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HIGHER THAN THAT, YOU MAY BE AT
RISK FOR DIABETES.
IF IT'S TEEN THE 100 TO 126.
IF IT'S HIGHER THAN 126, YOU MAY
ACTUALLY HAVE DIABETES.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DOBB ACTUALLY
REALIZE THEY HAVE A RISK FOR
DIABETES OR THEY ACTUALLY HAVE
DIABETES WITHOUT GETTING THIS
TEST DONE.
>> AND YOU SAID THE FINAL NUMBER
YOU WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO IS
THE WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE.
AND THIS IS AN EASY THING THAT
EVERYBODY CAN DO AT HOME IF YOU
HAVE A TAPE MEASURE.
FOR WOMEN PARTICULARLY, THE
WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE WE WANT TO
BE LESS THAN 35 INCHES.
>> SO NOW WE KNOW ALL OF THESE
NUMBERS AND YOU'RE TELLING ME
THAT DOCTORS LIKE YOURSELF ARE
NOW TAKING THESE NUMBERS AND
LOOKING AT OTHER RISK FACTORS
AND DETERMINING SOMEBODY'S
LONG-TERM RISK FOR HAVING A
HEART ATTACK OR ANOTHER
CARDIOVASCULAR EVENT.
>> CORRECT.
>> SO RECENTLY, YOU KNOW, WE, IN
THE PAST, AS CARDIOLOGISTS, WE
LOOKED VERY -- YOU WERE VERY
FOCUSED ON THE CHOLESTEROL
NUMBERS BASED ON YOUR OTHER RISK
FACTORS.
THE CURRENT GUIDELINES THAT JUST
RECENTLY CAME OUT TRY TO MAKE US
FOCUS LESS ON THOSE LDL NUMBERS
AND TOTAL CHOLESTEROL NUMBERS
AND TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT YOUR
GENERAL RISK IS FOR HAVING
CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS IN THE
NEXT TEN YEARS.
AND THAT'S TAKING INTO ACCOUNT
THINGS LIKE YOUR AGE, YOUR
GENDER, WHETHER YOU HAVE HIGH
BLOOD PRESSURE, WHETHER YOU
SMOKE, WHETHER YOU HAVE HIGH
CHOLESTEROL, WHETHER YOU HAVE A
FAMILY HISTORY OF HARD PROBLEMS.
USING ALL OF THOSE RISK FACTORS
TO CREATE WHAT'S CALLED A
TEN-YEAR RISK CALCULATE FOR YOUR
RISK OF HAVING A CARDIOVASCULAR
EVENT.
AND IF YOUR CARDIOVASCULAR RISK
IS MORE THAN SEVEN-POINT 5% OVER
THE NEXT TEN YEARS, THEN WE
SHOULD BE HAVING A DISCUSSION
ABOUT WHETHER YOU SHOULD BE ON A
CHOLESTEROL MEDICINE.
>> SO WHO DO WE SEE AND HOW
OFTEN DO WENT TO GET THESE
NUMBERS CHECKED?
>> THE FASTING CHOLESTEROL
SHOULD PROBABLY BE CHECKED ONCE
A YEAR.
AS YOU GET OLDER, WHEN YOU'RE
YOUNGER, MAYBE IN THE 20s TO
40s.
IT MAY BE DONE EVERY THREE TO
FIVE YEARS, BUT AS YOU GET OLDER
THAN 40s TO 50S, YOU PROBABLY
WANT TO GET SCREENED ONCE A
YEAR.
>> SHOULD WE BE GOING TO OUR
FAMILY DOCTOR OR SEEING A
SPECIALIST LIKE YOU?
>> YEAH FAMILY DOCTOR CAN DO A
LOT OF THE SCREENING, BUT
OBVIOUSLY IF YOU OR YOUR FAMILY
DOCTOR FEELS COMFORTABLE, WE
HAVE A WOMEN'S HEART CENTER
WHERE WE DO SCREEN FOR ALL OF
THESE THINGS FOR WOMEN WHO ARE
INTERESTED.
>> FINALLY, BEFORE WE LEAVE, WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
SHARING THE WARNING SIGNS OF A
HEART ATTACK OR ANOTHER
CARDIOVASCULAR EVENT WITH OUR
VIEWERS.
WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE WARNING
SIGNS FOR THE GENERAL POPULATION
AND THEN SIGNS THAT ARE VERY
SPECIFIC TO WOMEN.
SHARE WITH US FIRST WHAT THE
GENERAL POPULATION SHOULD BE
AWARE OF.
>> SOY THE CLASSIC SIGNS FOR A
HEART ATTACK ARE CHEST PAIN,
SWEATING, HAVING THE CHEST PAIN
OR RADIATING TO THE LEFT ARM,
HAVING LEFT ARM THUMBNESS OR
WEAKNESS ASSOCIATED WITH
SHORTNESS OF BREATH.
YOU MAY FEEL NAUSEOUS.
THOSE ARE THE CLASSIC SIGNS.
WOMEN INTERESTINGLY TEND TO NOT
HAVE THOSE CLASSIC SIGNS AS
MUCH, AND THAT IS WHY WE BELIEVE
WOMEN DID END TO SHOW UP LATER
TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WITH HEART
ATTACKS, BECAUSE THEY DON'T
REALIZE THEY'RE HAVING A HEART
ATTACK.
WOMEN TEND TO HAVE ] SIGNS LIKE
FATIGUE OR JUST FEELING OFF OF
WHAT THEY USUALLY FEEL OR HAVING
SIGNIFICANT SHORTNESS OF BREATH,
NOT REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHY.
SO EVEN WHEN THEY GO TO SEE
THEIR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER, THE
HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IS NOT
CONNECTING THOSE SIGNS AND
SYMPTOMS ARE RELATED TO A HEART
ATTACK UNLESS AN EKG IS DONE.
SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET
CHECKED OUT, BUT ALSO TO MAKE
SURE THAT YOUR DOCTOR IS
THINKING ABOUT A HEART ATTACK.
>> DR. MARCHING, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR SHARING THE WONDERFUL
INFORMATION WITH US.
YOU'VE INQUIRED ME TO GET MY
NUMBERS CHECKED NEXT TIME I GO
TO MY DOCTOR.
>> THANK YOU.
ONE THING YOU'LL HEAR US REPEAT
THROUGHOUT THE SHOW IS
CONTROLLABLE VERSUS
UNCONTROLLABLE RISK FACTORS.
ONE WE CAN CONTROL ARE DIETS.
FOCUS REPORTER GROVER TAKES US
TO HISTORIC CITY AFTER IT PERSON
IN PHILADELPHIA, WHERE HE'S
JOINED BY A CHEF WHO WILL SHARE
SUPER FOODS AND RECIPE FOR HIS
HEALTHY EATING.
>> THANKS, LAURA.
CHEF WALTER HERE IS GOING TO
SHOW US THOUSAND EAT HEALTHY AND
EAT WELL, ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
WALT OFFICER.
>> GROVER.
>> GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A LONG
TIME.
>> TIN HAS.
>> WE'RE NOT GOING TO TELL
ANYBODY FOR HOW MANY YEARS.
>> WELL, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU
SOMETHING.
EVERY TIME I SEE YOU, YOU ASK
YOURSELF, WHAT DO YOU HAVE HERE?
>> GROVER, YOU KNOW THAT I COOK
ON THE TASTE OFFICIALLY.
>> WHERE THE FOOD IS KIND OF
HEAVY.
>> LOTS OF GREEN, LOTS OF
BUTTER.
>> RIGHT.
>> BUT FOR MANY YEARS, I'VE BEEN
EXPERIMENTING WITH HEART HEALTHY
CUISINE.
A NEW SHOW, CALLED SUPER FOODS,
CONCENTRATES ON FOODS THAT ARE
VERY GOOD FOR YOU.
ONE THING YOU'RE MISSING ON THE
SET IS WHAT?
SALT?
YOU NOTICED THAT I DON'T USE ANY
SALT, BECAUSE SALT IS NOT GOOD
FOR YOU.
WE USE LIME AND HERBS AND OTHER
SEASONINGS.
SO THE RECIPE I'M SHOWING TODAY
IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES, AND YOU
ASKED ME EARLIER, YEARS AGO IN
MY ACCENT AND QUINOA.
PEOPLE SAY, WHAT IS HE TALKING
ABOUT?
>> WHAT IS QUINOA?
>> SO QUINOA IS 15 MINUTES IS
TAKES FOR COOKING TIME AND IT'S
A SOLID, FANTASTIC PROTEIN.
IT'S A GRASS.
IT'S NOT A WHEAT.
IT GROWS IN HIGH ALTITUDE IN THE
HIGHER ALTITUDES IN SOUTH
AMERICA, LIKE PERU, BULL I HAVE
I CAN'T.
THIS IS SO FANTASTIC.
LIKE I SAID, PEOPLE DID NOT
REALIZE WHAT IT IS.
NOW IT'S GREAT, BECAUSE IT'S
GLUTEN-FREE, NUMBER ONE.
