST TISSUE, LEAVING THE
MUSCLE ON THE BOTTOM AND
LEAVING SKIN ON THE TOP.
>> SO THIS IS BREAST TISSUE
THAT'S BEING REMOVED.
WE HAVE REDUCED BERNADETT'S
RISK OF DEVELOPING BREAST
CANCER BY OVER 90%!
>> SHE WILL BE ABLE TO WAKE UP
IN THE MORNING WITH A CLEAR
MIND.
>> DR. RONALD FINISHED THE
SKIN SPARING MASTECTOMY ON
BERNADETTE, NOW IT'S TIME TO
DO THE RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
WITH IMPLANTS.
>> THEY BEGAN RECONSTRUCTION
ON BERNADETT AND TINA RIGHT
AWAY.
>> IT'S GOING FLAWLESSLY.
BERNADETTEIS RESTING
COMFORTABLY.
WE FINISHED THE MASTECTOMY ON
TINA AND NOW WE WILL FINISH
THE BREAST RECONSTRUCTION.
>> HERE'S THE SKIN OF THE
BREAST.
AND WE HAVE TAKEN VIRTUALLY
ALL OF THE BREAST TISSUE
UNDERNEATH, THIS IS THE
PECTORALIS MUSCLE.
WE ARE MAKING THE FINAL
MODIFICATIONS IN THE SKIN
ENVELOPE.
WE ARE GOING TO REMOST EXCESS
SKIN.
-- REMOVE THE EXCESS SKIN.
AND NOW THE WOMAN WOULD
NORMALLY HAVE A BIG SCAR
COMING ACROSS THE CHEST IN A
TRADITIONAL MASTECTOMY AND
HAVE NONE OF THIS SKIN.
WE HAVE DONE 90% OF THE
OPERATION, AND DR. CHOPRA, IS
ASSISTING ME SEW IN THE
***.
WE ARE PUTTING THE LAST
STITCHES IN, THE ***
CLOSURE.
>> IT WENT WELL, TODAY IS A
LIFE-CHANGING DAY FOR TINA AND
BERNADETTE.
>> WE WELCOME THE TALENTED
SURGEONS WHO PERFORMED THESE
RECONSTRUCTIONS, DR. ORONOWITZ,.
GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE!
[ CROWD CHEERING ]
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> EXCITING STUFF, BECAUSE,
DR. CHOPRA, A TRADITIONAL
MASTECTOMY COULD LEAVE A WOMAN
SCARRED AND SELF-CONSCIOUS,
THEY NEVER WANT TO BE SEEN
AGAIN.
>> WHEN WOMEN HAVE CANCER
THEY ARE SCARED, IT LEAVES
THEM DISFIGURED WITH NO SKIN
AND THE AESTHETIC RESULTS ARE
NOT AS GREAT.
THIS IS A TRADITIONAL
MASTECTOMY.
MOST OF THE SKIN IS GONE, THE
*** IS ARIOLA IS GONE.
LEAVING THER DISFIGURED.
>> WE HAVE GREAT TECHNIQUES
AVAILABLE, BUT IT'S NEVER THE
SAME IF YOU HAVE THE ORIGINAL
TISSUE THERE TO RECREATE, TO
GIVE BACK THAT AESTHETICALLY
PLEASING BREAST.
>> MOW DOES THE SKIN-SPARING
MASTECTOMY WORK, THEN?
>> WE'RE DOING THE OPERATION,
THE MASTECTOMY THROUGH THE
SAME INCISIONS WE WOULD USE TO
DO PURELY COSMETIC SURGERY.
WOMEN WITH THE SMALL BREAST,
IT CAN BE REMOVED THROUGH A
SMALL INCISION UNDER THE
BREAST AND IN THE FOLD OR
AROUND THE ***.
IN A LARGER BREAST, IT NEEDS
TO BE LIFTED AND SHAPED,
ANYWAY.
THE OPERATION CAN BE PERFORMED
THROUGH AN INVERTED "T" TYPE
OF INCISION, THE SAME WAY A
BREAST LIFT OR REDUCTION WOULD
BE DONE.
THE SKIN IS OPEN.
THE BREAST TISSUE IS REMOVED
BY THE CANCER SURGEON.
