Letter to Oprah!
Yes, I JUST sent this! I am going to send it everyday until I get a response. :)
Dear Oprah,
My name is Amber and I am writing to tell you about my AMAZING Sister Janis. She is a sufferer/survivor of Hyperemesis Gravidarum, a VERY unknown illness that affects pregnant woman in making them unable to eat or drink anything without being extremely sick during their entire pregnancy. Woman with extreme cases have died from it. My Sister has experienced excruciating hardships from this terrible illness and she has almost died 3 times trying to battle it. She has gone to hell and back trying to deal and heal.
This summer (2007), she will be walking 120 miles, from London, Ontario to Toronto to help raise awareness and donations to help find a cure for "HG". I am writing to you in hopes that you hear her story and the story of other woman, as she and they are truly amazing woman. She wants SO badly for this illness to get the recognition it requires for the medical profession to step in and help these Woman and Families from this tremendous suffering. So much so that she is willing to put her health on the line and embark on a truly amazing feat of endurance, determination, and selflessness.
Please visit the HER Foundation for more information on "HG" and you will see MANY brave and courageous Woman and Family sharing their stories of "HG". Please help make this issue become more known around the Globe so that less Woman have to experience this extreme suffering. Some woman have died from this illness, yet so many others are told by Doctors that they are imagining things and that their hospital does not have time for them...it's all in their head. I have seen my Sister battle this illness 3 times, and I will tell you beyond a doubt that she has a REAL illness that NEEDS to be recognized by the medical profession.
Please help save a pregnant Womans life and make "HG" a household name.
Oprah, if anyone can do it, you can.
Thank you so much for your time.
Sincerely,
Amber, www.journeyofhopeblog.blogspot.com