>> GLUTEN INDUSTRY IN VERY
POPULAR THING NOW, ELIMINATE
GLUTEN.
>> WHAT I DID, I COATED SOME
VEGETABLES OVER VERY EASY.
PUT THEM ON YOUR BARBECUE.
GRILL AT HOME IN THE SUMMERTIME,
OR KITCHEN PLATE, AND THE
GRILLING IS FOR TWO REASONS.
WHEN YOU DRILL AND A VEGETABLE,
YOU TAKE THE LIQUID OUT AND THE
MOISTURE.
VEGETABLES ARE USUALLY 80%
WATER.
>> UH-HUH.
>> SO BY GRILLING IT, YOU
ENHANCE THE FAVOR OF THE BUTTER,
BECAUSE YOU'RE TAKING THE WATER
OUT OF IT, SEE.
>> IS THIS EGGPLANT.
>> THIS IS EGGPLANT.
I'M CHOPPING THE EGGPLANT DOWN.
THAT LOOKS GOOD IN AND OF
ITSELF.
>> EGG PLANT IS UNBELIEVABLE.
I USED TO WORK, WE TALKED ABOUT
IT EARLIER.
I WAS DOWN NEAR SOCHI WHERE THE
OLYMPICS IS NOW AND I SAW THE
PEOPLE EATING ALL OF THAT.
>> WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
>> NOW WE HAVE SUMMER SQUASH.
>> THERE WAS NO RIGHT OR
WRONGFUL IF YOU DON'T LIKE ONE
OF THE VEGETABLES, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO FOR HIM IT.
>> YOU CAN USE WHAT YOU LIKE.
>> WHATEVER YOU LIKE.
>> CAN YOU FIND THESE AT YOUR
SUPERMARKET AROUND THE CORNER?
>> LET ME TELL YOU, I WOULD SAY
THAT THEY'RE ALMOST CONVENIENCE
STORE EASY.
THIS PARTICULAR TABLE DAY MAY BE
ONE, IS THE DRIVING FOOD.
SO I'LL SHOW YOU THAT.
PORTABELLO IN HERE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE
PORTABELLO.
A LITTLE BIT OF ONION.
AND THEN A LITTLE BIT OF
ZUCCHINI.
ALL RIGHT?
THEN AGAIN, WHATEVER YOU LIKE.
DON'T SWITCH THEM RIGHT NOW.
COOKED, GRILLED.
WHAT IS NOT GRILLED IS THE
ONION, WHICH WE'RE GOING CHOP
RIGHT NOW.
WE TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF ONION,
AND THE REASON YOU WANT TO, YOU
WANT THE PUNG EBBET FLAVOR.
YOU CAN ALSO PUT SHALLOTS IN
THERE IF YOU LIKE.
THEY'RE GOOD, TOO.
THEY'RE A LITTLE SWEET FOR MY
TASTE.
SO BASICALLY, WHAT I HAVE THERE,
I CHOPPED SOME TOMATOES DOWN AND
PUT THEM RIGHT IN HERE.
TOMATOES.
THEN I HAVE WHAT'S VERY
IMPORTANT.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT
EARLIER.
THE TARRAGON.
THE HERBS MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
PUT THEM IN THE FRESH TARRAGON,
AND THEN YOU WANT TO PUT A
LITTLE BIT OF CHIVES IN HERE.
>> OKAY.
>> ALL RIGHT?
NOW, LET'S CLEAN THIS THING OFF
HERE REAL QUICK.
NOW I HAVE MY QUINOA ALREADY AN
POURINGED OUT.
SO I PUT THE QUINOA RIGHT ON
TOP.
>> THIS IS YOUR PROTEIN?
>> THIS IS SOLID PROTEIN.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHAT
YOU SHOULD DO, YOU SHOULD TRY
SOME OF THIS AND SEE HOW NICE IT
TASTES JUST BY ITSELF.
A LITTLE BIT OF ABOUT PEPPER
OVER THERE.
>> WE HAVE THE GRANDFATHER CLOCK
GOING OFF.
>> WE ARE IN 1773.
>> WOW.
JOHN ADAMS MUST HAVE EATEN THIS,
BECAUSE HE LIVED TO 90.
>> A LITTLE BIT OF QUALITY
VINEGAR OVER HERE, QUALITY
VINEGAR WENT IN THERE.
A LITTLE BIT OF OIL.
PEPPER ALREADY IN THERE.
AND MIX IT UP.
ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO NOW?
SHOW THIS.
>> WHAT IS THIS?
SOME KIND OF DECORATION?
>> YOU GET THIS AT THE
SUPERMARKET?
>> ANY SPECIALITY STORE.
EGG PLANTS AND STUFF LIKE THIS
WILL ALL HAVE IT.
NOT A PROBLEM.
AND THIS ONE, YOU WANT TO JUST
CUT IT UP LIKE SO.
IT GIVES YOU VERY UNIQUE FLAVOR.
>> AND DRAGON FLUTE.
>> IT'S FROM A CACTUS.
I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ARE DEEK
YO HERE.
>> PRESENTATION IS ALWAYS
IMPORTANT.
AND NOW WE'LL TAKE THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING, WHICH IS A
BEAUTIFUL LOIN OF TUNA.
I'LL SLICE IT UP, MAKING SURE
THAT IT'S GOOD.
>> THAT LOOKS GOOD.
JUSTIFY THE WAY YOU ATE THAT PUT
THE LITTLE MICROGREENS ON TOP.
YOUR TOOLS.
>> WOW.
>> AND I USE THE CHOPSTICKS.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS?
>> I HAVE TO GET MY
COORDINATION.
THERE YOU GO.
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S SO GOOD, IT'S
HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S HEALTHY,
BUT IT'S BOTH.
>> MY ENTIRE MESSAGE FOR THE
SHOW, SUPER FOODS, IS YOU CAN
EAT HEALTHY AND TASTY AND NICE
PRESENTATION.
NOTHING HOLDS YOU BACK.
>> HUH-UH.
NOTHING IS HOLDING ME BACK.
>> THANK YOU, WALTER.
PRIDE OF THE CITY TAVERN, HOST
OF SUPER FOODS, AND A TASTE OF
HISTORY.
>> YOU'RE THE MAN.
>> BACK TO YOU.
>> THANKS, GROVER.
WE'LL HAVE MORE TIPS FROM THE
CHEF LATER IN THE SHOW, BUT
FIRST, WE HEAR FROM A TRUE
SURVIVOR.
SHE'S IN THE STUDIO NOW WITH
BRITTANY.
>> THANKS, LAURA.
MICHELLE WAS A SINKING SHIP WITH
NOTHING TO THROW OVERBOARD.
SHE DIDN'T SMOKE.
SHE EXERCISED.
SHE ATE THE RIGHT FOODS, YET
DOCTORS STILL DIAGNOSED HER WITH
HEART DISEASE.
WHEN DID YOU LEARN YOU HAD HEART
ISSUES?
>> I ALWAYS KNEW, BECAUSE I WAS
BORN WITH HEART MURMURS.
IT BECAME MORE APPARENT AS I GOT
OLDER.
>> DID YOU HAVE A FAMILY HISTORY
OF HEART DISEASE?
>> I DO.
I DO.
>> I DIDN'T IMAGINE YOURSELF AS
THE FACE OF HEART DISEASE.
YOU HAD A VERY ACTIVE LIFESTYLE.
WHEN DID YOU FIND OUT THAT YOU
REALLY HAD A CRITICAL HEART
PROBLEM?
>> I BECAME SYMPTOMATIC AS 21
AND HAD AN ECHOCARDIOGRAM DONE,
AND I WAS TOLD AT THAT POINT
THAT I HAD MITRAL VALVE
PROLAPSE.
WAS NEVER REALLY TOLD THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT.
SO I REALLY DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF
IT.
AT 38 YEARS OLD, I WENT TO SEE
MY OB/GYN FOR MY YEARLY VISIT
AND HE LISTENED MY HEART WITH A
STETHOSCOPE AND IMMEDIATELY
BECAME ALARMED AND STARTED
ASKING QUESTIONS, LIKE HOW YOU
FEEL.
ARE YOU TIRED?
I SAID, YEAH, I'M A LITTLE
TIRED.
HOW TIRED?
AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST
ALSO BIT TIRED.
MORE TIRED THAN USUAL.
AND I SAID, HOW IS YOUR
BREATHING?
HE SAID, FUNNY YOU SHOULD
MENTION IT.
I'M KIND OF SHORT OF BREATH.
HE SAID, HOW SHORT OF BREATH?
SO IMMEDIATELY, A RANGED FOR ME
TO SEE A CARDIOLOGIST AND ON
THAT DAY I DISCOVERED THAT I WAS
HAVING OPEN HEART SURGERY.
>> HOW MUCH LATER?
>> THE NEXT DAY.
HE USUALLY AN FINDING ME TO SEE
THE CARDIOLOGIST.
I HAD ANOTHER ECHOCARDIOGRAM
DONE AND IT WAS REVEALED TO ME
THAT I WAS SICKER THAN I EVEN
KNEW.
