My wife and attended the 6:40pm showing of Under Our Skin at the Tallahassee Miracle 5 Theatre.
The theatre held 435 people. I spoke with the theatre manager and he told me that 138 had bought
tickets for the 6:40pm showing. That was a much larger crowd that I had actually thought would
ever attend. Several of the people in the audience were obvious Lymees, including myself.
Prior to the film's start, Dr. Kerry Clark, Phd, (Florida tick expert) spoke briefly to the
audience, and introduced Mandy Hughes, the attractive lyme patient (the young woman in the
swimming pool on the U.O.S. movie poster) to the crowd. Dr. Clark said he would be available for
questioning in the film lobby during the show, and both he and Mandy would take questions in the
theatre at 8:30pm when the movie ended.
I was pretty ill, and knew that I wouldn't make it through the Q&A session after the movie, so I
ducked out into the lobby and spoke with Dr. Clark for about 10 minutes. He confirmed that Florida and the
south is indeed having a Lyme explosion, and he has now proven that several different tick species
in Florida carry the BB virus, including the Texas Lone Star tick. I was able to give a
troubled local woman Lyme contact info for the LLMD that I use, as well.
Dr. Clark told me to feel free to put his contact information on our site. (I will post it
seperately.) He wants to hear from southern Lyme patients. His lab will DNA check blood samples,
but is an Epidemiology lab, and does not draw bloods. Vials must me shipped to him. We chatted
for a few minutes, then I ducked back inside to watch the movie.
U.O.S. is incredibly powerful film. It makes people weep, smile, and quite angry at some of the
doctors interviewed during the 104 minute length. You could hear people sob, cheer, and hiss during
the screening. Afterwards, the crowd actually all clapped loudly when the house lights came up.
We had to leave., I was still over 90 minutes from home and just physically tapped out. I briefly
shook Mandy's hand on the way towards the lobby, and thanked her for coming and giving us all hope.
It was hard to believe that this young woman who was literally dying from Lyme disease a short time
ago was now touring to promote a film for the public good. She looks great. I had just watched
her convulse and seize up, in horrifying Lyme spasms on the big screen 30 minutes prior to meeting her. Amazing.
GM
[ 09-20-2009, 08:09 PM: Message edited by: gridmonster ]
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Awesome!
We're on a roll here - went very well in SF and Berkeley yesterday too!
Andy and Dana did Q&A with the SF audience.
Berkeley had two LLMDs handling discussion.
Tallahassee and SF for a week!
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
gm, OUTSTANDING review, and about 140 people; fantastic!!
so glad you got to do what you did and got extra info on dr. clark as well. a job well done my friend rest up now .... hugs
Posted by feelfit (Member # 12770) on :
Thank you Gridmonster for the review. Inspiring.
feelfit
Posted by MADDOG (Member # 18) on :
Hi Gang,i at first watched the movie trailers,and cried my eyes out.
Every time I see another lymie my heart is broken.
I have had 25 years of this stuf.
I at least had 29 years lyme free so i had a life.
I am heart broken by young people who never expirenced a life but allways had lyme.
I have seen the complete film now.
It really cleared up some shady areas and confirmed things I had theories about,as true, I was correct.
I could have however added some more info to the documentary film.
I wish to call it a documentary and not call it a movie.
Still the viral form of lyme which doesen't die from ABX needs to be documented,it changes to a virus,then back to a bacteria.
While a virus a person will blow neon yellow snot from their nose.
Sorry about the grossness but after changing back to a bacteria after stoping ABX the neon yellow stops.
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rest up now .... hugs