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Speaker 1 (00:04):
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zero seven nine two three. Sitting here, coffee in hand,
yet again going with the what is this? I brought
this one in chocolate almond, brought this one in myself
founded for a huge today it's usually about six bucks
a bag, got it for a dollar fifty bag, So
of course here it is, loving it, raising it all
to you in my new Dollar Store mug salute. Love
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these mugs. You can't destroy them, they can get microwaved
everything else. Love my dollar Store. Sometimes you just gotta
do what you got to do and pick up a
few new mugs, even if you have five hundred in
store currently in your cabinet. Sometimes you just got to
get a new one. Okay, since last week's show, we're
all over the map here with subject matter, but I
gotta get this one out. More tornadoes in this area,
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Chester County, PA, about an hour west of Philadelphia. Okay,
so back towards home. Thank god no one was hurt.
Kind of a miracle, because we're a bit of a mess.
And here's bottom line, guys, I could go on for
an hour here I am summing it up. Get yourself
a weather radio or get the app on your phone,
simple as that. I've got the most Fisher Price fantastic, durable,
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dependable track phone out there, very inexpensive, and even I
can effortlessly download an app for severe weather. And I
really think that has something to do with the fact
that no one got hurt in these last storms this
past week and a couple of sleepless nights due to
alarms going off on your phone. Far preferable. I don't
even think I need to say this. Far preferable to
I don't know having to search for you under the
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wreckage of your home because you didn't know bad weather
was on the way. Okay, simple as that, get yourself
the app On a much happier note slash comedic note.
Huge projects going on here from last week. Painted the
gorgeous yet hugely beat up TV cabinet, originally hundreds of bucks.
I got it for fifteen dollars at my local Goodwill.
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Heavy as heck, Holy God, getting this up the stairs.
Painted it this beautiful creamy yellow antique to match the
other creamy yellow hundred year old antique furniture in our
guest room. It came out great, you guys. They matched
the paint so perfectly. I brought a little drawer with
me from one of the pieces of antique furniture. I
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wanted this thing to match as much as possible. Wasn't
expecting any miracles because this was like some custom creamy yellow.
I can't even really describe it. It's beautiful antique color.
Sherwin William knocks it out of the park, gives me
a can of the stuff. I come home, I just
slap a coat of paint on it. It's done in
a day. Victor, and I push this thing up the stairs. God,
this thing was heavy. Looks fantastic. So there's one done.
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Got all of my ninety five percent off top designer
home fabric at Goodwill. Put that on my beat to
heck outdoor cushions. These things were so beat up. Did
not want to buy new furniture. I don't have the
hundreds of bucks to buy new furniture. I already have furniture.
It just looked like heck. So I take this ninety
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five percent off beautiful bolts of fabric. I get a
Goodwill hit your local Goodwill. I cover them up with it. No,
not a straight stitch in the bunch, but it still
looks so phenomenal. Scotch guarded the heck out of them.
That stuff's pretty cool. I'm not gonna ask what's in there,
and they're not gonna tell me. And the water beads
right off. Okay, I am loving to look so much better.
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So basically we got a new patio set for eighteen
dollars when the fabric alone should have cost five hundred
think you can't, so guess what neither can I. The
sewing machine does all the work. It's this beat up one.
I've had it for twenty years. Not a straight stitch
in the bunch. And the Facebook feedback is fantastic. Find
me there, Brilliantfrugal Living dot com. Get on our Facebook page,
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give me your feedback on all of our latest projects.
But what I am having the most fun with This
project came out of nowhere and the guys are responding hilariously.
The online responses, guys, do any of you have like
a fuel tank on your property? Many people have buried
fuel tanks. Now we're not one of them. Maybe you've
got a fuel tank or a pro paine tank, some
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kind of tank out there. Some people, you know Midwestern.
We've got some of our listeners out there have got
tanks for all kinds of stuff. Whatever tank is in
your yard and it's bugging the heck out of you
because it's crazy ugly. Yeah me too. Here's what we did.
Not only have ive been frequenting our local goodwill, it
just pulls me in like a siren, like a mermaid
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is just pulling me in. I've been going to my
local Habitat for Humanity home store. And here's what the
straight dirt straightened the people who have worked there for years.
People out there are buying brand new duds for their homes,
thousands and thousands of dollars on brand new furniture. Good
for them. You work your butt off for your money,
spend it however you want to. But when they're updating
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all of their rooms with this brand new ten thousand
dollars worth of furniture, they got to get rid of
the other furniture. And what are they doing. They're making
it a phenomenal tax right off by donating it to
their local goodwill and their local Habitat for Humanity. You guys,
I have never seen such phenomenal, unbelievable selections at your
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local Habitat for Humanity as I am right now. And
I've been going there for easily five years. Okay, easily
five years. So I get in there and not only
looking around for something for Robbie's room, I'm trying to
find an extra dresser. Things are going so beautifully in
his room. He's got the bunk beds in there now,
huge space saver. I need a big, long dresser on
the other side of the room. But he's a kid,
he's gonna beat it up. So we're gonna be doing
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a nice antique read heavy furniture selection there. I'll let
you know when we find it. Here's what I found
there out of nowhere. These I didn't even know these
things existed. They look like a baby gate, you know,
a little folding, you know, a netting kind of thing,
but it's made out of wood or made out of bamboo,
made out of whoever you want to And they are oftentimes,
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you know, like a pet gate you put in your
doorways to make sure the pets don't get through or
babies don't get through one of those things. Imagine one
made out of bamboo covered with densely woven in leaves. Okay,
Apparently caterers use these things all the time to create
the right kind of ambiance for their get togethers and
their parties. I found about there has to be ten
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of them. Normally they retail for about fifty apiece. I
them for ten apiece at my local Habitat for Humanity
home store. What do I do? I bring them home.
We have got this huge pro pain tank, you know,
the biggest pro Paine tank you can possibly have at home.
That's what I've got. And it was originally painted white.
It is ugliest sin it's rusting a couple of spots.
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I gotta repaint this thing. And it's right next to
the back patio that we put in. We put in
this wonderful rustic back patio. It's beautiful. The only huge
eyesore about this patio is this ugly pro pain tank.
So I bring home all of these lovely trellises, these movable,
flexible trellises, and I start stretching them out around my
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pro pain tank. They went all the way around, and
they covered the top, they covered the sides, and now
it looks like this beautiful I'm not kidding you, guys.
It now looks like this beautiful trimmed hedge where the
world's ugliest pro pro pain tank used to be. It's there.
When I drove away from the house this morning, I
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saw it again. I had to chuckle. It is a phenomenal.
I got so lucky with this, But again, this is
kind of thinking outside the box. I want you guys
all to do for me. It was pure luck. I
was so sick of this thing. But I want you
to think about this. If you've got something in your yard,
maybe who the heck knows, some piece of equipment or
an old stump, or like me, a fuel tank and
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moving this thing. Do you know what it costs to
move a pro Paine tank? Hundreds of bucks. So many
people who think I have far more money than I
do because I don't, are saying, oh, just get it buried.
Call the company, have them bury the tank. Yeah, all,
call do that right after I have money shower out
of the sky to have it done. It costs hundreds
of bucks sometimes in a lot of cases, thousands of
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bucks to get this thing buried. And then you just know,
I don't want to be paranoid, but you just know
there's going to be some sort of a complication that
pops up. Who the heck knows. So now where I
used to have this nothing in the backyard, ugly muddy whatever,
and this ugly pro Paine tank. Now, thanks to Craigslist,
Goodwill and Habitat for Humanity Home store, we have a
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ten thousand dollars swing set in phenomenal shape that I
got for free on criikslist. I just had to take
it apart myself and if I can. Anybody can. So
for the rental truck and the cost of one small
replacement part, we got that for one hundred and forty bucks.