THREE WEEKS LATER I WAS HAVING
MY FIRST OF THREE OPEN HEART
SURGERIES.
>> YOU SAY SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER
THAT YOU DIDN'T FEEL LIKE
YOURSELF AFTER THAT SURGERY?
>> I DIDN'T.
I DID NOT FEEL WELL AFTER THAT
SURGERY FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.
I KEPT GOING BACK TO THE DOCTOR
AND THEY KEPT SAYING THAT I WAS
FINE AND THAT MY HEART WAS FINE
AND THE VALVE REPAIR WAS FINE.
AND I JUST KEPT PRESSING AND
PRESSING.
MY DOCTORS BEGAN TO PRESCRIBE
ANXIETY MEDICINE.
BUT I WAS CERTAIN THAT IT WAS
SOMETHING ELSE.
MY BODY WAS TELLING ME IT WAS
SOMETHING ELSE.
MY HUSBAND AND I WERE
TRANSFERRED TO NASHVILLE.
AFTER 11 MONTHS, I FINALLY FOUND
A DOCTOR THERE WHO DID A SIMPLE
TRANS SAVE ON FEEL ECHO AND
DISCOVERED THAT THE REPAIR HAD
FAILED.
I WAS ON MY WAY TO SURGERY.
>> SO YOU HAD TO HAVE YOUR
SECOND OPEN HEART SURGERY.
AND TELL ME ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE
THIS IS AN 11 YEAR SPAN BEFORE
YOU EVENTUALLY HAD YOUR THIRD
OPEN HEART SURGERY.
TELL ME WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
>> IN THE SECOND SURGERY, THEY
DECIDED THAT THE REPAIR HAD
FAILED AND THEY WOULD NOW
REPLACE THE MITRAL VALVE WITH A
PIG VALVE.
SO I WAS GIVEN A PIG VALVE IN
THE MITRAL VALVE POSITION.
I WAS BETTER AFTER THAT SURGERY,
BUT I WASN'T VERY -- I WAS
BETTER IN THE FIRST SURGERY, BUT
I STILL WASN'T GREAT.
I WOULD SPEND THE NEXT NEARLY 11
YEARS OF MY LIFE TRYING TO
CONVINCE DOCTORS IN THE STATE OF
TENNESSEE AND IN THE STATE OF
UPSTATE NEW YORK AND IN THE
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA THAT
SOMETHING WASN'T QUITE RIGHT.
AND I COULD NOT CONVINCE ANYONE.
I ENDED UP LIVING MY LIFE PRETTY
MUCH LIKE AN 80-YEAR-OLD WOMAN.
>> TELL ME ABOUT SOME OF THESE
SYMPTOMS YOU EXPERIENCED.
>> YEAH.
I WOULD GET TERRIBLE
ARRHYTHMIAS.
IF I WAS SITTING HERE TALKING TO
YOU, I WOULD BE FINE OF THE
MINUTE MY BODY GOT UP AND WENT
INTO MOTION AND DID ANY SORT OF
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, MY LIPS WERE
TURN BLUE.
I'D BECOME EXTREMELY SHORT OF
BREATH.
MY FINGERS WOULD TURN BLUE.
I HAD TROUBLE GOING UP A FLIGHT
OF STAIRS AND I WAS ONLY 39
YEARS OLD.
SO THAT JUST DIDN'T MAKE SENSE
TO ME.
SO I KEPT PRESSING AND PRESSING,
AND AGAIN, EVERY DOCTOR I SAW IN
EVERY STATE WHEREVER I LIVED
SAID IT WAS ANXIETY AND I SHOULD
GET PSYCHIATRIC COUNSELING AND
THAT I SHOULD TAKE THE ANXIETY
MEDICINE AND HIS THAT MY HEART
WAS FINE.
AND THAT REALLY WASN'T THE CASE.
>> SO EVENTUALLY, YOU DID FIND
AN ANSWER AND YOU FIND ONE HERE,
AND WE HAVE A HEALTHNET WORK?
>> I DID, I D I SURE D I ENDED
UP IN THE ER SEVERAL TIMES, AND
AGAIN, WAS CENTS HOME SEVERAL
TIMES FROM THE ER AND TOLD IT
WAS ANXIETY.
I ENDED UP COLLAPSING ON MY
FLOOR IN THE HOME AND RUSHED
BACK TO MY HOSPITAL WHERE IT WAS
DISCOVERED I WAS IN CLASS FOUR
HEART FAILURE.
I'M TOLD THAT ONE OF THE WORST
THINGS YOU CAN BE IN.
WE THE GRACE OF GOD, I HAD THE
MOST WONDERFUL HEART SURGEON I
COULD HAVE HOPED FOR,
DR. RAYMOND SINGER.
HE'S THE CHIEF CARDIO THORACIC
SURGEON.
I WASN'T VERY NICE TO DR. SINGER
AND I'M SO SORRY FOR THAT, WHEN
HE FIRST CAME N BECAUSE I
EXPECTED HIM TO BE LIKE
EVERYBODY ELSE.
AND HE CERTAINLY WAS NOT.
I REMEMBER BEING SO FEARFUL THAT
I WOULD NOT SURVIVE, BECAUSE I
HAD NEVER BEEN SO SICK IN MY
LIFE.
AND I REMEMBER HIM SAYING TO ME,
YOU KNOW, JUST TO TRUST HIM AND
TO TRUST THIS TEAM.
>> HOW SUCCESSFUL WAS THAT, NOT
FOR JUST, OBVIOUSLY, YOUR
PHYSICAL HEALTH, BUT FOR YOUR
MENTAL HEALTH?
>> OH, MY GOSH.
IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
IT CHANGED MY ENTIRE LIFE.
DR. SINGER ENDED UP PUTTING A
MECHANICAL HEART VALVE IN THE
MITRAL VALVE POSITION.
HE ALSO DISCOVERED, WHILE HE WAS
IN THERE OPERATING ON ME, THAT
THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH MY
TRICUSPID VALVE, WHICH WE DID
NOT KNOW.
HE ENDED UP REPAIRING THAT.
THE YEARS THAT LED UP TO THIS
THIRD SURGERY, I HAD SOMETHING
CALLED ATRIAL FIB, WHICH IS A
DANGEROUS HEART ARRHYTHMIA THAT
CAN PUT YOU AT HIGH RISK FOR
STROKE.
SO HE DID A PROCEDURE FOR THAT,
AND I AM SO MUCH BETTER THAN I
HAVE BEEN IN A REALLY, REALLY
LONG TIME.
IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY MAZE TO GO
HEAR, MICHELLE, AND WE'RE SO
HAPPY THAT YOU'RE SO MUCH
BETTER.
WHAT DO YOU DO TO PAY IT
FORWARD?
>> I VOLUNTEER NOW WITH THE VERY
PEOPLE WHO SAVED MY LIFE, WHICH
WAS A LESSON TO ME.
I ALWAYS TELL EVERYBODY THAT I
GOT SO MUCH MORE THAN MY HEART
FIXED MEDICALLY BY DR. SINGER
AND HIS TEAM.
MY HEART FEELS EMOTIONAL,
BECAUSE I WAS VERY ANGRY WHEN IT
WAS REVEALED TO ME ALL THE
THINGS THAT WERE MISSED DURING
THAT 11-YEAR SPAN, AND I FOUND
SO MUCH COMFORT AND LOVE AND
PEACE IN THOSE PEOPLE.
SO I VOLUNTEER A COUPLE DAYS A
WEEK THERE IN THE OPEN HEART
UNIT AND IN THE TRANSITIONAL
OPEN HEART UNIT.
I ALSO VOLUNTEER WITH OUR LOCAL
CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION.
I DO A LOT OF THINGS WITH THEM
WITH THE HEART VALVE COMING UP
ON FEBRUARY 22ND.
IT'S MY SECOND HEART BALL,
VOLUNTEERING WITH THEM.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND I DO A LOT OF OTHER
VOLUNTEERING.
I HAVE A LITTLE BOY WHO LIVES
ACROSS THE STREET WHO HAS
AUTISM, SO I TRY RAISE MONEY AND
AWARENESS FOR THAT.
MY SON-IN-LAW AND FAMILY FRIEND
ARE ALSO MILITARY PEOPLE, SO I
DO A LOT WITH ANY TYPE OF THINGS
LIKE THAT.
>> NOW, I KNOW WHEN WE WERE
TALKING EARLIER, YOU SAID YOU
HOPED YOUR STORY AND THE REASON
YOU SLAYER YOUR STORY IS TO SAVE
SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE.
>> THEY MAY BE IN THE SAME
POSITION OR MAYBE FOUGHT THROUGH
THE CRACKS.
>> AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE
LIKE THAT, BECAUSE IRONICALLY,
SINCE MY HEART SURGERY,
DR. SINGER AND I DID A SUNDAY
MORNING RADIO SHOW AND PEOPLE
JUST KIND OF KNOW ME THROUGH THE
STORY AND THEY SAY, LET ME TELL
YOU MY STORY.
