Video: Missy on The View
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Watch Women’s Health Foundation founder Missy Lavender on The View! Missy was invited on The View to discuss Light Bladder Leakage, in conjunction with Poise’s 1 in 3 Like Me campaign. Take a look after the jump.
I’m glad to see that Whoopi Goldberg has taken up the issue and that Missy Lavender could discuss it on the view. But why did this segment provide no information on treatment? Panty liners are not a solution; they’re an aid that should be temporary. Pelvic physical therapy and, in more serious cases, surgery can actually address the problem. Women deserve to learn something about these options. Otherwise, the one-in-three campaign offers little real benefit.
Kudos to Missy for sharing this important Women’s health issue of Pelvic floor functioning. We celebrate you and support all that you and Women’s Health Foundation do for women of all ages.
With gratitude….Marcy Cole, Ph.D, Founder/Executive Director: First Tuesday USA (www.FirstTuesdayUSA.com)
ps..loved having missy talk pelvic health to the “First Tuesday” women of LA at our event last night!
The foundation has done alot for woman issues. Thank you. I did notice that you need to add to the LBL list that was presented on the view. You need to add lack of oxygen in the body will also cause leakage. This happened to me. I could walk and I would have to stop and rest or pee my pants if I continued to walk. Apparently I was de-saturating on my oxygen exchange.Numerous doc visits to no avail. Finally was diagnosed with copd at the hospital. When they sent me home with oxygen, my bladder problems stopped. No more bladder problemsas long as I keep my oxygen over 90.
When the doc checks your oxygen level in his -her office, make sure it is after you have excerted yourself on a 6 min walk like they give pulmonary patients. Actually a min or two would probably show desaturation. I desaturate down to 67% without oxygen. Please print this other symptom of copd on the bladder of women.I have severe copd. thank you
This was great information but Whoppi actually ignored Missy Lavendar and all of the valuable information that she PROBABLY brought with her. How rude!!! Whoppi seemed to be more interested in her commercial than helping women with a professionals insight. Also, the chair location was terrible. It appeared that the hosts were on one side of the coin and Missy on the other.
For the sake of the subject matter, please invite her back on the show and let the woman talk about the subject.
Good stuff here! Well written and nicely explained.
I also wanted to thank the video for the information about pelvic floor exercises. I think they are also called kegel exercises and they are pretty useful for women of all ages.
Missy is terrific and thanks to Poise for their 1 in 3 Like Me campaign, which made this appearance by Missy possible. But I don’t agree with Hana’s observation of ” . . . why did this segment provide no information on treatment?” This was a valuable six-minute AWARENESS segment, dominated by Whoppi (which is her job, on national television, discussing a subject that virtually NEVER gets on the air, especially to a prime-time targeted-to-women audience, exactly the folks who need to be aware of Missy’s work and the WHF. The show is all over YouTube, and will go into reruns. Treatments? Sure, that discussion would have been nice but this isn’t “The Doctors.” Please, Hana, keep blogging and help sustain Missy’s momentum.