AND THEN AN IMPLANT OR A FLAP
IN THIS CASE A SILICONE
IMPLANT IS PLACED WITHIN THE
SKIN ENVELOPE OF THE BREAST
AND THE SKIN ENVELOPE IS
SHAPED SO THAT THE WOMAN CAN
HAVE AN IMPROVED SKIN ENVELOPE
AND IMPROVED SHAPE OF THE
BREAST AFTER MASTECTOMY.
HERE'S THE ANIMATION.
THE INCISION IS MADE IN AN
INVERTED "T" IN A WOMAN WITH A
LARGER BREAST BUT IT DOESN'T
HAVE TO BE THAT BIG WITH A
SMALLER BREAST.
THE IMPLANT IS PLACED UNDER
THE MUSCLE TO REPLACE THE
VOLUME THAT'S BEEN REMOVED
WHEN THE BREAST TISSUE IS
REMOVED AND THE BREAST TISSUE,
REMEMBER, IS WHERE THE CANCER
STARTS.
THE CANCER DOESN'T START IN
THE SKIN OF THE BREAST, AND
THE SKIN OF THE BREAST
INCLUDING THE *** CAN BE
SPARED, IF THE CANCER IS NOT
CLOSE TO IT.
>> YOU KNOW WHY THIS IS SO
HUGE, AND YOUR STORY IS SO
COMPELLING BECAUSE THIS
TOUCHES SO MANY WOMEN WHO ARE
TRYING TO DECIDE.
MY MOTHER SUFFERED FROM BREAST
CANCER, DIED FROM BREAST
CANCER.
SHE WAS DISFIGURED LIKE THAT
PICTURE AND IT WAS
TRAUMATIZING TO HER AND
MYSELF.
OUR FAMILY BECAME VICTIMS OF
BREAST CANCER BECAUSE OF THAT.
AND WATCHING THEM GO THROUGH
THE PAIN.
BUT TO KNOW THAT SOMETHING
LIKE THAT IS AVAILABLE, IF YOU
GET TESTED, BECAUSE A LOT OF
WOMEN, ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAVE
A FAMILY MEMBER WHO HAS GONE
THROUGH BREAST CANCER WILL NOT
CONSIDER THE TESTING BECAUSE
THEY DON'T WANT TO DECIDE ON
THE DISFIGURING ALTERNATIVE.
YOU CAN POTENTIALLY --
>> DISFIGUREMENT IS A HUGE
BARRIER TO WOMEN GOING IN FOR
TREATMENT.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WOMEN
REALIZE THAT IT IS PERFECTLY
ACCEPTABLE TO BE CONCERNED
ABOUT THE COSMETIC APPEARANCE,
HAVING A NATURAL APPEARANCE OF
THE BREAST, DESPITE DEALING
WITH BREAST CANCER OR THE
THREAT OF BREAST CANCER.
JUST BECAUSE BREAST CANCER
HANGS OVER OUR HEADS DOESN'T
MEAN YOU CAN'T STILL HAVE A
NATURAL APEANER OF THE BREAST.
AND THAT -- APPEARANCE OF THE
BREAST AND THAT CONCERN SHOULD
BE EXPRESSED TO THE DOCTOR AND
INSIST ON HAVING A PLASTIC
SURGEON AS PART OF THE TEAM
FROM THE BEGINNING SO THE
PLASTIC SURGEON CAN HAVE INPUT
ABOUT THE EVENTUAL RESULT OF
THE BREAST.
>> THE BREAST PRESERVATION
FOUNDATION WAS FOUNDED BY
MYSELF AFTER DEALING WITH THE
WOMEN, WHO, AFTER THE FACT,
COME FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND
THERE'S A LIMITED AMOUNT A
PLASTIC SURGEON CAN DO.
SO WE FORMED THE FOUNDATION IN
ORDER TO PROMOTE THIS
OPERATION, WHICH HAS BEEN
SHOWN TO BE EQUALLY AS SAFE AS
A TRADITIONAL MASTECTOMY.
IT'S EQUALLY SAFE TO HAVE IT
DONE THIS WAY AS A TRADITIONAL
MASTECTOMY.
>> THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT.
>> WORDS OF WISDOM TO FEMALE
VIEWERS?
>> I THINK I WOULD JUST LIKE
TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, INSIST
ON IT.