Then my husband puts in this beautiful back patio with
nothing more than a bunch of you know, wonderful timber
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edges and filled with wood chips Craigslist beautiful top of
the line furniture that I just recovered for eighteen bucks
when it should have cost at least five hundred for
the fabric alone. And now rather than moving this horrible
it could be the world's ugliest propane tank, it's really
that bad. Instead of doing that, we covered it with
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these beautiful caterers hedges, these beautiful fake hedges, and now
it looks like a beautiful, square, well manicured bush. Next
two hour patio set that we put in for next
to nothing. Guys, the transformation in our backyard is exactly
what our family needed, and we spent it could easily
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be ninety five percent less than what other people are
spending on sprucing up three yards. That's the kind of
thing I'm talking about. And if I can do it,
making every mistake in the book and getting a few
couple of good chuckles along the way, But the money's
in the bank rather than someone else's pocket. That's the
kind of thing I'm talking about. Guys, the time is flying.
I want to hear from you as well. Tell me
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about your summertime projects planned or finished. Brilliant Frugal Living
dot com. After the break, I thought it was going
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tips coming up right after the break you all stay tuned.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Is small and not to.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
The best of all.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
Jeep circumstances, and we are back with the kristin the
Goopin show. And as we all prep for summer, we
realize it's not all about making sure we have the
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Fourth of July invites out or the kid's book bags
cleaned out. You know, that's a story for another day.
It's also a time to check a couple of boxes
with kids safety, including swimming lessons and water safety. You
know we are huge on that in our house. Water
accidents and tragedies unfortunately find their way into the news
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every summer. We all see it. Yet drowning is completely preventable.
And adding to that, guys, May is National Water Safety
Month and joining us today via our newsmaker Line is
three time Olympic gold medalist and swim safety Champion. Rowdy
gains with some outstanding advice and proven tips for getting
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kids and maybe the older non swimmers you love much
more comfortable and safe in the water this summer.
Speaker 4 (11:57):
Rowdy Welcome, Hi, Kristin, Thanks so much for having me on.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
Well, we are so glad you're here. You've got such
an outstanding perspective on this. I've really been looking forward
to this conversation because it's such important subject matter, you know,
So talk to us a bit about why it is
so important for people, perhaps especially in underserved communities to
get that access to swim lessons and water safety resources
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all of that. Talk to us a bit on that,
if you would.
Speaker 4 (12:25):
Well, Christen. It is a very important subject, especially as
we head into the summer, because drowning has become this
so called epidemic in our country. As you said, it's
the number one cause of unintentional death in that age
group one to four, the number two cause from the
five to fourteen age group. So we really want to
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try to tell parents, hey, it's out there, we can't
deny it, and you've got to keep your child safe.
In and around the water. And we do that through
two simple words, swimming lessons. If a child takes formal
swimming lessons, it's really simple. It's not rocket science science.
It reduces that risk of drowning by almost ninety percent.
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So we found the cure. And the cure literally is
swim lessons.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Oh my gosh. Yeah, And it is so important. And
you and I are very similar. You know, we're both
kind of scratching our heads because this isn't like a
meteor hitting the earth. You know, this is preventable deaths
we're talking about. And as you're explaining everything that's going
on in the latest stats, you've got a lot of
parents out there, maybe new grandparents out there. You know,
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they want to ensure that the kids in their lives
are going to be fully ready to go with water safety,
the strong swimming skills. But maybe they don't know where
to go, you know, how to start, How do we
steer them, Where do we get them where they need
to go?
Speaker 4 (13:50):
Well, and that's a big part of what we're trying
to do is to educate families. Because now I've been
around it for a long time, but up until twenty
twenty five years ago when I really started to get
into this water safety world, I didn't know these stats either,
So a lot of families just don't know it. And
that's why I think what we've created at Step into
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Swim has been real magical for so many lesson providers
in families and as you said, especially in those fragile
neighborhoods that have the ability to take swimming lessons. And
what we do, our initiative is part of a bigger
alliance called the Pool and hot Tub Alliance, and we
are filled with pool and hot tub suppliers, retailers, contractors, builders,
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and they've wrapped their arms around this this message. We have,
this mission we have in order to save lives, to
save children's lives and adults for that matter, through swim lessons.
So we provide these grants to swim lesson providers around
the country to be able to provide those lessons that
free or reduce costs to children.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
Okay, honestly, you had me at hot tub maybe on
a loan there, whatever it is in all seriousness though,
all kidding aside, what you're doing is literally saving lives,
and I know you're too modest to really say that
out loud, so allow me to say it for you.
So this is really incredible stuff, and you have a
lot of perspective on this. You've got a unique perspective
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on this. So I'm curious in your expert opinion. Talk
to me about what you feel like is the best
age to start kids with swimming lessons.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
Well, that's a very complex question because and I'll tell
you in just a second, but every family is different,
you know, I mean, every child is different. But my theory,
and again it's just my personal opinion, is when a
child learns how to walk, they're going to find the water.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
Right.
Speaker 4 (15:49):
It's like a magnet to them. They're so attracted to
that magic of what the water can bring, but also
a potential tragedy. So, whether it's a mommy and me
class or whether it's swim lessons, then some people do
take those ISR the Infant Survival Resource class where you're right,
they put that six month old and they teach that
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six month old to float on their back. It's not
for everybody, and I'm not saying they need to do that,
but at some point they need to put that.
Speaker 5 (16:18):
Child in swimming lessons. But more importantly, Kristin much more
important than even swim lessons, is Please, I'm begging parents
and caretakers do not take your eye off your child.
Speaker 4 (16:30):
That solves a lot of the problem right there, if
you watch your child one hundred percent of the time,
because a child can drown in as little as thirty seconds.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
Oh my god. Yeah, I could not agree more. And
you already know from our past conversations you were talking
to a rabbid helicopter parent right now, and that can
work both, you know, for better or for worse. But
when it comes to water safety, I have never understood
those parents that are so hands off. I just you know,
you want to have a word with them privately where
there's no cameras. But in all seriousness, safety is so important,
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especially this summer. And you must have heard stories that
would make all of our you know, make all of
us go just a little bit crazy. So again, the
message that you're sending right now is so important, it
is so helpful, and literally again it is saving lives.
So we've got listeners. We've got about two hundred stations
coast to coast. They're listening to you right now. They
want to learn more. Where do we send them to
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get more information on this and to take it to
the next step.
Speaker 4 (17:27):
Well, there are all kinds of different websites to help
in the water safety world. I work for Step into Swim,
as I said, and it's real easy if you go
to step intoswim dot org. We actually have a zip
code locator on our website to be able to find
a lesson provider that we support financially with those swim lessons,
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so those parents or caretakers can actually find that lesson provider,
especially those that help with free and reduce costs swim lessons.
So it's not hard. There's a lots of different tips
and helpful hints as we head into the summer on
our website and a ways the other ways to get
involved in the whole water safety world. And most drownings
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happen in front of an adult. Almost ninety percent of
drownings actually happen right there in front of their eyes,
and because they have become distracted, that's a big problem.
So we're just trying to solve that. We're trying to
lower those staggering statistics.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
Oh absolutely, and you're doing it. You're doing it. The
results are right there and we're all so grateful, rowdy gains.