I'M LIKE, OH, YES, LET ME HEAR
YOUR STORY.
FIVE MINUTES INTO THE STORY, I
HEAR THEIR STORY IS NOTHING LIKE
MINE.
THEY DIDN'T GET THE HAPPY ENDING
I DID.
THEY LOST SOMEBODY THEY LIVED.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALWAYS
STUCK IN MY HEAD AND DOES TO
THIS DAY, I REMEMBER WATCHING
THE DR. OZ SHOW, AND HE SAID OUR
BODIES ACCEPTED US SIGNALS ALL
THE TIME.
WE J DON'T LISTEN TO THEM.
LISTEN TO THE SIGNALS YOUR BODY
SAYS TO YOU.
MY BODY WAS SCREAMING SOMETHING
WAS WRONG AND I THINK THE ONE
THING THAT SAVED MY LIFE IS THAT
I NEVER GAVE UP.
I KEPT PESTERING MY DOCTORS.
THE OTHER THING IS I NEVER
THOUGHT I WAS THE FACE OF HEART
DISEASE, AND SO MANY PEOPLE,
EVERYBODY THINKS IT'S THE
OVERWEIGHT GUY WHO ATE TOO MUCH
FATTENING FOODS AND SMOKED A
CARTON OF CIGARETTES AND NEVER
EXERCISED.
IT'S OFTEN THEM, BUT IT'S OFTEN
ME.
IT'S YOUNG GIRLS LIKE YOU.
NOBODY THINKS OF HEART DISEASE
AND THE WORDS YOUNG.
THEY ALWAYS THINK OLD PERSON A
PLETHORA OF HEALTH CONDITIONS OR
HEALTH DISEASES.
SO PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR
SYMPTOMS AND ACT ON THEM, AND IF
THERE'S A DOCTOR THAT'S TELLING
THAT YOU IT'S DOING?
YOUR GUT IS TELLING YOU THAT IT
IS, GO WITH YOUR GUT.
GO WITH YOUR HEART.
THAT'S WHAT CHANGED MY LIFE FOR
ME.
YOU HAVE TO BE VIGILANT.
>> MICHELLE, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR SHARING YOUR STORY, AND WE
WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK.
>> BACK TO YOU, LAURA.
REAL-TIME CLOSED CAPTIONING
PROVIDED BY U.S. CAPTIONING
COMPANY.
>> THANK YOU, BRITTANY.
SWITCHING GEARS FROM HEART
ATTACKS TO BLAINE ATTACKS.
YOU SUFFER A STROKE WHEN
SOMETHING BLOCKS BLOOD FLOW IN
THE BRAIN.
IF THE BRAIN GOES WITHOUT OXYGEN
30 SECONDS, UNCONSCIOUSNESS
FOLLOWS N4 MINUTES, YOU CAN
SUFFER IRREPUTABLE DAMAGE.
IF YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS OF STROKE,
PHYSICIANS ADVISE YOU TO SEEK
IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION.
THAT'S WHAT VICTOR SHACO DID AND
THAT'S PROBABLY WHY HE SURVIVED
A STROKE AND IS ON THE ROAD TO
RECOVERY.
>> VICTOR SHOTKO IS A SCRAPPY,
59-YEAR-OLD FORMER TRUCKER.
USED TO RUN THREE AND A HALF
MILES EVERY MORNING BEFORE
LOADING AND UNALTHOUGH LOADING
18-WHEELERS.
LAST OCTOBER, VICTOR WAS STOPPED
IN HIS TRACKS.
WHEN HE WOKE UP, PARALYZED BY
HIS STROKE.
>> THE WHOLE WEST.
I COULDN'T MIX-UP THIS ARM.
I COULDN'T PICK UP MY LEG.
>> WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU HAVE
SYMPTOMS AND YOURSELF EXAMINED
TO GET YOURSELF TO AN EMERGENCY
ROOM.
>> HE SURVIVES HIS STROKE AND
IMPROVES HIS CHANCES OF RECOVERY
BY GETTING TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM
WITHIN 30 MINUTES OF DISCOVERING
HIS CONDITION.
>> HE SAID YOU'RE IN THE PROCESS
RIGHT NOW OF HAVING THE STROKE.
>> ANY EVENT THAT CAUSES CHANGE
IN THE BLOOD FLOW TO THE BRAIN
MAY CAUSE STROKE BY SYMPTOMS OR
A STROKE.
>> IT CAN TAKE ONLY FOUR MINUTES
OF DECREASED BLOOD FLOW TO CAUSE
PERMANENT BRAIN DAMAGE.
SYMPTOMS INCLUDE --
>> WEAKNESS, WEAKNESS OF THE
FACE, WEAKNESS OF AN ARM OR A
LEG OR BOTH.
USUALLY ONE SIDE OF THE BODY
MORE THAN ANOTHER.
SPEECH DISORDERS.
VISION PROBLEMS.
LOSS OF VISION.
DOUBLE VISION.
THEY ALL ARE PART OF --
>> THE MEDICAL TEAM OF ST.
LUKE'S ASSESSED VICTOR'S
SYMPTOMS.
>> THE WHOLE WORKUP INVOLVES
DECIDING WHAT THE MOST LIKELY
CAUSE OF THE STROKE WAS.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS REDUCE THE
RISK OF AN EVENT OCCURRING
AGAIN.
GREATER THAN 30% OF PATIENTS,
ANOTHER EVENT IN ONE MONTH TO A
YEAR AFTER AN INITIAL STROKE.
>> DOCTORS PERFORM A VARIETY OF
STROKES.
THEY RANGE FROM VISUAL
OPERATIONS.
>> GENERALLY IN THE EMERGENCY
ROOM YOU'LL GET A CHANCE TO LOOK
FOR EVIDENCE THAT MAYBE YOU'VE
HAD THIS BEFORE, MAYBE THERE'S
OTHER CHANGES AND THERE'S BLEED
AND GO NOT NECESSARILY LACK OF
BLOOD FLOW.
YOU GET THE SAME SYMPTOMS OF
BLEEDING IN THE BRAIN AS WELL.
>> IN VICTOR'S CASE, A PIECE OF
PLAQUE CAME OFF THE ARTERY WALL
AND BLOCKED BLOOD FLOW TO THE
BRAIN THIS.
CAUSED A FULL-BLOWN STROKE AS
OPPOSED TO A TIA OR TRANSIENT
ISCHEMIC ATTACK, IN WHICH STROKE
LIKE SYMPTOMS GO AWAY WITHIN 24
HOURS.
>> THE PROBLEM WITH TIA IS IF
YOU IGNORE IT, IT WILL OFTEN
LEAD TO A STROKE.
A WEEK LATER, A DAY LATER, A FEW
HOURS LATER.
SO IT SHOULDN'T REALLY BE
IGNORED.
>> VICTOR SPENT A MONTH AT ST.
LUKE'S HOSPITAL, WHICH INCLUDED
REHABILITATION.
HE LEFT IN A WHEELCHAIR.
BOW THIS DAY TWO MONTHS LATER,
HE RETURNED TO THE CAMPUS USING
ONLY A CANE FOR BALANCE.
NOW OCCUPATION AND PHYSICAL
THERAPISTS WORK WITH HIM AS AN
OUTPATIENT FOR TWO HOURS TWICE A
WEEK.
>> YOU'LL BE WORKING WITH MY
FANS.
YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THINGS AND
WORKING WITH MOTION.
A LOT OF SMALL THINGS.
HONING MY SKILLS WITH MY
FINGERTIPS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
PHYSICAL THERAPY, STILL HAVE ME
WORKING ON BALANCE.
I CAN'T STAND UP ON JUST MY LEFT
LEG.
MY BALANCE IS PRETTY BOOED MY
LEFT LEG.
BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE.
ALL RIGHT, VICTOR.
WHAT NUMBER UP TO HERE?
>> THE EARLIER THE INTERVENTIONS
IN REHABILITATION, THE MORE
INTENSE THE INTERVENTIONS IN THE
EARLY STAGES CAN LEAD TO
IMPROVEMENTS.
>> DOCTORS NOW KNOW THAT THROUGH
THERAPY, OTHER NEURONS CAN BE
RECRUITED TO PERFORM THE LOST
FUNCTION.
THEY'RE GOING TO HELP ME GET
BACK TO WHERE I WANT TO BE,
WHICH IS WALKING BY MYSELF
WITHOUT THE USE OF A CANE.
>> THE DOCTOR SEES VICTOR'S
MOTIVATION AS KEY TO HIS
CONTINUED RECOVERY.
>> I'M NO ORDINARY JOE HERE, YOU
KNOW?
I'M NOT A QUITTER.
SO WHEN YOU GET KNOCKED OFF YOUR
FEET, GET UP AND GET MOVING.
SO WE'RE MOVING.
>> THAT WAS VICTOR'S MOTTO AS A
TRUCK DRIVER FOR 35 YEARS.
AND THAT'S HIS MOTTO NOW.
HE'S A MAN DETERMINED TO REACH
HIS DESTINATION FOR.
FOCUS, I'M GROVER REPORTING.
>> THANK YOU, GROVER.
TO HELP US LEARN MORE, THE
DOCTOR IS WITH ME NOW.
HE'S A NEUROLOGIST.
WELCOME TO FOCUS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> DR., WHAT ARE THE WARNING
SIGNS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW WHEN
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STROKE?
>> WARNING SIGNS OF STROKE
MUTUALLY OCCUR SUDDENLY.
SYMPTOMS WOULD INCLUDE SLURRED
SPEECH OR WHAT THEY DESCRIBE AS
HORRIBLE SPEECH, GETTING WORDS
OUT.
ONE SIDE OF THE BODY HAVING IT,
CLUMSINESS, AS SOME PEOPLE
DESCRIBE IT, WEAKNESS AND
NUMBNESS.
THAT CAN INCLUDE THE FACE AND
THE ARMS.
OR IT CAN INCLUDE THE FACE, ARM,
AND LEG AS WELL.
THERE ARE OTHER STROKES WITH
SYMPTOMS SUCH AS VISUAL CHANGES
REMEMBER AND DIFFICULTY WITH
LANGUAGE.
>> WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT IF YOU
NOTICE ANY OF THOSE SYMPTOMS TO
CALL 911 OR GET MEDICAL
ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY?
>> IT IS IMPORTANT, AS YOU SAID,
THERE ARE TREATMENTS FOR STROKE
NOW, INCLUDING CLOT BUSTERS,
LIKE WAS DESCRIBED, AND BRAIN
DAMAGE CAN BE IRREVERSIBLE.
SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET TO THE
HOSPITAL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO
RECEIVE THE APPROPRIATE
TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT.
>> WHAT ARE THE LATEST AND
GREATEST TREATMENTS AVAILABLE?
>> AT THIS TIME, THE ONLY FDA
APPROVED DRUG FOR MELTING A CLOT
ASK CALLED CPA OR TISSUE PLASMA
ACTIVATOR GIVEN BY THE VEIN.
THE PATIENT HAS TO PRESENT TO
THE HOSPITAL WITHIN THREE HOURS
OF ONSET OF SYMPTOMS.
BEYOND THAT, WE DO HAVE FURTHER
TREATMENT OPTIONS, INCLUDING
GOING UP THE BRAIN WITH A
CATHETER AND SUCTIONING OUT A
CLOT.
A VARIETY OF METHODS AND USING
DIFFERENT TOOLS.
>> WHAT IS THAT TIME WINDOW?
I KNOW YOU SAID IT HAS TO BE
WITHIN THREE HOURS FOR THE TPA.
IS THERE A TIME WINDOW WHERE
IT'S JUST --
>> THE TIME WINDOW FOR IS TWO
HOURS.
THERE ARE CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT
CAN INCLUDE A PATIENT FOR
TREATMENT OF ICBA AFTER FOUR AND
A HALF HOURS THE REST OF THE
TIMING SPECTRUM VARIES FROM CASE
TO CASE.
FOR INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES,
THE TIME WINDOW CAN BE UP TO 24
HOURS ACTUALLY AND CERTAIN BLOOD
CLOTS IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD.
OTHERWISE, WE ENCOURAGE WITHIN
SIX HOURS THE SYMPTOMS.
>> WHAT ARE THE RISK FACTORS FOR
SOMEBODY HAVING A STROKE?
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT RISK
FACTORS FOR HEART DISEASE.
I'M SURE THAT SOME OF THEM
OVERLAP.
>> THERE ARE SEVERAL OVERLAPS.
THERE ARE TWO CATEGORIES THAT I
LIKELY CLASSIFY THE RISK
FACTORS.
ONE CATEGORY IS CONTROL THE RISK
FACTORS AND THE OTHER, NOT
CONTROL THE RISK FACTORS.
THE CONTROLLABLE RISK FACTORS
INCLUDE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE,
HYPERTENSION, DIABETES,
CHOLESTEROL, TRIGLYCERIDES, AND
TOBACCO, SMOKING.
THE NON-MODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS
ARE FACTORS THAT WE CAN'T
CONTROL, INCLUDING EIGHT GENETIC
FACTORS AND HAVING ALREADY A
HISTORY OF STROKE.
>> SO WHAT ARE THE AGE OF RISK
FACTORS THAT WE SHOULD BE AWARE
OF?
>> THE RISK OF A STROKE
INCREASES WITH AGE.
PEOPLE CAN HAVE GENETIC
MUTATIONS OR GENETIC DISORDERS
THAT PREDISPOSE THEM TO HAVING
STROKE MORE THAN THE GENERAL
POPULATION.
>> ARE THEY THINGS WE CAN FIND
OUT?
>> YES, BUT WE DON'T ROUTINELY
SCREEN FOR THOSE DISORDERS
UNLESS WARRANTED.
STROKE IN THE YOUNG PATIENT,
QUESTION TO SCREEN FOR THOSE
GENETIC MUTATIONS.
>> WE TALKED EARLIER IN THE SHOW
ABOUT TIA'S OR WHAT ARE COMMONLY
CALLED MINISTROKES.
MANY OF THESE GO UNDIAGNOSED.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> TIA IS TRANSIT TEAM I CAN
ATTACK.
HE IS TEAM I CAN'T, LIKE YOU
SAID, LACK OF BLOOD FLOW TO THE
BRAIN AND AIDES ATTACK.
THESE ARE WHAT IS KNOWN IN
TROUBLE AS MINISTROKES.
THEY DO LAST A FEW MINUTES, UP
TO 60 MINUTES.
MOST LIKELY, WE WILL SEE STROKE
ON THE BRAIN.
IT IS TRICKY TO LABEL AN EVENT
THAT CIA HAS, AS THERE ARE A LOT
OF OVERLAPS WITH COMPLEX MY
BRAINS, SEIZURES, AND REPORTS.
>> SHOULD PEOPLE BE LOOKING FOR
THOSE SYMPTOMS BECAUSE THEY
COULD LEAD TO A MAJOR STROKE
EVENT IN THE FUTURE?
>> CORRECT.
HAVING A TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC
ATTACK, ALONG WITH OTHER RISK
FACTORS FOR A STROKE, DOES
INCREASE THE RISK OF HAVING A
STROKE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS OR
SO.
PATIENTS WHO RECOGNIZE SYMPTOMS
OF STROKE THAT LAST ONLY A FEW
MINUTES SHOULD COME TO AN
EMERGENCY ROOM IMMEDIATELY.
>> EVEN IF THEY'RE FEELING
BETTER?
>> PERFECTLY NORMAL.
AND I ALWAYS DO RECOMMEND, WE
ALWAYS DO RECOMMEND THE PATIENTS
TO BE ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL
FOR FURTHER WORKUP.
LOOKING FOR THE SOURCE OF THE
TIA.
>> WHAT ARE THE LONG-TERM
EFFECTS OF STROKE?
>> DISABILITY.
IT IS A MAJOR PART OF DISABILITY
IN THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND
THE WORLD.
A MAJOR CAUSE OF DEATH, MOST
COMMON CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE
UNITED STATES.
>> SO IF YOU ARE THE WATCHING
STATE, WALKING AWAY, KNOWING AND
UNDERSTANDING ABOUT SMOKE AND.
>> RECOGNIZE EARLY SYMPTOMS OF
STROKE AND CALL 911 IMMEDIATELY.
>> AND AGAIN, THOSE WARNING
SIGNS, WE CAN'T LET PEOPLE KNOW
ENOUGH?
>> SUDDEN ONSET, SLUR OR GARBLED
SPEECH, RIGHT FACIAL OR LEFT
FACIAL DROOP, RIGHT BODY OR LEFT
BODY WHAT I CALL FOCAL SYMPTOMS
OF CLUMSINESS, HEAVINESS,
WEAKNESS, EVEN TOTAL PARALYSIS.
>> AND BEFORE WE WRAP UP, WHO'S
NOTICING THESE SYMPTOMS?
ARE WE NOTICING THEM IN
OURSELVES OR ARE WE NOTICING
THEM PERHAPS IN A LOVED ONE?
>> BOTH.
A PATIENT CAN STILL BE ABLE TO
RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE THE
STROKE SYMPTOMS OF WEAKNESS AND
CONFIDENCE OR SLURRED SPEECH.
PEOPLE RUN IMMEDIATELY AND LOOK
AND FIND THEY'RE FACED WITH IT.
MANY TIMES FAMILY MEMBERS DO
RECOGNIZE OTHER SYMPTOMS AS
WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT'S VERY VALUABLE
INFORMATION.
VASCULAR NEUROLOGIST, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WELL, RECOVERING FROM A
STROKE CAN TAKE WEEKS, MONTHS,
OR EVEN YEARS.
SOME PATIENTS MAKE FULL
RECOVERIES, BUT STROKES LEAVE
OTHERS WITH LIFELONG
DISABILITIES.
BRITTANY IS BACK WITH MORE.
BRITTANY.
>> THANKS, LAURA.
STROKES EAST COAST HAVOC ON THE
BODY AND MIND.
