During the Letterman show, Dave was making kid's sandwiches with Martha Stewart and cut his finger and it bled pretty good. He made a big deal about it and Martha put his finger in her mouth and sucked the blood off of it. YUCK! Since Dave has had Lyme this could be an interesting next few weeks for Martha! Has any one heard what Dave's status is? He had some symptoms that should have been late stage and he wanted to keep it "hush-hush" the last time I heard anything. Any one know anything more? Rae
Posted by lymemomtooo (Member # 5396) on :
Sorry that I missed it but she certainly was crazy to do that. lymemomtooo
Posted by stella marie (Member # 7216) on :
I think that was a repeat show and from what I remember it was ketchup not blood. You might be able to catch another look on youtube.com
Posted by kelmo (Member # 8797) on :
Where did you hear this information about Letterman? That would be interesting.
Posted by theviewfromthecurb (Member # 10310) on :
Please tell me someone other than myself saw the
episode of david letterman about aug.8th or so.
For D. Letterman supposably having lyme disease,
he certainly showed NO respect for anyone with
the disease, or in reguards to helping our constant issues . He
misquoted all his facts but to top it off, had
some actor pretend to be pushing This book:
"THE TICK-ING TIME BOMB" The man who claimed to be a doctor was named Dr.
David Westfal... the problem was that after listening to this guy
talk about some lyme issues... comparing it to
"GLOBAL WARMING"... this "DOCTOR" then proceeds to "Accidentaly" let out one of the 3 ticks specimens he brought and finds it on his hand,then proceeds to totally Freak out, jumping from his seat, holding his head claiming," it's in my brain!" ...and then runs out of the studio while everyone is hysterically laughing...
it made me sick and i couldnt help but wonder, imagine if he was doing this with cancer!!! IN case anyone wants to see it, i did tevo it but that doesnt do any good for you guys...
It was the episode with Kate Hudson, i believe first airing about july 27th, and i tevo'd a repeat of the show on aug 8th. I know it's the 13th season. i tried to get it off the website but strangely enough, it was missing! another site off google, i believe it was U-tube, only shows a clip where letterman is miss quoting facts, but stops it before it gets to the humiliating part...
while at the "under your skin " screening last week. they hadnt heard of it either and i hope they add it to their other little exerpts of lyme bashing they show in the movie because this is by far the worse i've ever seen... let me know what you guys think after watching ALL of it? and... please tell me this isnt a real doctor, and the jokes on me...
Posted by kidsmom1616 (Member # 4317) on :
Kelmo, It has been a long time since we heard Letterman got bit. I think it was even before Rosie O'Donald's child was bitten. I have been involved with Lyme since '99 although my son was bitten in '95 and we spent 4 years trying to find out what was wrong. So I don't remember the year, it has just been too long ago.
There have been times when Dave has been gone although he was billed as supposed to be "live" and other times when he has not been able to get words out or forgotten things that sure looked pretty "Lymie", but I think he went with the 3 week "cure" and didn't want any one to even know he was sick.
We tried at the time to get him to put the word out but he was not interested. If he used Lyme as a joke on his program I think he deserves the Late Stage symptoms! That is pretty tasteless.
Anyway, this just really grossed me out. The blood was pretty bright to be katsup and both my husband and I were watching and thought it was real. I wouldn't be watching if I could get to sleep earlier than 4 in the morning- another wonderful Lyme symptom. . . Rae
Posted by kidsmom1616 (Member # 4317) on :
I tried searching for the old archives (before this site looked like this and everyone had to reregister, maybe '02?} and I couldn't find a way to get into them. That would be the only way to get a date on when Letterman was bitten. Or ask Lou if you are really interested. Sorry. Rae
Posted by griff (Member # 10253) on :
I watched that skit Dave did with the Lyme doc, Letterman also said Lyme was a serious disease so lets not bash him over a little comedy skit.
I think it blown overboard by some here.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
WEll, Martha probably has it anyway. Pretty gross though.
Posted by theviewfromthecurb (Member # 10310) on :
griff- everyone has their opinion... but i ask you, what
did it do for the respect of any lyme patient when
a doctor runs off stage with intense paranoia? Yes
it may have been a "skit" but i ask you, at who's
expense when no one really "gets it" in regards to
the illness as a whole?
...and i still would like to hear from someone else to know if i am being sensative to this subject??? Would he do it if it were Cancer... would it be funny then? Hmmmm.... I just don't think it was appropriate.... and if the man can't even admit he has it himself???
Posted by griff (Member # 10253) on :
During his July 17, 2006 program, David Letterman said Lyme disease is "frightening" and "it will drive you nuts".
Later, he said it was a very difficult disease and hard to get rid of.
I don't see anything wrong with what he said there. The running off the stage is a SKIT he plays almost every week with fake experts he brings out to interview. If you have no sense of humor I guess it would be hard to understand.