You were just the best and above all else, thank
you for validating my rabid, overprotective helicopter mom persona. That's
what I really I think I appreciate the most, So again,
many many thanks for joining us in all seriousness, your insights,
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your great advice, and your incredible showing at the Olympics.
You are just too cool. You've got an open mic anytime.
Please have a safe, fabulous summer, and please come in
and join us again and again.
Speaker 3 (18:59):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 4 (19:00):
Christen, you take care of have a great.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
Summer, you bet, and we'll be right back gang right
after this.
Speaker 6 (19:09):
Small to steve.
Speaker 3 (19:12):
The best all circumstances. I just got alert to recall.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
And we are back with the Christian Egopian Show. And
I've been looking so forward to our next guest. Because
preeclampsia is a dangerous pregnancy complication that affects one in
twenty five pregnancies in the US. We've all heard of it.
Maybe some people have family members or friends or neighbors
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or coworkers who have come in close contact with that phenomenon.
Is they create their families. I am the proud owner
of two kids, and while we never had that going on.
I had buddies that had to take care of that
kind of a complication and they did it. They took
care of it. And this is big stuff, guys. It
can cause emergency situations and is one of the leading
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causes of maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide. And what interested
me most on behalf of a lot of friends of mine,
is that non Hispanic African American women have a sixty
percent higher likelihood of developing the condition. And those numbers
really speak to me. It's a high blood pressure disorder.
And despite all of my wonderful spastic ways, I don't
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have high blood pressure, not yet anywhere I should knock
what as I say that, But that condition is out
there big time and it can cause other serious complications,
especially if not caught early. And this is pre Eclampsia
Awareness Month and we're coming up on pre a Clampsia
Day so to increase awareness of this important condition. Joining
us via our Newsmaker line is doctor Brian Caveney, Lab Course,
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Chief medical and Scientific Officer, here to break down the
latest facts and figures and how we can address this
and kind of move forward in the future with a
better understanding and even better outcomes. Doctor Welcome Kristin.
Speaker 7 (21:34):
It's so good to be with you. Thanks for your
interest in such an important topic. That was a great
lead in. I appreciate that.
Speaker 2 (21:40):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
We love our medical segments around here because knowledge is power.
And we've all heard the phrase pre eclampsia, whether it
was for a buddy or maybe even a family member.
But you've still got a lot of people out there saying, okay,
if I take, if I put pen to paper, describe preeclampsia,
and they just can't do it. Do us a favor
and explain to our listening audience coast to coast. You've
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got like two hundred stations coast to coast. Talk to
our listeners just a basic breakdowns to what preoclamsia is.
Speaker 7 (22:07):
If you would, well, here's why your listeners do have
a good question on that. We don't yet really know
exactly what causes it, or why it develops, or why
it develops in the people that it does. That's a
great conundrum. There's a ton of great research going on
here and around the world on that. It boils down
to basically, the placenta doesn't fully develop appropriately inside the uterus,
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and in particular, the hormones that cause the right amount
of blood vessels to develop in the between the placenta
and the uterus aren't at quite the right amount and diameter,
and that can cause a variety of inflammation inside the
blood vessels, not just of the placenta, but in the
pregnant woman herself, and that can lead to a cascade
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of other inflammatory things such as really high blood pressure,
some anemia, kidney damage which causes you to spill some
protein over into the urine that we can measure. It
sometimes can affect the liver, and a variety of other things.
It can lead to seizures, the really high blood pressure,
organ damage, and as you mentioned, unfortunately also both death
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of both the mother and the baby. So a lot
of important reasons for us to learn more about this,
do more research, try to identify it whenever we can
in pregnant women, try to intervene with all of the
different ways we can try to reduce the risk and
then hopefully get to more healthy pregnancies and healthy deliveries.
Speaker 1 (23:36):
It's so true, and I'm taking notes as we're talking
here because I want to get it. You made me
think of a couple of other things as well. And
you're right, you know, for all of our amazing medical
times that we're currently living in, there are still so
many unknowns out there, and that's what makes people like
me just insane. You know, you need to have patient
professionals like yourself at the HELM because I'll just lose
it sometimes and I think about how much we still
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don't know about these conditions. But there are certain risk factors.
You know, if we can't figure out exactly what's going
on with that, we can determine the risk factors out
there that can lead to the condition, and that can
often be pretty helpful as well. Talk to us a
little bit about those risk factors that we're talking about
these days.
Speaker 7 (24:16):
That's right. None of us like that really long clipboard
every time we go to the doctor's office, but here's
a situation where filling that out accurately is really important, Kristin.
So there's a high correlation between people that have a
family history of pre acclamsia. So if you're thinking of
getting pregnant, if you are pregnant, ask a lot of
the women in your extended family if they had a
history of any problems with pregnancy. Including preeclamsia. It also
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can be highly correlated to someone who had a pre
eclamsia with a prior pregnancy, if it's your second or
other Some women who have had IVF have a slightly
higher risk of having it, as well as women with
a lot of other conditions such as type two diabetes,
chronic Kenyon disease, liver disease, autoimmune diseases like lupus or
rimatoid arthritis. It's also highly correlated with advanced age during
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pregnancy and wait, so a lot of different things for
your doctor to think through to evaluate what your risk
of preoclamsia and a lot of the other things that
could happen during pregnancy may be. So you can intervene.
Speaker 1 (25:17):
I know you're right, and you know what you brought
up something else that's pretty important because I was one
of those what do they call us? I was thirty
six when I had Katie. I was thirty nine when
I had Robbie. So we're in like this geriatric ward.
You know, Sean Connery could have walked through there. Oh
my god, he's a young hot guy. But when you're
thirty six having a baby, you're like, oh, you know,
do you want a cane to walk down the hallway
because you are geriatric, But there is some important points
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with that because it is considered an older age to
do this, and that seems to be one of the
biggest things going on here. So talk to me a
bit about the expectant moms out there or somebody who
knows an expectant mom out there, you know, because we're
not quite spastic enough as we're going through all this,
But talk to me about the tests that would actually
be pretty darn helpful to take this thing off your checklist.
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I mean, what do we go in and do and
how soon do we do it?
Speaker 7 (26:04):
That's right. Well, this is one of the reasons why
there are so many different prenatal visits throughout a pregnancy,
because there's so many important things for your doctor to
check to make sure that you're as healthy as you
can be. One of the challenges is because you can't
feel your blood pressure. Most women who are in the
early stages of developing preeclampsia can't really feel it. They're asymptomatic.
That's one of the reasons why it's important for your
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doctor to think through all of those risk factors and
do some of the tests that they always do, as
you know every time you go to the clinic, they're
going to check your blood pressure. There are some special
measurements they do during an ultrasound that can look for
the artery movement between the uterus and the placenta. And
then also, just over the past couple of years, we've
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identified some proteins that are correlated to the development of
the blood vessels in the placenta that is a pretty
good predictor of the risk of developing preoclampsia. And so
when we put those together, we can give your doctor
a pretty good estimate of the risk of developing pre
acclamcya by the thirty fourth week of pregnancy. And so
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those are blood tests that are typically done during a
prenatal visit at the clinic. Usually between the eleventh and
fourteenth week of the pregnancy is the best time to
do those. So so many things to think about. That's
why it's important to have a great relationship with your
doctor and follow those recommendations.
