TerryK
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I Remember Me The Award-winning documentary film about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Written, produced, and directed by Kim Snyder
We need this type of film for lyme disease. Very powerful and emotional. I just finished watching it and I'm still crying.
It is about chronic fatigue but much of it could apply to lyme disease, not only because the symptoms are essentially identical but because it clearly illustrates the isolation one feels, addresses suicide and suicidal thoughts, the daily suffering, society's views, the ineptness of much of the medical community, the ineptness and lack of concern of the CDC and more....
Winner 'Best Documentary' Peoples' Choice Award, Denver Int'l Film Festival Explores the controversial & mysterious history of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Winner at DENVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Winner Best Documentary, People's Choice Award
HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Honorary Mention Best Documentary
SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL First Runner Up
TAOS FILM FESTIVAL Land Grant Finalist
Without scientific proof of this disease, "you're left with personal anecdote," begins Producer Kim Snyder. This is the story of her four-year journey to gather testimony from CFS patients, physicians, and stricken communities from coast to coast.
A severely disabled Connecticut teen attends his graduation on a gurney, and Olympic Gold Soccer Winner Michelle Ackers describes being knocked out of the game.
A reunion of small-town residents in Florida - 50 years after the CFS outbreak that devastated hundreds of lives there without explanation.
Doctors' accounts of other outbreaks, from the original "Lake Tahoe cluster" in Incline Village, Nevada, to Lydonville, New York, where more than 100 people were stricken in the mid-80s.
From the CFS community's perspective, this film is a vivid and powerful tool - the like of which we've never had before - for generating media attention, public and medical community education, and government advocacy, perhaps in condensed form.
Top reviewers say: A documentary which does what the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta shamefully failed to do: Connect the dots. - Roger Ebert/The Chicago Sun-Times
Very affecting... I couldn't stop watching... I remained glued to my seat as Snyder traveled around the U.S. talking to similarly stricken Americans, creating a visual discourse about CFS. - Alli Joseph/TNT Rough Cut
An intrepid sleuth, Ms. Snyder seems to have left no stone unturned in her search for answers. - Stephen Holden/The New York Times
A tender, yet pointed documentary of perseverance, thwarted hope, and medical buffoonery. - Gene Seymour/Newsday
Demonstrates well... the way that illness separates the world into "us" (the sick) and "them" (the healthy). - John Petrakis/The Chicago Tribune
Simultaneously beautiful and haunting, I Remember Me demystifies Chronic Fatigue Syndrome with a compelling, almost palpable force. - Elizabeth Karlsberg/Santa Barbara News Press
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ConnieMc
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For those of you who have Netflix, they have copies of it.
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bettyg
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Terry, thanks for the post but I had no idea what I REMEMBER ME was; forgotten identity?
Could you edit/pencil icon it adding CFS documentary after the name please?
Also, could you break up your long blocks of text so we neuro lymies can read it? Thanks so much; then I'll come back and read the majority of it I could not comprehend due to continuous text.
Thanks for helping us neuro lymies be able to read, appreciate, and order things like this!
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bettyg, I remember me *is* about forgotten identity but I agree and changed the subject line per your request. Most of the rest of the post was info taken directly off the description of the site where I bought my copy but I split it up per your request because I can see what you mean. It reads better now.
This is well worth watching. After being sick as long as I have been, I thought I had grieved about all I was going to, but this film brought feelings and grief to the surface that I didn't know I had. I felt some relief in releasing it. I'll watch it again and release more I think. It's good to get it out. Terry
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bettyg
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Terry, thank you so much for acting on both of my suggestions! I read it now; very interesting.
What is the cost of the film? Thanks! Bettyg
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TerryK
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The film costs $29.95 but check your library in case they have a copy.
5dana8
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Thanks Terry
I just rented it from net flix.
I was sooooo sad to watch it. It echo's lyme symptoms almost to a tea. I can't help but wonder if alot of CFIDS suffer's are really enduring untreated TBI's?
I know they get touchy when asked this. I think its becuase if you watch this film they have the same kind of validation issues that LD patients go threw, like doctors telling them its all in their heads.
Any way just wanted to say thanks for reccomeneing this film. It really hit home.
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TerryK
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5dana8- glad you found the movie worthwhile.
Having been diagnosed with both CFIDS and Fibromyalgia and spending considerable time looking into both illnesses, I feel certain that a percentage (and not a small percentage) either have lyme or a similar infection. Terry
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