THEY LEAVE VICTIMS WITH MEMORY
LOSS AND TROUBLE THINKING, BUT
THEY COULD ALSO CAUSE PARALYSIS
IN PARTS OF THE BODY.
IN THIS NEXT STORY, ONE LOCAL
STROKE VICTIM WHOSE WORLD WAS
TURNED UPSIDEDOWN, AND NOW,
BECAUSE OF BREAKTHROUGH
TECHNOLOGY, IS MANAGING TO GET
BACK ON HER FEET.
>> MICHELLE USED TO HIKE
MOUNTAINS.
NOW SHE TACKLED A WHOLE NEW
SCENE: LEARN TO GO WALK AGAIN.
IT WAS IN NOVEMBER OF 2011 THAT
MICHELLE'S ACTIVE LIFESTYLE
TURNED UPSIDEDOWN.
SHE SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC
STROKE THAT AFFECTED NEARLY
EVERY INCH OF HER BODY.
>> IT WAS PRETTY DEVASTATING.
>> WITH MOST STROKE VICTIMS,
TIME WAS OF THE ESSENCE.
MICHELLE CALLED 911 IMMEDIATELY,
BUT THE DAMAGE HAD BEEN DONE.
THE STROKE LEFT ONLY 30% OF
MICHELLE'S BRAIN TO OPERATE
CORRECTLY.
SHE HAS TROUBLE MANEUVERING BOTH
SIDES OF HER BODY AND VOCALIZING
HER THOUGHTS.
>> IT WAS A VERY EXTREME, RARE
STROKE, LIKE A BOMB GOING OFF,
AND IN THE 80S THEY SAID THAT
THERE WERE 33 DOCUMENTED CASES
WORLDWIDE.
AND OF THE ONE TO TWO PEOPLE PER
MILLION THAT SUFFER FROM THIS,
THEY DON'T SURVIVOR THIS TYPE OF
A STROKE.
>> MICHELLE BEAT THOSE ODDS, BUT
SPENT ABOUT TWO YEARS CON FIND
TO HER WHEELCHAIR, WONDERING IF
SHE'D EVER WALK AGAIN.
TODAY MICHELLE IS JUST STARTING
TO TAKE BABY STEPS IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
>> RELAX YOUR MUSCLES.
>> TWICE A WEEK, MICHELLE AND
HER DAUGHTER STEPHANIE TRAVELED
TO GOOD SHEPARD REHAB IN
ALLENTOWN, WHERE SHE USES A
DEVICE CALLED EXOBIONIC
EXOSKELETON WITH VARIABLE
ASSIST.
IT USES BATTERY POWERED MOTORS
TO DRIVE MICHELLE'S LEGS AND
REPLACE HER NEUROMUSCULAR
FUNCTION, ALLOWING MICHELLE TO
STAND UP AND WALK FOR THE FIRST
TIME SINCE HER STROKE.
>> SO THE EXOSKELETON IS LIKE
BRACES WITH MOTOR AND A
BACKPACK.
AND IT ALLOWS US TO HELP PEOPLE
STAND AND WALK AGAIN AND ALSO
RETRAIN THEM.
BECAUSE WITH THE DEVICE, THERE'S
PARAMETERS THAT YOU CAN SET SO
THAT YOU CAN HELP SOMEONE LEARN
HOW TO WALK MORE NORMALLY AGAIN
OR HOW TO CHALLENGE THEM AS THEY
IMPROVE.
>> SO THIS IS THE EXO, AND THIS
IS THE MACHINE THAT MICHELLE IS
GOING TO BE USING TODAY.
WE ALREADY HAVE HER MEASUREMENTS
THAT WE'VE TAKEN PREVIOUSLY, SO
WE'RE GOING TO ADJUST THE EXO TO
FIT HER UPPER LEG, LOWER LEG,
AND HER HIP WITH.
>> WATCHING THIS MACHINE ROW
ABOUT TICKLY GET US FROM A
SEATED POSITION UPRIGHT WAS JUST
PHENOMENAL.
>> GIVES YOU HOPE.
THAT'S WHAT IT DOES.
>> AND ONE MORE STEP, MICHELLE.
THIS PARTICULAR MODEL OF THE
EXOSKELETON IS MAINLY USED TO
TREAT VICTIMS OF STROKE AND
SPINAL CORD INJURIES.
ACCORDING GOOD SHEPARD, THEY'RE
THE WORM'S LARGEST USER OF THE
EXOEXOSELL STINK AND THE VERY
FIRST IN NORTH AMERICA TO HAVE
THE UPGRADED VERSION.
>> WE WERE THE FIRST PEOPLE TO
GET THE UPGRADE TO THE
EXOEXOSKELETON.
AND PRIOR TO THAT, YOU DIDN'T
HAVE AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY AND BE
ABLE TO REALLY TAILOR THE DEVICE
TO THE PATIENT'S PROBLEMS.
AND WE COULDN'T REALLY USE IT
WITH SOMEONE WHO HAD A STROKE.
SO THE VARIABLE ASSIST NOW
ALLOWS US TO WORK ON ONE SIDE OF
THE BODY AND AGAIN BREAK IT DOWN
SO IF SOMEONE HAS SOME MOVEMENT
IN THAT LEG, THEY CAN USE IT.
>> SINCE STARTING WITH THE EXO
IN SEPTEMBER OF 2013, MICHELLE
HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS.
>> SHE IS ONE OF OUR MORE
DIFFICULT PATIENTS THAT WE SEE,
SO WE HAD THEM DO A LOT OF
MODIFICATIONS AND CHANGES JUST
TO FIT HER NEEDS.
BUT NOW SHE'S TAKING, YOU KNOW,
OVER 400, 500 STEPS.
WE'VE HAD PEOPLE WITH TRACK
INSPECTIONS, RESPIRATORY
INSPECTIONS.
IT HELPS YOUR DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.
SO THAT IN ITSELF TO ME, IT'S
WORTH IT.
>> THIS EXOCOULD COST $130,000
AND WAS FUNDED COMPLETELY BY
DONATIONS.
THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS AT
GOOD SHEPARD REHAB SAY THE LOOK
ON THE PATIENCE FACE AFTER THEY
PUT ON THE EXO IS PRICELESS.
>> THEY KNOW THERE'S NOT ALL
HOPE LOSS, THERE'S SIGNAL THEIR
EXISTENCE NO, MATTER WHAT
CONDITION THEY'RE IN.
THERE ARE SO MANY TRADITIONAL
WAYS OF REHABILITATION, BUT YOU
HAVE TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.
>> THE PATH BACK IS NOT EASY,
BUT THE EXO MACHINE IS LIKE
SOMETHING SO WONDERFUL.
>> WHILE MICHELLE MAY NEVER
CLIMB MOUNTAINS AGAIN, SHE'S
TAKEN MORE STEPS FORWARD FROM
HER STROKE THAN SHE ONCE THOUGHT
POSSIBLE FOR.
FOCUS, I'M BRITTANY GARZILLO
REPORTING.
>> THANKS, BRITTANY.
EARLIER IN THE SHOW WE LEARNED
ABOUT THE FOODS WE SHOULD EAT.
NOW WE'RE ABOUT TO LEARN ABOUT
THE ONES WE SHOULD AVOID.
I'M JOINED BY ALLISON YOU
THINKER, REGISTERED DIETITIAN,
AND SHE'S HERE TO TALK ABOUT
SALT.
SO WHY IS SODIUM BAD FOR US IN
THE FIRST PLACE.
>> ONE IN THREE PEOPLE HAVE
DEVELOPED HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IN
THEIR LIFE.
SODIUM CAUSES OUR BODY TO RETAIN
FLUID, WHICH CAN CAUSE OUR HEART
TO WORK HARDER, WHICH CAUSES
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HEART
DISEASE, OR EVEN STROKE.
>> HOW MUCH ARE WE SUPPOSED TO
EAT EVERY DAY MAY?
>> SO THE AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION RECOMMENDS THAT
1500 MILLIGRAMS OF SODIUM A DAY.
MOST AMERICANS ARE CONSUMING
DOUBLE F NOT MORE OF THAT, PER
DAY.
>> I PROBABLY FUEL THAT MOST
CATEGORY AND I EVEN TRY TO WATCH
MY SODIUM INTAKE.
SO YOU TOLD ME THERE'S THREE
MAIN WAYS THAT WE GET SODIUM
INTO OUR DIET.
WHAT IS 81ST.
>> THE FIRST WAY IS IN COOKING.
DID YOU KNOW THAT JUST HALF A
TEASPOON OF SALT HAS
1200 MILLIGRAMS OF SODIUM?
THAT'S ALMOST AN ENTIRE DAY'S
WORTH OF SODIUM INTAKE THAT IS
RECOMMENDED.
SO IF YOU CAN TRY TO JUST, YOU
KNOW, COOK WITHOUT ANY SALT, TRY
TO USE LEMON JUICE, GARLIC,
HERBS, TO ADD FLAVOR WITHOUT
ADDING ANY SODIUM OR ADDING ANY
SALT.
>> WHAT'S THE NEXT WAY THAT WE
GET A LOT OF EXTRA SODIUM IN OUR
DIET?
>> THE NEXT IS AT THE TABLE
SIDE.
IF YOU'RE USING THAT SALTSHAKER.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL ADD SALT
WITHOUT EVEN TASTING A FOOD AND
THAT CAN ADD A LOT OF SODIUM, ON
TOP OF WHAT'S ALREADY IN THE
FOOD.
SO IF YOU CAN TRY TO TAKE A STEP
BACK, YOU KNOW, MAKE A CHALLENGE
FOR THIS MONTH OF FEBRUARY, TAKE
A STEP BACK AND TASTE THE FOOD
BEFORE ADDING ANY SALT TO IT,
AND THEN IF YOU DO ADD SALT, TRY
CUT BACK SLOWLY SO THAT IN TIME
YOU'RE ABLE TO HAVE YOUR TASTE
PREFERENCES CHANGE AND MAYBE YOU
MIGHT FIND THAT YOU ENJOY THE
FOOD WITHOUT ADDING ANY SALT.
>> AND THAT TASTE CHANGE GETS
RIGHT INTO THAT THIRD WAY THAT
WE GET A LOT OF EXTRA SALT INTO
OUR DIET.
>> YES.
>> WHICH IS?
>> WHICH IS PROCESSED FOODS.
AND I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO PUT TO
YOU THE TEST TODAY, AND I HAVE A
NUMBER OF FOOD ITEMS THAT I WANT
YOU TO TELL ME OF THE TWO IS
HIGHER IN SODIUM.
>> OKAY.
THANKS, ALLISON.
WHAT ARE WE STARTING WITH?
>> SO WE HAVE AN OUNCE OF POTATO
CHIPS, WHICH IS ABOUT 15, 16
POTATO CHIPS, VERSUS A CAN OF
SOUP.
AND THIS COULD BE ANY KIND OF
TOMATO SOUP.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS
PARTICULAR TYPE.
BUT IT WOULD BE A CAN OF TOMATO
SOUP.
WHICH ONE OF THOSE DO YOU THINK
IS HIGHER IN SODIUM.
>> WHEN I THINK OF POTATO CHIPS,
I THINK OF SALT, AND WHEN I
THINK OF TOMATO SOUP, I THINK OF
VEGETABLES.
I WOULD GO WITH POTATO CHIPS.
>> MANY PEOPLE DO THINK THAT,
BUT THE POTATO CHIPS ACTUALLY
HAVE 120 TO 180 MILL YAMS OF
SODIUM, WHEREAS THIS SOUP AS
645 MILLIGRAMS OF SODIUM.
>> NOT EVEN CLOSE?
>> NOT EVEN CLOSE.
THE POTATO CHIPS, NOT SAYING
THAT I WANT YOU TO GO OUT AND
GET POTATO CHIPS, BUT IT'S LESS
SODIUM THAN A CAN OF SOUP WOULD
BE.
>> THAT'S FASCINATING.
AND THE NEXT ONE ARE INGREDIENTS
WE MAY COMMONLY USE TO MAKE A
SANDWICH.
>> YES.
WE HAVE TWO SLICES OF RYE BREAD
VERSUS TWO SLICES OF WHOLE FAT
SWISS CHEESE.
WHICH DO YOU THINK IS HIGHER IN
SODIUM?
>> I THINK CHEESE TASTES A
LITTLE SALTIER THAN CHEESE?
>> SO THE RYE BREAD IS HIGHER IN
SODIUM.
IT HAS TWO SLICES THAT HAVE
500 MILLIGRAMS.
EVERY BRAND IS A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT.
SOME BRANDS MIGHT HAVE LESS
SODIUM.
SOME MIGHT HAVE MORE.
BUT THIS PARTICULAR RYE BREAD IS
500 MILLIGRAMS OF SODIUM IN TWO
SLICES.
SO THE CHEESE IS ONLY
140 MILLIGRAMS.
>> WHEN YOU ADD IN THE COLD
CUTS, IT'S A PRETTY SALTY
SANDWICH IN.
>> DEFINITELY.
ONCE YOU ADD THE COLD CUTS AND
CHEESE T ADDS MORE SODIUM.
MAYBE YOU CAN CUT BACK ON HOW
MUCH OF THE COLD CUT YOU'RE
HAVING AND ADD, LIKE, TOMATOES
OR LETTUCE TO IT SO THAT YOU CAN
CUT BACK ON THE SODIUM INTAKE.
>> OKAY.
SO I UNDERSTAND HOW THESE GO
TOGETHER.
OUR NEXT ONE ISN'T, LIKE, THE
GREATEST.
I'M STILL SURPRISED.
>> WHICH ONE OF MONTHS IN DO YOU
THINK IS HIGHER IN SODIUM?
>> WHAT DO WE HAVE?
TWO WAFFLES VERSUS SOME GRAVY.
I GUESS THE GRAVY, BECAUSE I
THINK WHAT I'M LEARNING IS
SOMETHING IN A CAN MAYBE?
>> SO MANY PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE
THAT THESE FROZEN WAFFLES CAN
HAVE A LOT MORE SODIUM IN THEM.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY HIGHER IN
SODIUM THAN THIS QUARTER OF A
CUP OF THE GRAVY.
>> OH.
>> THE FROZEN WAFFLES HAVE
420 MILLIGRAMS OF SODIUM IN TWO
WAFFLES, WHEREAS THE GRAVY HAS
310 MILLIGRAMS OF SODIUM.
>> SO I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO
SCORE MUCH BETTER ON THIS QUIZ
ANNIE AM.
WE'LL SEE IF I CAN REDEEM MYSELF
WITH THE LAST ONE.
>> WE HAVE 2 TABLESPOONS OF
ITALIAN DRESSING VERSUS HALF A
CUB OF MARINARA SAUCE.
>> I WOULD GO WITH THE MARINARA
SAUCE.
>> SO YOU ARE RIGHT.
>> FINALLY GOT ONE RIGHT.
>> HALF A CUP OF MAYOR FARRAH
SAUCE 500 MILLIGRAMS OF SODIUM,
WHEREAS THE 2 TABLESPOONS OF THE
SALAD DRESSING ARE 440.
NOT TO SAY THAT THE SALAD DRESS
IS GONE GREAT, BUT IT'S STILL
LOW NEAR SODIUM THAN -- WE HAVE
TO BE CAREFUL WITH HOW MUCH
YOU'RE HAVING.
>> SO ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN
HEART ASSOCIATION, AVOID THE
SALTY SIX.
RIGHT?
>> SO THE SALTY SIX INCLUDES
BREAD AND ROLLS, PIZZA, POULTRY,
COLD CUTS AND CURED MEATS,
SOUPS, AND SANDWICHES.
>> AND IF WE DO THOSE SIX
THINGS, WE CAN ALL, YOU KNOW, GO
A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INTO
REDUCING OUR SALT INTAKE BY
KEEPING AN EYE ON THOSE SICK?
>> KEEPING AN EYE ON THOSE SICK
AND READING THE FOOD LABELS FOR
THE SODIUM CONTENTED.
1500 MILLIGRAMS.
>> ALICE UNGER, THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> NOW THAT WE KNOW HOW TO
REDUCE SODIUM INTAKE, LET'S FIND
OUT HOW TO TAKE SUPER FOODS AND
TURN THEM INTO DELICIOUS MEALS.
GROVER HAS MORE WITH CHEF
WALTER.
>> BACK HERE WITH ASSAULTER
STABE.
CHEF, WHAT WAS THAT YOU MADE THE
LAST TIME?
I CAN'T EVEN PRONOUNCE T IT WAS
SO GOOD.
QUINOA?
>> QUINOA.
>> IT WAS A SALAD.
>> IT WAS BACK AND FORTH.
AND HERE ARE THE TUNA.
>> WOW.
I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING COULD
TOP T.
>> I WATCHED HOW MUCH YOU ATE,
SO I KNOW YOU LIKED IT.
>> WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
>> THIS IS OVER THE TOP.
THAT'S WHY I DECIDED TO MAKE IT
FOR YOU.
WHAT I HAVE HERE, BROWN SUGAR,
AND I HAVE A LITTLE CORIANDER.
>> A LITTLE BROWN SUGAR?
>> A LITTLE BIT.
JUST A LITTLE BIT.
THE REASON YOU NEED THE BROWN
SUGAR, IT CUTS YOUR ACIDITY.
WE'LL SEE IN A MOMENT, BECAUSE
THE POMEGRANATE SEEDS HAVE ACID,
SO IT CUTS T YOU PUT A LITTLE
BIT OF VINEGAR IN THERE.
THE REASON I DO THIS EARLY, YOU
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SUGAR
AND THE CORIANDER IS SOFT.
JUST LIKE THAT.
>> SO AGAIN NO, SALT?
>> THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS
SALT.
THAT IS THE NEW SALT.
LIME JUICE.
YES, SIR.
ANYWAY, NOW WHAT I DO, I ALREADY
HAVE THE AVOCADO CUT.