Speaker 1 (27:24):
Oh one hundred percent. It is because you might find
this hard to believe, but I was just a bit
of a spaz while I was pregnant with both of
my little ones. You know, you love them the instant
you learn about them. You want to do right by them.
And then you have all these freaking tests that are
waiting for you with all of the best intentions in
the world. But you get this deer in the headlights
type thing, and all you got to do exactly as
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you said. You know, how do you eat a grizzly bear?
You know, one bite at a time, Have every one
of these tests, do one at a time. Cross it
off your list, and you'll find that when these results
come back and you and your knowledge is power, and
you have all of this great knowledge under your belt,
and do latch on with a fabulous partner at the time.
To have somebody there who's a little less bastic than
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you are. It will reap rewards for you. Write everything down,
get all the tests. Your future self will thank you.
Speaker 7 (28:14):
Doc.
Speaker 1 (28:14):
We only have about maybe a minute and a half left.
There's so many questions out there. You've got people who
are worried about going in. You've got people worried about
the results. You must hear this stuff constantly. How do
we talk them down out of their tree and get
them to get this thing done.
Speaker 7 (28:27):
That's funny. Well, the good news, Kristin is you were
scared because it was your first pregnancy. But your obgoi
in has seen that thousands of times and has probably
answered many of the same questions you have about the
lab tests and about the things that you should do
to assure a healthy pregnancy. So again, it's super important
for you to just make sure you like your doctor.
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You go to all of the visits, you follow their recommendations.
If they do identify something and prescribe something such as
a blood pressure medicine that we know to be safe
during pregnancy, follow their recommendations. If they suggest you change
the things that you do at work or at home
to reduce your risk, do those. If they do suggest
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some lab tests, whether to look for the risk of
pre acclamsia or other infections that occur, and all of
the other things that they look for, you know understand
what those are, get those test results, ask smart questions
of your doctor, and you'll set yourself up the best
you can to try to have a healthy pregnancy and
hopefully a healthy delivery of your baby.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
There you go, and a lot of chocolate. I find
you mix all those things together, and more often than not,
you're going to get just the outcome you're looking for.
In all seriousness, doctor Caveney, there's so much noise out there,
there's so much misinformation. We can't thank you enough for
coming here and just boiling it all down into workable
info that our listeners can use. And I knew the
time would fly. Doctor Brian Caveney joining us from lab Core.
(29:48):
Thank you so much for all that you do. You've
got an open mic anytime, have yourself a fabulous summer.
Speaker 7 (29:53):
My pleasure. Thank you so much, Christin. I appreciate it
and appreciate your interest in making sure we have a
lot of healthy pregnancies out there.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
And we'll be right back gang right after this.
Speaker 3 (30:07):
To the best of all circumstance. I just got a.
Speaker 1 (30:27):
Lot, and we are back with the Christina Gophin Show.
And are you guys ready for these stats? I couldn't
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believe it when I read it, but one in sixteen
Americans will face a lung cancer diagnosis in their lifetime.
And that took me back a bit. I really is
a number that jarred me quite a bit. Lung cancer
is a complex and obviously devastating disease. Most family trees
know someone usually because of smoking, that was affected by it,
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and less than three percent of patients today. Even in
these modern times, three percent of patients with extensive stage
small cell lung cancer live longer than five years. And
now patients have access to a new and different treatment
option that empowers the body's immune system to target and
help fight these cancer cells. These stories always thrill me
(31:35):
because of the amazing times we live in, and here
joining us via our newsmaker line to unpack this for
us and tell us a bit more is doctor Paul Burton, Sir,
Welcome to the show. How are you doing today?
Speaker 8 (31:45):
Hello, Kristin, Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (31:47):
It's our pleasure. First of all, break it down for
us just a bit. Why is, even in these advanced times,
why is small cell lung cancer so difficult to treat?
Speaker 8 (31:58):
Yeah, so your stats were great. You know, about one
in seven of all of the lung cancer patients will
be diagnosed with this type, as you mentioned, small cell
lung cancer. So that means here in the United States
that's about thirty five thousand people a year will be
diagnosed with small cell lung cancer. It's very aggressive and
(32:19):
it is difficult to treat. As you say, it's difficult
because it grows very fast, it spreads, and it tends
to present late, so patients get to their doctor oftentimes
when they have extensive late stage disease. And that's why,
as you said, you know, five years survival of three
percent really quite staggering. And when you think about that
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in terms of time, it means that from the point
of diagnosis for those patients again with extensive late disease,
you know, they may only survive on average three to
five months. So it's an important, very severe type of cancer.
Speaker 1 (32:56):
It so is, and you just explained that so beautifully.
I wish I had an hour with you, but mainly
what I want to get across here is the incredible
advancements that doctors like you are making happen. It's almost
science fiction at this point, and we're so grateful for
all of your work. For those of our listeners coast
to coast who are tuning in and they're hearing you
talk and they're like, oh, my goodness. You know I
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know somebody or a family tree that's been affected by this.
Talk to us a bit about the treatments that are
available today for people living with this aggressive disease. It
has switched up tremendously just in the last generation alone.
Speaker 8 (33:30):
I would think that's true for some patient's sake.
Speaker 5 (33:34):
And h surgery.
Speaker 8 (33:35):
There's radiotherapy and chemotherapy as well, and oftentimes patients will
actually respond very well to radiotherapy and to chemotherapy initially. Now,
what cancer cells tend to do is they then try
to find a way to get around that treatment, even radiotherapy,
even chemotherapy. So it comes back. It grows fast. As
I said, it spreads, and so the disease then continues
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to to grow, and that's why these people have a
poor outcome. Now, in twenty twenty three, Kristen Mgen presented
data from a clinical trial of a medicine a of
hours called Imdeltra, and in Delta is an antibody that
basically has two arms on it. One of the arms
can grab on to the small cell lung cancer cell.
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The other arm grabs onto a white blood cell in
the patient's body, and it pulls that white blood cell
into the cancer and basically unleashes the power of the
patient's own immune system so that their immune system kills
the cancer cells. Now, we both said that the average
survival for these patients with extensive diseases maybe three to
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five months. We were thrilled in this study because we
were able to show that the average survival almost tripled
out to fourteen months. That's another holiday, another Thanksgiving, another
another graduation that you can see. So we think this
is a potentially transform tiff new therapy for patients with
extensive stage small cell lung cancer, and in fact, the
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FDA just recently granted accelerated approval for it based on
the results of this study. They want us to do
more studies. We're committed to doing that, committed to the patients.
But you know, this is an important result and a
real transformation for the treatment of small cell lung cancer.
Speaker 1 (35:23):
Amazing. We only have a moment left again, I'd love
to have an hour with you. Where do we send
our listeners for more information on this, doctor.
Speaker 8 (35:31):
Yeah, so look, im delcha can have severe side effects,
important to know about those. Go to imdeltra dot com,
I M d E L L t r A dot com.
Get more information on small cell lung cancer on m delta.
Talk about it with your physician.
Speaker 1 (35:46):
We'll put a link on our website as well. Doctor
Paul Burton, Senior VP, Chief Medical Officer at am JEN.
We can't thank you enough for taking time out of
your busy day. You then open mic anytime. Please join
us again when you can.
Speaker 8 (35:58):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (35:58):
Kristin bet until next week, save those pennies, pay with cash,
and you all stay frugal out there.