DOCTORS WILL SAY, WELL, WE'RE
GONNA SAVE YOUR LIFE.
WHY ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT A
BREAST?
>> WELL, BECAUSE THAT'S PART
OF MY LIFE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> YOUR LIFE HAS TO CONTINUE.
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT GIVING
WOMEN AN OPTION AND THIS IS A
GREAT OPTION.
>> YES, IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THE
OPTIONS.
ESPECIALLY WHEN - AT MY AGE,
YOU HAVE SO MUCH AHEAD OF YOU.
AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS
VERY INTIMIDATING AND REALLY
SCARY.
>> THANK YOU BOTH FOR SHARING
YOUR STORY WITH US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND DOCTORS, THANK YOU FOR
SHARING THIS INCREDIBLE
PROCEDURE, AS WELL! WE
APPRECIATE IT!
>> PHENOMENAL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND YOU AT HOME CAN LEARN
MORE ABOUT THE SKIN-SPARING
MASTECTOMY AT
www.TheDoctorsTV.com.
FROM SPIT UP TO BRUISES, WE
WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOU NEED TO
WORRY.
RUHAVING TROUBLE GETTING A
DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO, WE
HAVE A GREAT SOLUTION FOR YOU
AFTER THE BREAK!
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>> WE HAVE A PIECE OF DELICATE
FRUIT.
WOMEN ARE MORE PRONE TO
BRUISING.
>> TRUE, CORRECT.
THAT ONE IS TRUE
OTHER THAN ARE
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♪ ♪
>> TODAY WE'RE FILLING YOU IN
ON THE CLUES YOUR BODY MAY BE
GIVING YOU, AND THE NEXT TOPIC
CAME FROM PRODUCE "THE
DOCTORS".COM.
A HUGE THANKS TO DONIELL WHO
SUBMITTED THIS GREAT QUESTION.
AND WE HAVE DANIELLE ON THE
PHONE.
WHAT'S GOING ON, AND WHAT'S ON
YOUR MIND .
>> HEY, DOCTORS.
I CAN BE CLUMSY AND BRUISE
EASILY.
I WAKE UP AND I SEE HUGE
BRUISES ON ON THE LEG.
CAN BRUISING LEAD TO SERIOUS
THINGS LIKE BLOOD CLOTS?
HOW DO I GET RID OF THEM.
>> BRUISING DOES NOT PUT YOU
AT GREATER RISK FOR BLOOD
CLOTS.
THAT'S A COMMON MISCONCEPTION.
IT'S A HEMATOMA.
IT'S BLEEDING UNDERNEATH THE
SKIN IN THE MUSCLE BELLY.
THAT'S WHY IT GETS DARK AND
DISCOLORED.
BUT BLOOD CLOTS ARE NOT AT
GREATER RISK DANIELLE.
I DO HAVE TO SAY THIS, LISA,
LIKE A PIECE OF DELICATE
FRUIT, WOMEN ARE MORE PRONE TO
BRUISING.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ARE
SAYING.
>> NO, THAT'S CORRECT.
>> THAT'S WHY I PREFACED IT.
>> I THOUGHT, HERE WE GO AGAIN
N.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> GOOD, GOOD.
>>AND WOMEN AND MEN CAN GET
BRUISED, AS WELL.
BUT SOMETIME, DANIELLE, LISTEN
AT HOME, IF BRUISING IS A
PROBLEM, IF YOU NOTICE THAT
ANYTIME YOU HIT YOUR ARM OR
LEG ON ANYTHING, YOU GET LOTS
OF BRUISING, IT CAN BE A SIGN
OF AN UNDERLYING DISORDER.
BLEEDING DISORDER, LOW
PLATELETS, ANEMIA, AND IN
RARE, RARE CIRCUMSTANCES, EVEN
BLOOD BORN CANCERS LIKE
LEUKEMIA.
IF IT'S A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM
AND YOU WAKE UP WITH RANDOM
BRUISING YOU SHOULD TALK TO
THE DOCTOR ABOUT IT.
BUT, DANIELLE SOUNDS TO ME
LIKE YOU IS HAD TYPICAL BRUISE
YOU GET AFTER A FALL.
WE ALL GET THEM.
FIRST 48 HOURS APPLY COLD
PACKS, 20 MINUTES.
MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE