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Okay.. it's 3:30pm and I must, must look over the 5, 6, and 6:30pm newscasts since I'm anchoring tonite. What I'm saying is I don't have much time to write, so this will be quick.
Here is a great resource for all things heart related:
http://www.americanheart.org
There you will find excellent information on heart attack symptoms which doctors (along with the rest of us) are learning can vary.
Here is an excerpt from that website that's addressing heart attack symptoms:
Chest discomfort. Most heart attacks involve discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts more than a few minutes, or that goes away and comes back. It can feel like uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain.
Discomfort in other areas of the upper body. Symptoms can include pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw or stomach.
Shortness of breath. May occur with or without chest discomfort.
Other signs: These may include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness.
As with men, women's most common heart attack symptom is chest pain or discomfort. But women are somewhat more likely than men to experience some of the other common symptoms, particularly shortness of breath, nausea/vomiting, and back or jaw pain.
Have any questions for me? Email: sstricklen@kgw.com
4:27PM: If you watched tonite at 5 and saw John Becker in Sky8 you might (or might not) find this interesting. Our helicopter's nose camera is in the shop getting repaired and we have a loaner camera on Sky8 for a while. Apparently the lens fogged up really bad and there was this mad scramble about 4:20pm to figure out if it was usable or what the backup plan would be. It's not like you can hit it with a hair dryer or anything to warm it up (wait.. maybe that's what they did) because the lens just cleared so Mr. Becker is headed to the helipad. He's our lead story too....
Tomorrow I may need to consider a switch to regular coffee. Or at least half-caf. I'm anchoring the am show (which means I wake up at 2:45am).. then the noon with Jane Smith.. then the 5:00, 6:00, and 6:30pm with Russ. I'm used to seeing Russ in the morning and I have a great time sitting next to him on the desk. We've gotten into a groove that comes when you've worked with someone for a while.
I apologize for the lack of health related updates here, but it's tough because I am essentially doing zero health stories for the next two weeks or so. All the main anchors have time off this time of year, so they bring in the backup team (I jokingly call myself JV as in Junior Varsity). Don't get me wrong; I totally enjoy doing it. As corny as this sounds it's a nice change of pace, challenges me, and helps me get back to medical reporting feeling re-energized.
Monday morning I did the news for MIX 107.5. That's the station where I fill in the most. I also have made an appearance or two on the Buckhead Show and 1190 KEX with Mark and Dave (typically on Friday's once our traffic guru Michael Convery has won the weekly trivia contest...... again). I talked to the folks at KINK way back when I was doing the Olympics along with the guys who ran a locally-produced Sports Business Radio program. I wonder if that's something I'll be doing again when I head off to Torino? Who knows!
Here's a photo from inside the MIX 107.5 studios that I took with my camera phone. The mic you see closest to you on your screen normally belongs to Carrie Owens. That's Tim Taylor in the background. Very funny guy. Notice the holiday-themed decorations. Not a bad way to spend the morning, I tell you!
Email me.. I'd love to hear from you. sstricklen@kgw.com Joe and Ryan both had questions for me (one about Nike and one about........ my hair). I'll get to those next week since I'm still anchoring. Have a very Merry Christmas, a Happy Hanukkah, or a Happy Kwanzaa (whatever you choose to celebrate).
Nothing like figuring out at 4pm you don't have that shot you really needed for your story. Good thing our vending machine sells milk and we had a leftover clear glass.
I can't believe it's almost time for me to pack my bags and head to Italy to cover the Olympics.
I've written about the Olympics before on my blog but I thought today's story gave me a perfect opportunity to talk about the whole marketing/licensing aspect behind the games. Who wears what and when is BIG business in the Olympics. For example, a couple of companies will have the right to market retail apparel with the Olympic rings on it, while another company will have the right to outfit a team in its competition uniforms while yet another will have the right to outfit the athletes as they take to the podium to collect thier medals. In some cases, it's country by country and in other cases it's not.. but it all adds up the athletes changing thier clothes more frequently than Paris Hilton at a fashion shoot.
As tonite's story mentioned, NIKE is now throwing its hat into the ring from a retail perspective and it got the rights to outfit all the American athletes as they take the podium for the medal ceremony. This is in addition to some of the competitive apparel it already puts on athletes (like those speed skating suits and the hockey uniforms).
Of course, this being my 3rd Olympics.. what I want to know is what the hot item will be at the games. If you'll remember in Salt Lake, it was that Roots beret the athletes wore.
I remember asking people in SLC how long they waited in line to get to the front. Answer = 3 hours. For a beret. And it was cold. Very cold. Can you imagine if you're the apparel designer who came up with that design? I bet there was an end of the year bonus in there somewhere.
Speaking of marketing and licensing, I found this interesting link on-line. It's clearly designed for people in the business of marketing sports apparel, and it's dated, but it will give you some insight into the big business that is Olympic marketing: http://www.sportsspin.com/categories/olympic/olympic_3.html.
Also, if you want to see the next big thing NIKE is working on: http://www.joinbode.com. NIKE planned internet-only "web films" as well as a television campaign.. and more. This site will continue to change as the weeks go on, too.
Good times. Hey Ryan, thanks for the nice email about the blog. Yeah, every last person who emailed me about it likes the behind the scenes stuff, too. Today's tidbits: I went 12 seconds over in my story tonite at 5 and the producer has not hunted me down yet (which, in fairness, she usually doesn't unless she's really heavy in her newscast or I go 30 seconds or more over.. then I'm BUSTED). And since I didn't have to sit on the set, the back of my hair looks more like a bird's nest than it usually does because the only thing I had to worry about was how it looked from the front. Again, good times.