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yet again going with the what is this? I brought
this one in chocolate almond, brought this one in myself
founded for a huge today it's usually about six bucks
a bag, got it for a dollar fifty bag, So
of course here it is, loving it, raising it all
to you in my new Dollar Store mug salute. Love
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these mugs. You can't destroy them, they can get microwaved
everything else. Love my dollar Store. Sometimes you just gotta
do what you got to do and pick up a
few new mugs, even if you have five hundred in
store currently in your cabinet. Sometimes you just got to
get a new one. Okay, since last week's show, we're
all over the map here with subject matter, but I
gotta get this one out. More tornadoes in this area,
(01:30):
Chester County, PA, about an hour west of Philadelphia. Okay,
so back towards home. Thank god no one was hurt.
Kind of a miracle, because we're a bit of a mess.
And here's bottom line, guys, I could go on for
an hour here I am summing it up. Get yourself
a weather radio or get the app on your phone,
simple as that. I've got the most Fisher Price fantastic, durable,
(01:50):
dependable track phone out there, very inexpensive, and even I
can effortlessly download an app for severe weather. And I
really think that has something to do with the fact
that no one got hurt in these last storms this
past week and a couple of sleepless nights due to
alarms going off on your phone. Far preferable. I don't
even think I need to say this. Far preferable to
I don't know having to search for you under the
(02:12):
wreckage of your home because you didn't know bad weather
was on the way. Okay, simple as that, get yourself
the app On a much happier note slash comedic note.
Huge projects going on here from last week. Painted the
gorgeous yet hugely beat up TV cabinet, originally hundreds of bucks.
I got it for fifteen dollars at my local Goodwill.
(02:34):
Heavy as heck, Holy God, getting this up the stairs.
Painted it this beautiful creamy yellow antique to match the
other creamy yellow hundred year old antique furniture in our
guest room. It came out great, you guys. They matched
the paint so perfectly. I brought a little drawer with
me from one of the pieces of antique furniture. I
(02:55):
wanted this thing to match as much as possible. Wasn't
expecting any miracles because this was like some custom creamy yellow.
I can't even really describe it. It's beautiful antique color.
Sherwin William knocks it out of the park, gives me
a can of the stuff. I come home, I just
slap a coat of paint on it. It's done in
a day. Victor, and I push this thing up the stairs. God,
this thing was heavy. Looks fantastic. So there's one done.
(03:17):
Got all of my ninety five percent off top designer
home fabric at Goodwill. Put that on my beat to
heck outdoor cushions. These things were so beat up. Did
not want to buy new furniture. I don't have the
hundreds of bucks to buy new furniture. I already have furniture.
It just looked like heck. So I take this ninety
(03:38):
five percent off beautiful bolts of fabric. I get a
Goodwill hit your local Goodwill. I cover them up with it. No,
not a straight stitch in the bunch, but it still
looks so phenomenal. Scotch guarded the heck out of them.
That stuff's pretty cool. I'm not gonna ask what's in there,
and they're not gonna tell me. And the water beads
right off. Okay, I am loving to look so much better.
(04:00):
So basically we got a new patio set for eighteen
dollars when the fabric alone should have cost five hundred
think you can't, so guess what neither can I. The
sewing machine does all the work. It's this beat up one.
I've had it for twenty years. Not a straight stitch
in the bunch. And the Facebook feedback is fantastic. Find
me there, Brilliantfrugal Living dot com. Get on our Facebook page,
(04:22):
give me your feedback on all of our latest projects.
But what I am having the most fun with This
project came out of nowhere and the guys are responding hilariously.
The online responses, guys, do any of you have like
a fuel tank on your property? Many people have buried
fuel tanks. Now we're not one of them. Maybe you've
got a fuel tank or a pro paine tank, some
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kind of tank out there. Some people, you know Midwestern.
We've got some of our listeners out there have got
tanks for all kinds of stuff. Whatever tank is in
your yard and it's bugging the heck out of you
because it's crazy ugly. Yeah me too. Here's what we did.
Not only have ive been frequenting our local goodwill, it
just pulls me in like a siren, like a mermaid
(05:05):
is just pulling me in. I've been going to my
local Habitat for Humanity home store. And here's what the
straight dirt straightened the people who have worked there for years.
People out there are buying brand new duds for their homes,
thousands and thousands of dollars on brand new furniture. Good
for them. You work your butt off for your money,
spend it however you want to. But when they're updating
(05:29):
all of their rooms with this brand new ten thousand
dollars worth of furniture, they got to get rid of
the other furniture. And what are they doing. They're making
it a phenomenal tax right off by donating it to
their local goodwill and their local Habitat for Humanity. You guys,
I have never seen such phenomenal, unbelievable selections at your
(05:49):
local Habitat for Humanity as I am right now. And
I've been going there for easily five years. Okay, easily
five years. So I get in there and not only
looking around for something for Robbie's room, I'm trying to
find an extra dresser. Things are going so beautifully in
his room. He's got the bunk beds in there now,
huge space saver. I need a big, long dresser on
the other side of the room. But he's a kid,
he's gonna beat it up. So we're gonna be doing
(06:10):
a nice antique read heavy furniture selection there. I'll let
you know when we find it. Here's what I found
there out of nowhere. These I didn't even know these
things existed. They look like a baby gate, you know,
a little folding, you know, a netting kind of thing,
but it's made out of wood or made out of bamboo,
made out of whoever you want to And they are oftentimes,
(06:33):
you know, like a pet gate you put in your
doorways to make sure the pets don't get through or
babies don't get through one of those things. Imagine one
made out of bamboo covered with densely woven in leaves. Okay,
Apparently caterers use these things all the time to create
the right kind of ambiance for their get togethers and
their parties. I found about there has to be ten
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of them. Normally they retail for about fifty apiece. I
them for ten apiece at my local Habitat for Humanity
home store. What do I do? I bring them home.
We have got this huge pro pain tank, you know,
the biggest pro Paine tank you can possibly have at home.
That's what I've got. And it was originally painted white.
It is ugliest sin it's rusting a couple of spots.
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I gotta repaint this thing. And it's right next to
the back patio that we put in. We put in
this wonderful rustic back patio. It's beautiful. The only huge
eyesore about this patio is this ugly pro pain tank.
So I bring home all of these lovely trellises, these movable,
flexible trellises, and I start stretching them out around my
(07:38):
pro pain tank. They went all the way around, and
they covered the top, they covered the sides, and now
it looks like this beautiful I'm not kidding you, guys.
It now looks like this beautiful trimmed hedge where the
world's ugliest pro pro pain tank used to be. It's there.
When I drove away from the house this morning, I
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saw it again. I had to chuckle. It is a phenomenal.
I got so lucky with this, But again, this is
kind of thinking outside the box. I want you guys
all to do for me. It was pure luck. I
was so sick of this thing. But I want you
to think about this. If you've got something in your yard,
maybe who the heck knows, some piece of equipment or
an old stump, or like me, a fuel tank and
(08:20):
moving this thing. Do you know what it costs to
move a pro Paine tank? Hundreds of bucks. So many
people who think I have far more money than I
do because I don't, are saying, oh, just get it buried.
Call the company, have them bury the tank. Yeah, all,
call do that right after I have money shower out
of the sky to have it done. It costs hundreds
of bucks sometimes in a lot of cases, thousands of
(08:42):
bucks to get this thing buried. And then you just know,
I don't want to be paranoid, but you just know
there's going to be some sort of a complication that
pops up. Who the heck knows. So now where I
used to have this nothing in the backyard, ugly muddy whatever,
and this ugly pro Paine tank. Now, thanks to Craigslist,
Goodwill and Habitat for Humanity Home store, we have a
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ten thousand dollars swing set in phenomenal shape that I
got for free on criikslist. I just had to take
it apart myself and if I can. Anybody can. So
for the rental truck and the cost of one small
replacement part, we got that for one hundred and forty bucks.
Then my husband puts in this beautiful back patio with
nothing more than a bunch of you know, wonderful timber
(09:26):
edges and filled with wood chips Craigslist beautiful top of
the line furniture that I just recovered for eighteen bucks
when it should have cost at least five hundred for
the fabric alone. And now rather than moving this horrible
it could be the world's ugliest propane tank, it's really
that bad. Instead of doing that, we covered it with
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these beautiful caterers hedges, these beautiful fake hedges, and now
it looks like a beautiful, square, well manicured bush. Next
two hour patio set that we put in for next
to nothing. Guys, the transformation in our backyard is exactly
what our family needed, and we spent it could easily
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be ninety five percent less than what other people are
spending on sprucing up three yards. That's the kind of
thing I'm talking about. And if I can do it,
making every mistake in the book and getting a few
couple of good chuckles along the way, But the money's
in the bank rather than someone else's pocket. That's the
kind of thing I'm talking about. Guys, the time is flying.
I want to hear from you as well. Tell me
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about your summertime projects planned or finished. Brilliant Frugal Living
dot com. After the break, I thought it was going
to be so blame and I'm hooked and her best
tips coming up right after the break you all stay tuned.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Is small and not to.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
The best of all.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
Jeep circumstances, and we are back with the kristin the
Goopin show. And as we all prep for summer, we
realize it's not all about making sure we have the
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Fourth of July invites out or the kid's book bags
cleaned out. You know, that's a story for another day.
It's also a time to check a couple of boxes
with kids safety, including swimming lessons and water safety. You
know we are huge on that in our house. Water
accidents and tragedies unfortunately find their way into the news
(11:30):
every summer. We all see it. Yet drowning is completely preventable.
And adding to that, guys, May is National Water Safety
Month and joining us today via our newsmaker Line is
three time Olympic gold medalist and swim safety Champion. Rowdy
gains with some outstanding advice and proven tips for getting
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kids and maybe the older non swimmers you love much
more comfortable and safe in the water this summer.
Speaker 4 (11:57):
Rowdy Welcome, Hi, Kristin, Thanks so much for having me on.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
Well, we are so glad you're here. You've got such
an outstanding perspective on this. I've really been looking forward
to this conversation because it's such important subject matter, you know,
So talk to us a bit about why it is
so important for people, perhaps especially in underserved communities to
get that access to swim lessons and water safety resources
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all of that. Talk to us a bit on that,
if you would.
Speaker 4 (12:25):
Well, Christen. It is a very important subject, especially as
we head into the summer, because drowning has become this
so called epidemic in our country. As you said, it's
the number one cause of unintentional death in that age
group one to four, the number two cause from the
five to fourteen age group. So we really want to
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try to tell parents, hey, it's out there, we can't
deny it, and you've got to keep your child safe.
In and around the water. And we do that through
two simple words, swimming lessons. If a child takes formal
swimming lessons, it's really simple. It's not rocket science science.
It reduces that risk of drowning by almost ninety percent.
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So we found the cure. And the cure literally is
swim lessons.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Oh my gosh. Yeah, And it is so important. And
you and I are very similar. You know, we're both
kind of scratching our heads because this isn't like a
meteor hitting the earth. You know, this is preventable deaths
we're talking about. And as you're explaining everything that's going
on in the latest stats, you've got a lot of
parents out there, maybe new grandparents out there. You know,
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they want to ensure that the kids in their lives
are going to be fully ready to go with water safety,
the strong swimming skills. But maybe they don't know where
to go, you know, how to start, How do we
steer them, Where do we get them where they need
to go?
Speaker 4 (13:50):
Well, and that's a big part of what we're trying
to do is to educate families. Because now I've been
around it for a long time, but up until twenty
twenty five years ago when I really started to get
into this water safety world, I didn't know these stats either,
So a lot of families just don't know it. And
that's why I think what we've created at Step into
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Swim has been real magical for so many lesson providers
in families and as you said, especially in those fragile
neighborhoods that have the ability to take swimming lessons. And
what we do, our initiative is part of a bigger
alliance called the Pool and hot Tub Alliance, and we
are filled with pool and hot tub suppliers, retailers, contractors, builders,
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and they've wrapped their arms around this this message. We have,
this mission we have in order to save lives, to
save children's lives and adults for that matter, through swim lessons.
So we provide these grants to swim lesson providers around
the country to be able to provide those lessons that
free or reduce costs to children.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
Okay, honestly, you had me at hot tub maybe on
a loan there, whatever it is in all seriousness though,
all kidding aside, what you're doing is literally saving lives,
and I know you're too modest to really say that
out loud, so allow me to say it for you.
So this is really incredible stuff, and you have a
lot of perspective on this. You've got a unique perspective
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on this. So I'm curious in your expert opinion. Talk
to me about what you feel like is the best
age to start kids with swimming lessons.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
Well, that's a very complex question because and I'll tell
you in just a second, but every family is different,
you know, I mean, every child is different. But my theory,
and again it's just my personal opinion, is when a
child learns how to walk, they're going to find the water.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
Right.
Speaker 4 (15:49):
It's like a magnet to them. They're so attracted to
that magic of what the water can bring, but also
a potential tragedy. So, whether it's a mommy and me
class or whether it's swim lessons, then some people do
take those ISR the Infant Survival Resource class where you're right,
they put that six month old and they teach that
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six month old to float on their back. It's not
for everybody, and I'm not saying they need to do that,
but at some point they need to put that.
Speaker 5 (16:18):
Child in swimming lessons. But more importantly, Kristin much more
important than even swim lessons, is Please, I'm begging parents
and caretakers do not take your eye off your child.
Speaker 4 (16:30):
That solves a lot of the problem right there, if
you watch your child one hundred percent of the time,
because a child can drown in as little as thirty seconds.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
Oh my god. Yeah, I could not agree more. And
you already know from our past conversations you were talking
to a rabbid helicopter parent right now, and that can
work both, you know, for better or for worse. But
when it comes to water safety, I have never understood
those parents that are so hands off. I just you know,
you want to have a word with them privately where
there's no cameras. But in all seriousness, safety is so important,
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especially this summer. And you must have heard stories that
would make all of our you know, make all of
us go just a little bit crazy. So again, the
message that you're sending right now is so important, it
is so helpful, and literally again it is saving lives.
So we've got listeners. We've got about two hundred stations
coast to coast. They're listening to you right now. They
want to learn more. Where do we send them to
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get more information on this and to take it to
the next step.
Speaker 4 (17:27):
Well, there are all kinds of different websites to help
in the water safety world. I work for Step into Swim,
as I said, and it's real easy if you go
to step intoswim dot org. We actually have a zip
code locator on our website to be able to find
a lesson provider that we support financially with those swim lessons,
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so those parents or caretakers can actually find that lesson provider,
especially those that help with free and reduce costs swim lessons.
So it's not hard. There's a lots of different tips
and helpful hints as we head into the summer on
our website and a ways the other ways to get
involved in the whole water safety world. And most drownings
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happen in front of an adult. Almost ninety percent of
drownings actually happen right there in front of their eyes,
and because they have become distracted, that's a big problem.
So we're just trying to solve that. We're trying to
lower those staggering statistics.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
Oh absolutely, and you're doing it. You're doing it. The
results are right there and we're all so grateful, rowdy gains.
