Hi, The movie Under Our Skin and the book Cure Unknown have awoken interest in the Lyme disease debate. Good Morning America will be showing a news story on the Lyme disease controversy tomorrow morning between 7:30 and 8:00 AM.
This came up on short notice and I was filmed late yesterday. Someone from the IDSA school of thought was also filmed in the Washington area. Thanks to Pat Smith for helping with this and Pam Kahl for PR assistance. There are other media projects going on at the same time. Best, Bob Robert C Bransfield, MD, DFAPA, PC 225 State Route 35 Red Bank , NJ 07701 Phone 732-741-3263 Fax 732-741-5308 Email [email protected] Website www.MentalHealthandIllness.com
[ 01. July 2008, 06:36 PM: Message edited by: ellenluba ]
Posted by hurtingramma (Member # 7770) on :
Thanks Ellen. I will set my DVR. I'm off to PT early in the morning.
Posted by tdtid (Member # 10276) on :
Thanks for the heads up. Will have to get Tivo ready.
Cathy
Posted by Angelica (Member # 15601) on :
Good news. Perhaps some of the general public will watch this and they will become better informed about the disease and how to prevent it too.
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
outstanding; will set my vcr also.
i just copied this post, and mailed to ALL ON MY LYME GROUP LIST so they can note and forward to other lymies!!! yippee!! ***************************
Posted by JKMMC09 (Member # 15795) on :
Oh man, I'm going to miss this...
Ironically I will be at Dr. Bransfield's while this is airing! The appointment is @8, and I'm leaving my house around 7 to get there.
Posted by daise (Member # 13622) on :
Thank you BettyG and Ellen,
Both Under Our SKin and Cure Unknown in the same show--with an IDSA duck? Do I detect a great slam dunk here from ABC?
Oh goodie.
Will the IDSA duck be challenged? Can't wait!
I never get up that early and I don't have a TV, but I'll manage THIS!
I just can't wait, I just can't wait ...
daise Posted by daise (Member # 13622) on :
Hi JKMM,
Betty will tape it. Others will too, no doubt.
Anybody know how that translates to mountain time? Here's what I mean: TV shows are sometimes one, sometimes two hours different from New York TV time. So, how do you know?
daise Posted by ellenluba (Member # 1707) on :
HI folks, Please note that I just changed the subject on this thread.
The show was postponed until this Thursday. Ellen
Posted by Nutmeg (Member # 7250) on :
To daise and others,
To find out what time TV programs are on in your area, try this link:
It is a very confusing-looking site with pictures and text scattered everywhere, but somewhere on the page it has a feature where you can type in your zip code and find your local listings.
I just checked zap2it to see when Good Morning America is on in my town, since I've never watched the program. Hopefully the listing is just not up-to-date, because the show description for Thursday and the other days this week didn't say anything about Lyme disease.
Hope this will be on everywhere.
Thanks for the advance notice! Nutmeg
Posted by kam (Member # 3410) on :
Sent email to Good Morning America. You can write up to 500 words.
Posted by kam (Member # 3410) on :
Oops. Looks like I pulled down the wrong subject line. I will go back and go for comments this time.
This is what I received:
Thank you for your request to ABC News.
To submit a story idea to one of the ABC News shows listed below, write a single page letter including your name, phone number, and address.
Include photocopies of backup information. On the outside of the envelope, write "Story Idea." If a producer is interested in your story, he/she will contact you. Here are the show addresses:
20/20 147 Columbus Avenue New York, NY 10023
Primetime 147 Columbus Avenue New York, NY 10023
Nightline/This Week 1717 DeSales Street NW Washington, DC 20036
World News With Charles Gibson 47 West 66th Street 2nd Floor New York, NY 10023
Good Morning America 147 Columbus Avenue New York, NY 10023
Posted by daise (Member # 13622) on :
Good job, Kam!
Thank you Nutmeg!
OK--the date of the show is changed to Thursday.
daise Posted by ElaineC (Member # 9857) on :
Does anyone have the online link to the show for those of us outside the US??? Thanks! Would love to see this!
Posted by jjeennnniiee (Member # 7964) on :
My Tivo is set as I will be on the way to take care of my mother tommorrow.
Gail
Posted by mtree (Member # 14305) on :
^
Posted by smiles132002 (Member # 7949) on :
I can't fine it! Help!
Posted by stella marie (Member # 7216) on :
I've been watching since 7:00am and not one mention of the seqment yet.
I hope it wasn't bumped off!
Posted by Larkspur (Member # 5131) on :
Yeah - I've been watching since 7 am too
I am glad to find out that Diane Sawyer is having 14 people over for the 4th of July
But where's the story????!!!!!
Posted by AliG (Member # 9734) on :
I just saw this thread & was upset because I thought I missed it. (ended at 8:30?)
Did the segment get bumped again?
Posted by Tif (Member # 12701) on :
I, too am beginning to wonder where the story has gone..........I'm all caught up on people defending themselves, and the publicized divorce and the porn that they apparently used for "intimacy reasons" in the latter part of their marriage, blah blah blah.......
Posted by stella marie (Member # 7216) on :
Sorry to say but the last segment that was on was just plain dumb.....wasted air space.
Such vauable picnic tips as putting your condiments in squeeze bottles???
WTH????
