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PostPosted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 2:01 pm    Post subject: TV show: Montel's special show on MS August 7 Reply with quote

This announcement is in 360 Magazine:

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TV Alert: Montel Williams Show on Multiple Sclerosis

On Monday, August 7, Montel Williams will air his annual multiple sclerosis awareness program. Once a year, since his diagnosis in 1999, Williams dedicates a full show to MS
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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THE FACES OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

[Guests on the August 7 show:]


Dr. Joseph Herbert

The director of The Multiple Sclerosis Comprehensive Care Center at NYU as well as at The MS Care Center at St. Barnabas Medical Center. He says the focus for both centers is to provide excellent clinical and rehabilitation care for all MS patients. Dr. Herbert has been researching and caring for MS patients for 20 years.

Carol

A former principal dancer with the prestigious Dance Theatre Of Harlem, who in 2000 was diagnosed with MS. She and her two sons were recently featured on the hit ABC show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

Hunter - Carol’s son

Garland - Carol’s son

Jeffrey

His life was changed forever when he was diagnosed with MS in 1996. He is the author of Facing The Cognitive Challenges Of Multiple Sclerosis.

Terri - Jeffrey’s wife

Briana

Age 8. Was just 4 years old when she was diagnosed with MS.

Kathi - Briana’s mom

[Some of Montel's remarks during the show:]


Multiple sclerosis is a debilitating disease that attacks the lives of millions of people. Every person lives and suffers with the disease differently. Today we’ll get to meet a wide spectrum of people living with MS and show the world how people of all different races, ages and genders are coping with the disease. We’ll introduce you to the faces of Multiple Sclerosis. The people we’ll meet today haven’t let MS stop them from living a full life, and pursuing their dreams. We’ll meet Carol, a former principal dancer with the prestigious Dance Theatre Of Harlem. In 2000, she was diagnosed with MS. Carol and her two sons were recently featured on the hit ABC show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, which featured the makeover of Carol’s home and dance studio.

On the show, Montel donated $60,000 to cover the rent on her dance studio for the next five years.

We’ll talk to Jeffrey, who was a successful lawyer for 12 years, until he was diagnosed with MS in 1996. Jeffrey experienced extreme cognitive symptoms that changed his life forever, and forced him to retire from a career he loved. His wife, Terri, and their two daughters have been a huge support system for him.

We’ll also meet 8-year-old Briana, who was diagnosed with MS when she was just 4 years old. Her mother, Kathi, tries to provide Briana with as much of a normal childhood as possible.

Dr. Joseph Herbert, a noted MS specialist, is here to share his knowledge about MS. He currently runs two MS centers: The Multiple Sclerosis Comprehensive Care Center at NYU and The MS Care Center at St. Barnabas Medical Center.

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Did anyone see this show today?

I watched it and was struck by the way all of the persons with MS, including Montel, looked perfectly healthy....
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote Edit/Delete this post

I didn't see it, agate. I meant to record it but (smack on the forehead) this MS brain let me forget.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It must have been a show that was made some time ago--at least before Tysabri came back, because the information about Tysabri was definitely out of date.

The commercials were much too frequent.

I think people with MS deserve better than this.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I watched it and although I was disappointed I was full aware that it was mainly just people stories.
Overall, it acheieved what was intended.

Although I enjoy these types of shows, generally, I would like to see a show on the ugly facts about MS. I think people have heard enough of the happy, smiling, sunshining faces of MS, for now.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I agree with you, Sweetyhide, though I do think that a serious program about a serious disorder like MS could get along without so many commercials. Some of the people on the program had only had a minute to start saying something when they were interrupted for a commercial "message." How much of a real dialogue can there be with those constant interruptions?

But that's the way TV is, I guess...

And showing some people who aren't doing so well physically would certainly call attention to what MS can and does do.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You think Montel is bad, try watching Oprah. Mainly the last 20 minutes of the show. She will come back on and say a sentence or two and then back to commercial!
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

For those who didn't see it, the show touched on three people's lives with MS. That lady who had her house redone on Extreme Makeover, a 8 yr old girl who had MS at age 4, and a lawyer probably in about his late 30's, early 40's.

The lawyer's story made me cry; so many cognitive problems, like I used to have. All I kept thinking is "how can I get ahold of him to tell him about LDN?". He has a book out, called "Facing the Cognitive Challenges of MS", so I think that maybe I'll try to reach him on the net.

The show must have been filmed at least a few months ago, because they were still speculating on the return of Tysabri.

I didn't think the show was particularly encouraging, but then again, I guess this disease ain't so grand. I tried to step back from it a bit, because the goal was likely to educate the "average" person. It was probably very informative for people who know nothing about MS, . . . so all-in-all, I was satisfied.

I was initially a little disheartened to hear how much his foundation 'seems' to have fallen into the back pockets of the pharma companies. In a way though, that gives me some faith too, since I have a high regard/respect for Montel and his integrity.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I respect Montel, too--and he's probably at the mercy of whatever the sponsors want to do with his show.

These TV moguls keep a sharp eye on the bottom line, I think. If the show isn't a big enough moneymaker, they add commercials and more commercials.

But he wants people to contribute to the cause. Aren't viewers going to wonder "What cause?" when they see only people who are doing fairly well?

Of course it's nice to emphasize the upbeat--the people who are doing well in spite of MS--if only for the sake of those of us who have MS and their families and friends. But why is it that I've personally known several persons with MS who had little or no use of their voice or their limbs? If MS affects some people this way, why not show them sometimes?

Stephen Hawking, who has ALS, doesn't seem to mind appearing in public, and he talks as well as he can. The more he's in the public eye, the more people become aware that ALS CAN and DOES do terrible things to those who have it.

I don't know. I'm of two minds. On the one hand, it IS depressing to see how badly some people with MS are affected. But on the other hand, if people are being asked to donate to a worthy cause, why should they bother to try hard to cure a disease that seems to give people a little blurry vision sometimes and maybe a couple of falls?
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 12:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Although the show certainly didn't portray the "worst case scenario", I felt it adequately conveyed that the message that the disease is devastating, unpredictable, varied, and freakin' scarey for us and our families.

I think that's enough information, in a one hour talk show, for the average person to have an understanding of MS.

I liked that he touched on the fact that the stats are all wrong, as for the number of people who are likely affected by MS. This might hit home for some people.

I didn't start donating any serious amount of money to the MS Society until I had had the disease myself for about 5 yrs. After that, they got 5% of my gross salary . . . but believe me, they earned every penny of that, supporting me through the hard times. The the Canadian MS Society is simply amazing!

I think that often people are not motivated to do something, or contribute to a cause, unless it touches them personally in some way.

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 2:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote Edit/Delete this post Delete this post

lady_express_44 wrote:

The lawyer's story made me cry; so many cognitive problems, like I used to have. All I kept thinking is "how can I get ahold of him to tell him about LDN?". He has a book out, called "Facing the Cognitive Challenges of MS", so I think that maybe I'll try to reach him on the net.


Cherie


Shouldn't be that hard to do. His name is
Jeffrey N Gingold. He may have an author's bio somwehere. Heck, you could probably even get contact information from Montel. (?)
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