You were just the best and above all else, thank
you for validating my rabid, overprotective helicopter mom persona. That's
what I really I think I appreciate the most, So again,
many many thanks for joining us in all seriousness, your insights,
(18:48):
your great advice, and your incredible showing at the Olympics.
You are just too cool. You've got an open mic anytime.
Please have a safe, fabulous summer, and please come in
and join us again and again.
Speaker 3 (18:59):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 4 (19:00):
Christen, you take care of have a great.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
Summer, you bet, and we'll be right back gang right
after this.
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The best all circumstances. I just got alert to recall.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
And we are back with the Christian Egopian Show. And
I've been looking so forward to our next guest. Because
preeclampsia is a dangerous pregnancy complication that affects one in
twenty five pregnancies in the US. We've all heard of it.
Maybe some people have family members or friends or neighbors
(20:13):
or coworkers who have come in close contact with that phenomenon.
Is they create their families. I am the proud owner
of two kids, and while we never had that going on.
I had buddies that had to take care of that
kind of a complication and they did it. They took
care of it. And this is big stuff, guys. It
can cause emergency situations and is one of the leading
(20:35):
causes of maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide. And what interested
me most on behalf of a lot of friends of mine,
is that non Hispanic African American women have a sixty
percent higher likelihood of developing the condition. And those numbers
really speak to me. It's a high blood pressure disorder.
And despite all of my wonderful spastic ways, I don't
(20:59):
have high blood pressure, not yet anywhere I should knock
what as I say that, But that condition is out
there big time and it can cause other serious complications,
especially if not caught early. And this is pre Eclampsia
Awareness Month and we're coming up on pre a Clampsia
Day so to increase awareness of this important condition. Joining
us via our Newsmaker line is doctor Brian Caveney, Lab Course,
(21:22):
Chief medical and Scientific Officer, here to break down the
latest facts and figures and how we can address this
and kind of move forward in the future with a
better understanding and even better outcomes. Doctor Welcome Kristin.
Speaker 7 (21:34):
It's so good to be with you. Thanks for your
interest in such an important topic. That was a great
lead in. I appreciate that.
Speaker 2 (21:40):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
We love our medical segments around here because knowledge is power.
And we've all heard the phrase pre eclampsia, whether it
was for a buddy or maybe even a family member.
But you've still got a lot of people out there saying, okay,
if I take, if I put pen to paper, describe preeclampsia,
and they just can't do it. Do us a favor
and explain to our listening audience coast to coast. You've
(22:01):
got like two hundred stations coast to coast. Talk to
our listeners just a basic breakdowns to what preoclamsia is.
Speaker 7 (22:07):
If you would, well, here's why your listeners do have
a good question on that. We don't yet really know
exactly what causes it, or why it develops, or why
it develops in the people that it does. That's a
great conundrum. There's a ton of great research going on
here and around the world on that. It boils down
to basically, the placenta doesn't fully develop appropriately inside the uterus,
(22:32):
and in particular, the hormones that cause the right amount
of blood vessels to develop in the between the placenta
and the uterus aren't at quite the right amount and diameter,
and that can cause a variety of inflammation inside the
blood vessels, not just of the placenta, but in the
pregnant woman herself, and that can lead to a cascade
(22:53):
of other inflammatory things such as really high blood pressure,
some anemia, kidney damage which causes you to spill some
protein over into the urine that we can measure. It
sometimes can affect the liver, and a variety of other things.
It can lead to seizures, the really high blood pressure,
organ damage, and as you mentioned, unfortunately also both death
(23:19):
of both the mother and the baby. So a lot
of important reasons for us to learn more about this,
do more research, try to identify it whenever we can
in pregnant women, try to intervene with all of the
different ways we can try to reduce the risk and
then hopefully get to more healthy pregnancies and healthy deliveries.
Speaker 1 (23:36):
It's so true, and I'm taking notes as we're talking
here because I want to get it. You made me
think of a couple of other things as well. And
you're right, you know, for all of our amazing medical
times that we're currently living in, there are still so
many unknowns out there, and that's what makes people like
me just insane. You know, you need to have patient
professionals like yourself at the HELM because I'll just lose
it sometimes and I think about how much we still
(23:58):
don't know about these conditions. But there are certain risk factors.
You know, if we can't figure out exactly what's going
on with that, we can determine the risk factors out
there that can lead to the condition, and that can
often be pretty helpful as well. Talk to us a
little bit about those risk factors that we're talking about
these days.
Speaker 7 (24:16):
That's right. None of us like that really long clipboard
every time we go to the doctor's office, but here's
a situation where filling that out accurately is really important, Kristin.
So there's a high correlation between people that have a
family history of pre acclamsia. So if you're thinking of
getting pregnant, if you are pregnant, ask a lot of
the women in your extended family if they had a
history of any problems with pregnancy. Including preeclamsia. It also
(24:40):
can be highly correlated to someone who had a pre
eclamsia with a prior pregnancy, if it's your second or
other Some women who have had IVF have a slightly
higher risk of having it, as well as women with
a lot of other conditions such as type two diabetes,
chronic Kenyon disease, liver disease, autoimmune diseases like lupus or
rimatoid arthritis. It's also highly correlated with advanced age during
(25:04):
pregnancy and wait, so a lot of different things for
your doctor to think through to evaluate what your risk
of preoclamsia and a lot of the other things that
could happen during pregnancy may be. So you can intervene.
Speaker 1 (25:17):
I know you're right, and you know what you brought
up something else that's pretty important because I was one
of those what do they call us? I was thirty
six when I had Katie. I was thirty nine when
I had Robbie. So we're in like this geriatric ward.
You know, Sean Connery could have walked through there. Oh
my god, he's a young hot guy. But when you're
thirty six having a baby, you're like, oh, you know,
do you want a cane to walk down the hallway
because you are geriatric, But there is some important points
(25:39):
with that because it is considered an older age to
do this, and that seems to be one of the
biggest things going on here. So talk to me a
bit about the expectant moms out there or somebody who
knows an expectant mom out there, you know, because we're
not quite spastic enough as we're going through all this,
But talk to me about the tests that would actually
be pretty darn helpful to take this thing off your checklist.
(26:01):
I mean, what do we go in and do and
how soon do we do it?
Speaker 7 (26:04):
That's right. Well, this is one of the reasons why
there are so many different prenatal visits throughout a pregnancy,
because there's so many important things for your doctor to
check to make sure that you're as healthy as you
can be. One of the challenges is because you can't
feel your blood pressure. Most women who are in the
early stages of developing preeclampsia can't really feel it. They're asymptomatic.
That's one of the reasons why it's important for your
(26:25):
doctor to think through all of those risk factors and
do some of the tests that they always do, as
you know every time you go to the clinic, they're
going to check your blood pressure. There are some special
measurements they do during an ultrasound that can look for
the artery movement between the uterus and the placenta. And
then also, just over the past couple of years, we've
(26:46):
identified some proteins that are correlated to the development of
the blood vessels in the placenta that is a pretty
good predictor of the risk of developing preoclampsia. And so
when we put those together, we can give your doctor
a pretty good estimate of the risk of developing pre
acclamcya by the thirty fourth week of pregnancy. And so
(27:06):
those are blood tests that are typically done during a
prenatal visit at the clinic. Usually between the eleventh and
fourteenth week of the pregnancy is the best time to
do those. So so many things to think about. That's
why it's important to have a great relationship with your
doctor and follow those recommendations.