Email me: sstricklen@kgw.com
I anchored the morning show today and am taking a half day of vacation.. so no health reports from me tonite. But, I thought you might (or might not) like to know that the poinsettias you see on our news set...... are plastic.
We used to have real ones, but no one was in charge of watering them and every year they would die these horrible, wilting deaths under the lights of the studio. And the stress would make them start dropping leaves. I, for one, appreciate the plastic plants. And judging by previous years, I bet real poinsettias everywhere would agree.
P.S. Joe Smith says he asked a poinsettia grower which pronounciation is preferred. The grower said either...
Have a great weekend!! sstricklen@kgw.com
Man oh man, back in the saddle after a day home with a wicked sore throat. And I only had about 50 emails to get through this morning which, believe it or not, was less than I'm used to.
So, my story tonite on the pedometers was a long time coming. Pat Dooris pitched it to me initially a few months ago and I sent it along to the managers who gave me the green light to set it up.
After that, I made contact with the school and the P.E. teacher. We worked out the details (like making sure all the kids could be taped, the timing, etc.) and set it up. Of course as luck would have it, the day we were to shoot it we had to cancel. That happens regularly in this business, but we went ahead and set it up a second time and viola: pedometer power hit the airwaves tonite at 5.
You should have seen those kids hamming it up for the camera. Cute, cute. Sometimes I have to play this game where I ask the kids, "Who wants to be on camera?". When they raise their hands I tell them the shots we put on the news are the ones where they are NOT staring into the camera or yelling "Hi Mom". That usually helps get them refocused on the poor teacher who has a hard enough job without us there to slow things down.
Anyway, this was a great story so I was pretty enthusiastic about sharing the work Karen Roney has done.
As promised, I wanted to give you some additional information about pedometers. First, here is a decent link I used as one source for a previous story I did on pedometers... http://http://walking.about.com/cs/measure/bb/bybpedometer.htm. There are a lot of links to follow but it will give you a broader overview of what to look for in what price range.
Here is a cool link once you get a pedometer: http://http://www.trainster.net/. This free website is run by a local man who used his pedometer to help him back to health after battling a life threatening disease.
For teachers: Karen says she called around and asked various stores what kind of a deal they could give her on a bulk order. The other thing she did is called stores and businesses offering pedometers as a promotional tool to see if they would make a donation. I know you can also contact your nearby hospital and ask if it has some on hand as part of its community health advocasy.
And finally on a totally unrelated note.. picture time. Here is a shot of Joe Donlon on that crazy exercise ball I told you about in one of my first blogs...
What did I do before I got my camera phone??? Email me: sstricklen@kgw.com
Okay, I know.. I didn't update this on Friday, but hey.. I had a half day of vacation to take and I was outta here right after anchoring the morning show and doing what we call cut-ins. Those cut-ins are little mini-newscasts that run during the Today Show. When I fill in on the morning show I usually do the 2 cut-ins that run during the 7am hour along with another cut-in like segment we do that runs on NWCN. And since I'm filling in on the morning show right now, I have a cut-in to do here momentarily.
By the way, I emceed this excellent event honoring some amazing people in Oregon for the work they do to promote the health,education, and overall development of the state's kids (and families, too). Here's a link to the group if you'd like to check it out: http://www.oregon.gov/OCCF/about_us.shtml
Happy Monday!!
Email me: sstricklen@kgw.com
Tonite I covered a really facinating story on face transplants. If you missed it, the basic premise is doctors in France successfully performed a partial face transplant on a woman who was seriously mauled by a dog. Her injuries were so bad that she needed a new chin, nose and lips (which she got from an organ donor). Doctors have said the woman is recovering in the hospital.
With that said, you might think that's all there is to the story. But, the doctor I interviewed at OHSU shared her facinating perspective about all the ethical concerns that go into a face transplant.
She mentioned that at least one American medical center cancelled its face transplant surgery over ethical concerns. Her take is that the risk of the immune-suppressing drugs a patient must take for the rest of his or her life post-surgery typically outweigh the benefits of transplanting what they call a "non-vital" organ or body part.
In other words, even if you are horribly disfigured, you can still survive/function with that disfigurement. A vital organ is a heart or liver, etc. She says the drugs can even sometimes cause cancer, which is why doctors in America are hesitant to perform the surgery even though they have the technology and the skills to pull it off.
She also mentioned that just like with vital organ transplants, a face transplant recipient runs the risk of rejecting the news face. Then what??
Just a really interesting debate.
Tonite I got :15 seconds less for my story than I usually do, so I had to leave this out: (which is why I so love this blog. There is no one to tell me I can't have as much time as I want).. anyway, the doctor says the real future of transplant medicine isn't transplanting from an organ donor to a recipient, but rather growing your own organs from your own stem cells. That means there would be no need for the drugs since the tissue would be genetically identical to yours and not to someone else.
If you want to get the full take on the debate I suggest heading to http://news.google.com/ and searching for "face transplant".
I'd love to hear your thoughts on transplanting a face... when you think doctors should or should not perform the surgery, if you agree with the ethics that have led to the cancellation of at least one planned transplant here in the U.S. Email me: sstricklen@kgw.com
Have a great night!!
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