Posted by daystar1952 (Member # 3255) on :
Hi guys.....I was just told that the GMA piece was bumped because Diane Sawyer and the lawyer talked too long. Supposedly the station loves the story and it WILL air at a later date. We will be notified as to when
Posted by Tif (Member # 12701) on :
FANTASTIC! Please let us know when they will try for a third time to air it......
Posted by 1Bitten2XShy (Member # 12280) on :
I guess buying bathing suits and whether Listerine works to take the itch out of bug bites was much more important.
Posted by twingirl (Member # 13172) on :
CRAP!! I just endured another 2 hours of Diane Sawyer waiting for this segment!! Will I have to do that again everyday till this segment finally airs??? I wish they could tell us definatly when it will be on!!!
I woke up at 8:00 after some much needed sleep and thought I missed it too only to tune into story about a teacher having sex with a 12 year old student and then the two of them taking off for Mexico together.
I knew that story was not Lyme related.
Posted by disturbedme (Member # 12346) on :
I watched and didn't see it either...
So it was moved... to what day???
Posted by tdtid (Member # 10276) on :
I didn't get up for it since I take sleep when I can with my crazy schedule, but had tivo'ed both days when they had been mentioned, but no, won't even bother to go see what is on the tivo now since it appears it doesn't matter.
Thank you Kam for the link. I did just write them a note asking them if they could tell me when the segment would be airing. Perhaps if they get enough of us wondering, they will realize this is a little more important than many of the "fillers" they are using.
Cathy
Posted by cactus (Member # 7347) on :
I wrote to them as well.
Hopefully they will see that there are many of us waiting to tell everyone we know when to watch for the segment!
Posted by tdtid (Member # 10276) on :
Ahhhhh....don't bother writing to the link that Kam gave. I already got an email back from them and it says....
As you can imagine, we receive thousands of messages a day from our viewers and while we appreciate you taking the time to provide feedback regarding our programming, we are not able to respond to each one directly.
We encourage you to continue to communicate with us!
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT CHANGING TO DIGITAL TELEVISION:
Then it goes on to talk about that topic. In my note I was ONLY asking about the Lyme Segment for Good Morning America and even for the subject it was an Inquiry.
So it looks like this is a canned response and they don't even read it. But hey, it was worth a try. But no, doesn't work.
Cathy
Posted by daise (Member # 13622) on :
quote: Angelica wrote: I woke up at 8:00 after some much needed sleep and thought I missed it too only to tune into story about a teacher having sex with a 12 year old student and then the two of them taking off for Mexico together.
I knew that story was not Lyme related.
OMG that's funny!
How come we Lymies continually have to be patient--about everything, huh?
daise Posted by lymebytes (Member # 11830) on :
Daise - Angelica could be mistaken the teacher sounds like he has a neruo form of LD and/or Bart to be after a 12 year old! We know it must be LD for someone to be this mentally ill. Posted by daise (Member # 13622) on :
Lymebytes,
Ya!
daise Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Similar situ happened to me - we waited to see if our Lyme TV interview would air and instead we were treated to a program on the impact of depleted uranium in Iraq, which we thought was a worse story!
Posted by daise (Member # 13622) on :
Ya, Robin, how to figure?
But it finally did get aired and it was wonderful. You guys packed-in every second to make them count. Again, thank-you.
daise Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
daystar has her own post,
she stated JULY 4TH, 730 - 8 am, as before.
IF it's NOT ON, turn on monday morning, 730 - 8 am, ABC....
she said NOT to write letters to complain....look for her post; i forgot majority of what she said!
also, i set my vcr, and showed it recording daily 730-800 am UNTIL IT IS AIRED; so i don't have to keep reprogramming it! *************************
Posted by perplexed (Member # 1913) on :
For the ones who missed it, you did not miss much. Same old fromat with a duck getting most of the air time towards the end.
Just take one pill, and you will be cured!!!! LMBO!!
Hugs, Perplexed Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
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The ducks, the IDSA, always seems to have the end of the interviews.
It sure leaves the wrong impression.
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Posted by lpkayak (Member # 5230) on :
oh well...at least bransfield was on. and the under our skin stuff was pretty dramatic . maybe some of it will catch someones eye.
but the final message..."we don't want to worry folks..."
and 80% get bullseye-when did that # come out?
and if you catch it in time one pill will cure you...
if not 2-4 weeks will cure you for sure..
guess lyme disease is not that big a problem after all, huh?
Posted by Tracy9 (Member # 7521) on :
I cringed when the anchor started out by calling the film "UNDER MY SKIN."
That woman started off sounding okay but it was downhill from there. She didn't even form proper sentences; spoke like someone with very low intelligence!
Posted by Clarissa (Member # 4715) on :
I thought it was positive that they showed clips from "Under MY Skin" (brodcaster blooper) AND I think it's great that it was even on GMA.
However, I thought the woman's info was a bit misleading. 80% get a bulls eye rash? One treatment of abx, sometimes a month? Uh, ok, bob-cut lady.
I'm mean. I'm grateful for ANY work put into this...that lady just rubbed me the wrong way.
I give it a grade of B-.
Sorry...you know I'm a positive and supportive person. I guess any exposure is good exposure (no pun intended).
I missed seeing Pam Weintraub. I think her verbiage would have made a difference.
Every little piece helps, though so thanks so much to anyone involved getting it on there in the first place!!
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