Speaker 1 (27:24):
Oh one hundred percent. It is because you might find
this hard to believe, but I was just a bit
of a spaz while I was pregnant with both of
my little ones. You know, you love them the instant
you learn about them. You want to do right by them.
And then you have all these freaking tests that are
waiting for you with all of the best intentions in
the world. But you get this deer in the headlights
type thing, and all you got to do exactly as
(27:45):
you said. You know, how do you eat a grizzly bear?
You know, one bite at a time, Have every one
of these tests, do one at a time. Cross it
off your list, and you'll find that when these results
come back and you and your knowledge is power, and
you have all of this great knowledge under your belt,
and do latch on with a fabulous partner at the time.
To have somebody there who's a little less bastic than
(28:07):
you are. It will reap rewards for you. Write everything down,
get all the tests. Your future self will thank you.
Speaker 7 (28:14):
Doc.
Speaker 1 (28:14):
We only have about maybe a minute and a half left.
There's so many questions out there. You've got people who
are worried about going in. You've got people worried about
the results. You must hear this stuff constantly. How do
we talk them down out of their tree and get
them to get this thing done.
Speaker 7 (28:27):
That's funny. Well, the good news, Kristin is you were
scared because it was your first pregnancy. But your obgoi
in has seen that thousands of times and has probably
answered many of the same questions you have about the
lab tests and about the things that you should do
to assure a healthy pregnancy. So again, it's super important
for you to just make sure you like your doctor.
(28:48):
You go to all of the visits, you follow their recommendations.
If they do identify something and prescribe something such as
a blood pressure medicine that we know to be safe
during pregnancy, follow their recommendations. If they suggest you change
the things that you do at work or at home
to reduce your risk, do those. If they do suggest
(29:08):
some lab tests, whether to look for the risk of
pre acclamsia or other infections that occur, and all of
the other things that they look for, you know understand
what those are, get those test results, ask smart questions
of your doctor, and you'll set yourself up the best
you can to try to have a healthy pregnancy and
hopefully a healthy delivery of your baby.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
There you go, and a lot of chocolate. I find
you mix all those things together, and more often than not,
you're going to get just the outcome you're looking for.
In all seriousness, doctor Caveney, there's so much noise out there,
there's so much misinformation. We can't thank you enough for
coming here and just boiling it all down into workable
info that our listeners can use. And I knew the
time would fly. Doctor Brian Caveney joining us from lab Core.
(29:48):
Thank you so much for all that you do. You've
got an open mic anytime, have yourself a fabulous summer.
Speaker 7 (29:53):
My pleasure. Thank you so much, Christin. I appreciate it
and appreciate your interest in making sure we have a
lot of healthy pregnancies out there.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
And we'll be right back gang right after this.
Speaker 3 (30:07):
To the best of all circumstance. I just got a.
Speaker 1 (30:27):
Lot, and we are back with the Christina Gophin Show.
And are you guys ready for these stats? I couldn't
(30:49):
believe it when I read it, but one in sixteen
Americans will face a lung cancer diagnosis in their lifetime.
And that took me back a bit. I really is
a number that jarred me quite a bit. Lung cancer
is a complex and obviously devastating disease. Most family trees
know someone usually because of smoking, that was affected by it,
(31:11):
and less than three percent of patients today. Even in
these modern times, three percent of patients with extensive stage
small cell lung cancer live longer than five years. And
now patients have access to a new and different treatment
option that empowers the body's immune system to target and
help fight these cancer cells. These stories always thrill me
(31:35):
because of the amazing times we live in, and here
joining us via our newsmaker line to unpack this for
us and tell us a bit more is doctor Paul Burton, Sir,
Welcome to the show. How are you doing today?
Speaker 8 (31:45):
Hello, Kristin, Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (31:47):
It's our pleasure. First of all, break it down for
us just a bit. Why is, even in these advanced times,
why is small cell lung cancer so difficult to treat?
Speaker 8 (31:58):
Yeah, so your stats were great. You know, about one
in seven of all of the lung cancer patients will
be diagnosed with this type, as you mentioned, small cell
lung cancer. So that means here in the United States
that's about thirty five thousand people a year will be
diagnosed with small cell lung cancer. It's very aggressive and
(32:19):
it is difficult to treat. As you say, it's difficult
because it grows very fast, it spreads, and it tends
to present late, so patients get to their doctor oftentimes
when they have extensive late stage disease. And that's why,
as you said, you know, five years survival of three
percent really quite staggering. And when you think about that
(32:42):
in terms of time, it means that from the point
of diagnosis for those patients again with extensive late disease,
you know, they may only survive on average three to
five months. So it's an important, very severe type of cancer.
Speaker 1 (32:56):
It so is, and you just explained that so beautifully.
I wish I had an hour with you, but mainly
what I want to get across here is the incredible
advancements that doctors like you are making happen. It's almost
science fiction at this point, and we're so grateful for
all of your work. For those of our listeners coast
to coast who are tuning in and they're hearing you
talk and they're like, oh, my goodness. You know I
(33:17):
know somebody or a family tree that's been affected by this.
Talk to us a bit about the treatments that are
available today for people living with this aggressive disease. It
has switched up tremendously just in the last generation alone.
Speaker 8 (33:30):
I would think that's true for some patient's sake.
Speaker 5 (33:34):
And h surgery.
Speaker 8 (33:35):
There's radiotherapy and chemotherapy as well, and oftentimes patients will
actually respond very well to radiotherapy and to chemotherapy initially. Now,
what cancer cells tend to do is they then try
to find a way to get around that treatment, even radiotherapy,
even chemotherapy. So it comes back. It grows fast. As
I said, it spreads, and so the disease then continues
(33:59):
to to grow, and that's why these people have a
poor outcome. Now, in twenty twenty three, Kristen Mgen presented
data from a clinical trial of a medicine a of
hours called Imdeltra, and in Delta is an antibody that
basically has two arms on it. One of the arms
can grab on to the small cell lung cancer cell.
(34:21):
The other arm grabs onto a white blood cell in
the patient's body, and it pulls that white blood cell
into the cancer and basically unleashes the power of the
patient's own immune system so that their immune system kills
the cancer cells. Now, we both said that the average
survival for these patients with extensive diseases maybe three to
(34:43):
five months. We were thrilled in this study because we
were able to show that the average survival almost tripled
out to fourteen months. That's another holiday, another Thanksgiving, another
another graduation that you can see. So we think this
is a potentially transform tiff new therapy for patients with
extensive stage small cell lung cancer, and in fact, the
(35:06):
FDA just recently granted accelerated approval for it based on
the results of this study. They want us to do
more studies. We're committed to doing that, committed to the patients.
But you know, this is an important result and a
real transformation for the treatment of small cell lung cancer.
Speaker 1 (35:23):
Amazing. We only have a moment left again, I'd love
to have an hour with you. Where do we send
our listeners for more information on this, doctor.
Speaker 8 (35:31):
Yeah, so look, im delcha can have severe side effects,
important to know about those. Go to imdeltra dot com,
I M d E L L t r A dot com.
Get more information on small cell lung cancer on m delta.
Talk about it with your physician.
Speaker 1 (35:46):
We'll put a link on our website as well. Doctor
Paul Burton, Senior VP, Chief Medical Officer at am JEN.
We can't thank you enough for taking time out of
your busy day. You then open mic anytime. Please join
us again when you can.
Speaker 8 (35:58):
Thank you.
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