PUT IT IN THERE.
AFTER AN COD CAD OH IS A LITTLE
TRICKY.
THIS ONE HERE I PICKED UP IN THE
STORE THIS MORNING.
LOOK HOW EASY.
YOU CUT THEM.
THE WAY I LIKE TO DO MINE, JUST
CUT THEM OPEN IN FOUR, TAKE THE
SEED OUT AND CHOP THEM DOWN LIKE
THAT.
>> AND THE AVOCADO IS GOOD NOW?
>> IT'S VERY GOOD FOR YOU.
AVOCADO IS SPECTACULAR.
AND THEN I HAVE A LITTLE GARLIC
HERE.
A LITTLE GARLIC IN HERE.
>> WHAT IS THIS DISH?
>> THIS IS JUST AN AVOCADO
POMEGRANATE SEED, KIND OF LIKE A
RELISH, LIKE A SALSA FOR THIS
ONE.
THE IMPORTANT PART OF IT IS
OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW POMEGRANATES,
THEY ARE IN SEASON RIGHT NOW.
YOU SEE THEM IN THE STORES.
THEY'RE JUST BEAUTIFUL.
ONE PIECE, BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU
CUT IT OPEN.
>> LOOK AT THAT.
>> WHAT HAPPENS IS THE SEEDS,
THIS IS VERY, VERY STAINING.
NOW, MANY STORES, YOU CAN BUY
NOW POMEGRANATE SEED ALREADY
SEEDED, JUST LIKE THIS.
>> OKAY.
>> LIKE I DID HERE.
THEN YOU PUT THE SEEDS IN THERE.
>> THAT ALSO ADDS SOME BEAUTIFUL
COLOR THAT.
>> NO KIDDING.
THAT'S WHY MOLLY LIKES IT SO
MUCH.
IT'S ONE OF HER FAVORITE THINGS.
>> YOU HAVE TO SHOW WORKING HARD
ON DEATH THE RECIPES OF YOU WANT
TO GET THE PEOPLE SO EXCITED
ABOUT THE STUFF THAT THEY HAVE
NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE, SO I MIX
IT UPRIGHT NOW.
>> THAT LOOKS GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT
LIKE THAT.
>> IT'S PRETTY GOOD.
THE OTHER THING NOW, THE HEAT
FACTOR IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN
CONTROL.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER.
SMELL THE HAND AFFAIR YOS.
HAND NARROW.
YOU LIKE IT HOT?
>> I DO LIKE A LITTLE EDGE.
IT NEEDS SOME RED ONION THERE,
AND THE ONION, I RECOMMEND YOU
ALWAYS CHOP LAST MOMENT TO KEEP
THE FLAVOR INTO T NOW, IF YOU
MAKE A WHOLE BATCH OF THIS, LIKE
AN EXTRA DAY, DON'T PUT THE
ONION IN UNTIL YOU SHOW.
THE ONION, CHOP IT UP QUICKLY.
THAT'S ALL YOU NEEDS.
YOU WANT TO GIVE ME THE PEPPER
MILL OVER THERE?
>> YEAH.
>> ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US, IT
LOOKS LIKE AN AWARD.
>> I LIKE FIVE DIFFERENT CAP
PEPPERCORNS.
I MAKE IT MYSELF.
I HAVE PINK, WHITE.
NO SALT.
THIS IS THE NEW SALT.
>> THIS IS THE NEW SALTS?
>> THE LIME JUICE.
SQUEEZE IT UP THERE LIKE THIS.
IF DO YOU IT YOURSELF, JUST A
LITTLE BIT.
SQUEEZE IS IN FROM AND YOU'VE
GOT IT.
AND NOW A LITTLE BIT OF LIME.
LIME AND LIME.
ARE YOU READY TO PLATE IT UP?
THIS GORGEOUS SNITCH BASICALLY
WHAT I DO FOR THAT, I WANT TO
GIVE IT A GOOD AMOUNT OF GREENS
ON THE BOTTOM.
WE SAY IT'S JUST NICE LETTUCE
EVERYWHERE.
LASTS VERY WELL.
WE HAVE SOME DIP.
SO I TAKE THE BIB LETTUCE ON THE
BOTTOM.
>> TAKE A LITTLE BIB LETTUCE?
>> BIB LETTUCE ON THE BOTTOM,
AND IF WE SEE ON TOP, AND THEN I
HAVE SALMON ALREADY COOKED.
A BEAUTIFUL CENTERPIECE OF
SALMON LIKE I SEE THERE.
I LAY MY SALMON ON TOP.
AND NOW I TAKE THE SPOON.
>> THIS IS SO GOOD.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY SENDING AN
EMERGENCY CREW UP HERE TO GET A
TASTE.
THAT LOOKS DELICIOUS, IF YOU CAN
SAY THAT.
>> THAT'S THE IDEA.
>> IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE A
HOLLIDAY SALAD.
>> IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S SIMPLE.
AND THE WHOLE IDEA WITH THE
SUPER FOODS IS NOT OVER WORKING
IT.
GET YOUR FORK.
JUST STICK IT IN THERE.
YOU'VE GOT SEE HOW GORGEOUS THAT
IS.
>> OKAY.
>> TO IT.
>> HERE WE GO.
I PROBABLY COULD USE THE FORK.
>> IT MIGHT BE BETTER.
ALL RIGHT.
TAKE A LOOK.
PUT A LITTLE SALSA ON THIS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> I KNOW THE REPORTER IS ALWAYS
SUPPOSED TO GO, UM, REGARDLESS.
>> WHO IS EIGHT MAN NOW?
WHO'S THE MAN NOW?
>> YOU ARE THE MAN.
EATING HEALTHY AND EATING WELL.
THAT'S THE NAME OF THE GAME.
>> LET ME TELL YOU, YOU HAVE NO
IDEA HOW EXCITED I AM FOR THIS
NEW SERIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO
START TAPING RIGHT AROUND THE
CORNER, BECAUSE IF YOU EAT LIKE
THAT, IT'S BEAUTIFUL FOR THE
EYE.
IT'S GOOD FOR THE BODY.
IT'S GOOD YOUR MIND.
IT'S GOOD FOR EVERYTHING.
HEART HEALTHY FOOD, SUPER FOOD,
THAT'S WHERE THE FUTURE IS.
>> THE LAST WORD ABOUT SUPER
FOODS FROM SUPER CHEF WALTER
STABE.
BACK TO YOU GUYS.
>> AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO
ANNOUNCE THAT CHEF STABE WILL
COOK UP AVOCADOS, APPLES, AND
THE REST ON A TV SHOW COMING UP
LATER THIS YEAR.
KEEP YOUR EYE OUT FOR SUPER
FOODS WITH CHEF WALTER STABE ON
TV39.
AND GROVER, HE IS ALWAYS SUCH A
DELIGHT TO HAVE ON THE SHOW.
>> I COULD HAVE EATEN EVERY ONE
OF THOSE SUPER FOODS.
I PROBABLY -- IT'S PROBABLY NOT
THE BEST WAY TO GO, BUT YOU
KNOW, EAT SOME OF THEM, BUT NOT
ALL OF THEM.
>> A LITTLE EVERYDAY.
LIGHT?
>> YEAH.
A LITTLE EVERYDAY.
THIS SHOW HAS MADE ME SO HUNGRY,
I COULD ACTUALLY GO FOR A CHIP.
OKAY.
I WON'T DO T THIS IS WHY YOU
NEED YOUR FRIENDS.
YOU NEED YOUR SUPPORT GROUP.
THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS ARE.
>> ALTHOUGH WE DID LEARN THAT
THAT'S A BETTER CHOICE THAN
TOMATO SOUP WHEN IT COMES TO
SODIUM, AT LEAST.
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF SURPRISE
TO HIS THAT.
>> I FAILED THAT QUIZ MISERABLY.
IT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT I
WATCH YOUR SODIUM INTAKE AND I
STILL DID BADLY, SO YOU JUST
HAVE TOOK WEAR OF IT.
>> THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE, TO
PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION, TO
MAKE SURE YOU KNOW.
>> REMARKABLE STORIES.
I MEAN, HOW ABOUT -- AND
MICHELLE GAVE ME CHILLS HEARING
EVERYTHING SHE WENT THROUGH,
WHICH IS TRULY A MIRACLE THAT
BOTH OF THEM ARE HERE WITH US
TODAY.
AND SO WE'VE ALL GOT OUR PENS.
WE JUST GOT THEM FROM THE
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, AND
YOU'LL BE SEEING US SPORTING OUR
GO RED FOR WOMEN PENS AND LITTLE
RED DRESS THROUGHOUT THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS.
>> MAYBE NOT THE ACTUAL.
JUST THE PENS.
>> RIGHT.
>> SO WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
AND WE ALWAYS LOVE TO HEAR FROM
YOU.
WHY DON'T YOU GET IN TOUCH WITH
US ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER, OR ON
OUR WEBSITE?
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK, AND
UNTIL THEN, REMEMBER TO FOCUS ON
WHAT MATTERS.
GOOD NIGHT.
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