Well, I'm still out here--sorta kinda. Just really, really sick from increasing Lyme meds. So, just an apology here and now (before I get to the meat of this blog) for unreturned emails and phone calls. The first places I try to go are here and Facebook, so I can at least somewhat try to touch base with the outside world!
Anyways, to the BIG, EXCITING point of this post. I've been going through a particularly LONG and DIFFICULT patch these days, which is all the more reason I'm excited to get the news out about the latest in Lyme Disease awareness.
The documentary, Under Our Skin, has been winning awards right and left. And now, the film-maker sits down with Dr. Oz for an interview on the Oprah and Friends channel on SiriusXM. It doesn't appear I'll be able to find a way to listen in, but if any of you can (you can get a free 30 day trial of SiriusXM so you can listen in!) let me know how it is!
I'm really excited about the publicity this film is getting and, ultimately what people are beginning to see and believe about Lyme Disease. We have so far to go, but this is certainly a good beginning!
I hope that I will get to send my story in to Dr. Oz on the site...but I'm getting a shot tomorrow, so that could be iffy.
I've bolded and put in big print the stuff in that's really important in the announcement (below). It's powerful stuff.
Blessings and Happy Thanksgiving!
Emily
Under Our Skin Social Media Release
11.21.2008
UNDER OUR SKIN on Dr. Oz Show, Oprah & Friends SiriusXM Radio
Radio Interview about Lyme Disease Documentary Runs on Busiest Travel Day of the Year
Quick Pitch
Oprah's Dr. Oz discusses the complexities and controversies of Lyme disease with filmmaker Andy Abrahams Wilson.
FULL RELEASE
(New York, NY)—Under Our Skin, an award winning documentary about Lyme disease, is featured on the Dr. Oz Show on Oprah and Friends SiriusXM Radio, Wednesday, November 26th. Dr. Mehmet Oz puts the national spotlight on the documentary that investigates the human, medical and political dimensions of Lyme disease. Joining Dr. Oz is Under Our Skin filmmaker Andy Abrahams Wilson who explains how he followed Lyme patients and physicians for four years through their long and devastating journeys dealing with this crippling disease.
Dr. Oz calls the documentary “fascinating and compelling” and says his entire family “couldn’t stop watching.” Dr. Oz is a prominent heart surgeon at Columbia University and New York Presbyterian Hospital, who has been called “America’s doctor” because of his best-selling books and appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show. He also has been honored as Time Magazine and Harvard Alumni’s 100 Most Influential People. “Dr. Oz gives great credibility and will heighten awareness about the seriousness of chronic Lyme disease,” Wilson says, “plus the show is being aired in a key time slot – on the busiest travel days of the year, so many people be will listening to the interview on the radio while traveling to their Thanksgiving Day destinations.”
In an hour long interview, Dr. Oz and Wilson discuss what could be the most controversial and misunderstood illness in America today. Tens of thousands of victims go either undiagnosed or misdiagnosed with such conditions as multiple sclerosis, Lou Gehrig’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, autism and even hypochondria. Is Lyme disease rare and easily treated with a short course of antibiotics? Or can it be a chronic and potentially deadly illness that is going under the radar? Tune in and hear the discussion.
The show airs Wednesday, November 26th at 1 a.m. 7 a.m. and 6 pm EST. Oprah and Friends producers say people who don’t subscribe to the satellite radio can also listen by going to http://www.oprah.com/radio and clicking on the “Free 30 Day XM Radio Trial.” Register and you can listen online. Dr. Oz also asks for Lyme patients to tell their stories by clicking on this link: https://www.oprah.com/plugform.jsp?plugId=495&referer= .
Under Our Skin is currently set for a theatrical release in spring 2009. For interviews with the filmmaker or any of the subjects featured in the film, please contact Marc Silverstein at Marc@onthemarcmedia.com or 410-963-2345.
From: http://www.pitchengine.com/underourskin/under-our-skin-on-dr-oz-show-oprah--friends-siriusxm-radio/1592/
(New York, NY)—Under Our Skin, an award winning documentary about Lyme disease, is featured on the Dr. Oz Show on Oprah and Friends SiriusXM Radio, Wednesday, November 26th. Dr. Mehmet Oz puts the national spotlight on the documentary that investigates the human, medical and political dimensions of Lyme disease. Joining Dr. Oz is Under Our Skin filmmaker Andy Abrahams Wilson who explains how he followed Lyme patients and physicians for four years through their long and devastating journeys dealing with this crippling disease.
Dr. Oz calls the documentary “fascinating and compelling” and says his entire family “couldn’t stop watching.” Dr. Oz is a prominent heart surgeon at Columbia University and New York Presbyterian Hospital, who has been called “America’s doctor” because of his best-selling books and appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show. He also has been honored as Time Magazine and Harvard Alumni’s 100 Most Influential People. “Dr. Oz gives great credibility and will heighten awareness about the seriousness of chronic Lyme disease,” Wilson says, “plus the show is being aired in a key time slot – on the busiest travel days of the year, so many people be will listening to the interview on the radio while traveling to their Thanksgiving Day destinations.”
In an hour long interview, Dr. Oz and Wilson discuss what could be the most controversial and misunderstood illness in America today. Tens of thousands of victims go either undiagnosed or misdiagnosed with such conditions as multiple sclerosis, Lou Gehrig’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, autism and even hypochondria. Is Lyme disease rare and easily treated with a short course of antibiotics? Or can it be a chronic and potentially deadly illness that is going under the radar? Tune in and hear the discussion.
The show airs Wednesday, November 26th at 1 a.m. 7 a.m. and 6 pm EST. Oprah and Friends producers say people who don’t subscribe to the satellite radio can also listen by going to http://www.oprah.com/radio and clicking on the “Free 30 Day XM Radio Trial.” Register and you can listen online. Dr. Oz also asks for Lyme patients to tell their stories by clicking on this link: https://www.oprah.com/plugform.jsp?plugId=495&referer= .
Under Our Skin is currently set for a theatrical release in spring 2009. For interviews with the filmmaker or any of the subjects featured in the film, please contact Marc Silverstein at Marc@onthemarcmedia.com or 410-963-2345.
From: http://www.pitchengine.com/underourskin/under-our-skin-on-dr-oz-show-oprah--friends-siriusxm-radio/1592/
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