Posted by griff (Member # 10253) on :
I want to also ad that Letterman has had Lyme, so he understands. He has talked about ticks and Lyme from the time he lived in CT to now over in Westchester, NY.
Posted by meg (Member # 22) on :
Between his politics and disrespect for LD patients, I can't tolerate him anymore.....his program is supposed to be enjoyable.
Whatever happened to the Dave who would drop melons and take pizza banners to hold for ransom?
For what it's worth, he's had major heart surgery and talks of putting guinea hens in his yard for "the ticks", sure looks suspicious.
Posted by theviewfromthecurb (Member # 10310) on :
GRIFF...
The Letterman show is a nationally syndicated show
that reaches more households than milk.
What is critical is awareness and the spread of
the truth of this disease.
Without the truth being spread the diagnosis and
treatment remain problematic at best while the
bacteria takes hold.
A good laugh is cool... look a little closer
this was not a good laugh. The audience was way
too large and misinformed.
The error in this
mockery of lyme disease is that it spreads the
stereotype of lyme i.e. the disease that "no one
gets." the disease that is "near impossible to
diagnose" and the disease that "doesn't kill anyone."
Perpetuating these myths prevent correct and
timely treatment. So to this day while the doctors say its x or y
or z and more costly and time consuming tests are
performed, the bacteria does not obey and sit in a
chair and wait.
The bacteria instead goes right
to work and also feeds on the stress that the
uncertainty brings.
While the stereotype and
mockery displayed on the Letterman show might have
sadly given your uninformed comic side a jolt;
the show helped to perpetuate the myth of lyme.
How would you feel and how loud would your
laughter be if it was your spouse, your child, or
you, with elevated stages of the many diseases
associated with co-infections of lyme. Let me make
this abundantly clear. The biggest problem with
solving lyme right now is an expediant diagnosis
and cure based on medical knowledge and treatment
of the disease whose symptoms and effects are
every bit as viscious as Cancer. Jokes will not
bring solutions but awareness will.
This skit is part of the problem.
Help us find the solution!
Posted by pq (Member # 6886) on :
counter-intuitively, the fact that a real serious disease made it to the letterman show as a subject of derisive comedy, tells even the average subaltern that, if a topic like a real disease is selected for comedy over other subject matter that even the average subaltern could write for his show, then it really must be a r-e-a-l b-a-d thing to get. even a subaltern got the real message, from any apparent mis-information.
so thanks, dave.
play it again... Posted by pq (Member # 6886) on :
forgot to say that i missed the letterman lyme-stunt(s), and generally i don't watch the letterman show,or much tv,except to stop channel surfing to catch a particular guest i might be interested in. letterman is so boring that i think his talents could be best utilized working as a glazier's assistant in perpetuity, flinging glass shards into a furnace. Posted by theviewfromthecurb (Member # 10310) on :
pq- I agree with your thoughts on letterman! BORING...
It just so happened i was channel surfing
...and low and behold... LYME was mentioned as an
"EXPERT" doctor would be on the show that night,
and bla bla, so on. So I was very excited
thinking, yeah, finally! ...and then this blantant show of disrespect...
I wish some way we could get a copy so everyone
would get a view here of what he did, and then if I am
correct in assuming that it was incredibly
disrespectful for all of us "dying" from it, and
just plain suffering... he might have to do
another show where he gets the facts straight! and
then we are getting some where positive...
which is better then where he placed us... in the
nut house!!! BTW- His one mention of how "horrible" it was if someone EVER happened to get it, was always watered down by comedy, and misconceptions. Posted by mjwallin (Member # 9630) on :
I posted the portion of the Letterman show of 7/17/06 you are referring to on Youtube. You can find it by searching on 'Letterman Lyme'. What infuriated me was not the skit involving the fake doctor as that was pretty obvious, but the statements made by Letterman concerning Lyme that were completely wrong and did a disservice to those suffering from chronic Lyme. Most people seem to have missed that portion of the show which lasted only about a minute and preceded his introduction of the fake doctor.
When you have viewed that segment, you may change your mind about Letterman's conduct.
Posted by theviewfromthecurb (Member # 10310) on :
mj-
right on!!! Posted by pq (Member # 6886) on :
if letterman writes a check to LDA, either with his real name on it, or has someone else/entity do so for him, i'll forgive him.
i say 'someone else', in the event that the insurance industry, et.al., in someway, shape or form of compensation, paid to have this skit on his show; so if he launders his donation through another entity or individual, he's "covered."
if the insurance industry did do this,the cost for this stunt amounts to pocket change when compared to the cost of treating lyme, and other insect-borne diseases.
think about... what with all the comedic talent a phone call away, why pick something like this for material?
very odd, if not strange choice for comedic material, in my view.
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