dr. feldman? [inaudible] >> i've got an email here that was sent to jim but it was copied me a couple days ago from a very good friend, sorry. and casualty at khe sanh. by the name of bill gay. he lives locally and couldn't come this evening. so i'll just read -- it's very brief. jim, i know you'll understand i've had to move up my birthday celebrations san francisco from 14 march to this this weekend on a emergency basis to share with my old hospital mate a company commander. we promised to always celebrate together. this is our 42nd birthday. as we both got a second chance at life in 1968. he was just diagnosed with kidney cancer and has to be operated immediately on returning from our special occasion. i pray this is not our last celebration. his company was whittled down to 125 to under 30 in 55 days of street fighting. he got hit 16 march. i got hit 8 march. i was so looking forward to giving you a standing ovation you deserve. the last is his comment but it would be mine. thank you again for

dr. ed feldman. i'm going to talk about him a little bit later. i'm going to move to a more serious topic now. i can't really do this myself so i'm going to take a second and just ask if you would all read this poem that i wrote. and while you're looking at it, i'm going to tell you that i want to tell you a story and then follow it up with something else the more difficult part of this discussion. in the triage area, as i mentioned, the casualties would come in 20, 10 and 5 so we knew what to expect. on one occasion they told us we were going to have a dozen or so litter-wounded. and i was the triage surgeon, which means i was the guy at the door saying station one, station two. and the worst guy that i think i've ever seen came in. scombaind station one. -- and i said station one. and i say lopez, there were so many lopez and nobody would identify him. no pulse. no blood pressure. wounds pretty much all over his body. and we went through that same effort. breathing tube, big tube, open his chest. worked on him for maybe 20, 30 minutes, no pulse,

dr. lauren feldman joins us to get the word out about skin cancer. good morning. >> good morning. happy easter and as tim said, we have a beautiful day today. and it looks like the sun has come back from our winter of hibernation. so, i wanted to come and tell everybody about what to do to protect themselves from the sun. >> what do we have here? >> skin cancer such a big problem. >> that's one of the big things that skin cancer is on the rise. we're seeing more cases of skin cancer. we're seeing younger cases. i was just talking to vivian and explaining that we've had a woman who is as young as 19 come into the office with melanoma which is a serious skin cancer. and we as dermatologists feel if we can see the skin, we can get things checked early and prevent a lot of problems. as to this, this is basically the old motto use your head, don't get red. so, wearing a hat, especially a broad rimmed hat is very important. sunscreen, we have all different kinds here. we have things that range from spf15 all the way up to spf 70. we have new technology. there is a company out now that m

dr. ed feldman and we will talk about him later. moving to gain more serious topic i cannot really do this myself so i will take a second for you to read the poem that i wrote to and value look at it i will tell you that a story than a follow-up with something else that is the mark difficult parts of this discussion. in the triage area of casualties' would come in so we knew what to expect. one occasion in-state told us we would have put a dozen wounded and i was the triage surgeon the guy at the door saying station one, station to. the worst guy that i think i have never seen and i said station one. his name was lopez and i say that because there was nobody that would be able to identify him. no pulse or blood pressure. the loans are all over his body and we went through this same effort with a breathing tube, a big intravenous tubes pumping blood open the chest and everything. we worked on him for maybe 20 or 30 minutes but no pulse or blood pressure. i said he is dead taken to the grave registration they picked him up and took hi