NEWS: Watch preview clip of upcoming Dr. Phil show on Lyme
Show to air Friday April 13
Below is a preview clip of TV newswoman/ Lyme advocate Brooke Landau being interviewed on the Dr. Phil show about her Lyme experience.
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Other guests on the show include two additional Lyme patients, Lyme-literate doctor Chitra Bhakta, MD, and the IDSA’s Dr. Paul Auwaerter.
The segment on Lyme disease is included in a program called “Deadly Consequences.” Read more about it here. Check local listings for times.
would love to see this show! i checked my listings for Dr Phil for Friday 13 and there is no show named “deadly consequences” listed for theis day. this includes the 2 shows on the OWN Network and the show on ABC. Wheere is this show, i want to see it!
Here in the North West it’s on the local NBC network. I think that OWN network could be running re-runs. I believe it’s a syndicated show so that means any local station can pick it up.
I have it ready to record and its called Disabled Offspring; Lyme Disease try that
Its on CBS – usually in the afternoon. I believe the episodes on OWN are re-runs (?), but current / new episodes are on CBS. I hope that helps.
I unknowingly transfered my LYME disease to my children. I feel I’ve given them a life sentence. Why is this so easy to ignore. What triggered he AID’S revolution, what was it that made the Center for Disease Control take notice? We need to figure out how to make this cause #1 in childhood screening. Yearly test during normal exams. Proactivity maybe the only asset we have.
MM, NH
Hi there, I so relate to your pain about infecting your son. My son probably got lyme from me when I was pregnant with him and then was re-infected and bitten 3 times when he was 8. It was awful. He was smart, outgoing and funny, with a great little creative mind. Withing weeks, he became withdrawn, angry (he also had Bartonella, which I had never even heard of), and had no memory – he’d go to school and fail every test, no matter how much he tried to study and memorize information.
The good news is that we are finally getting better. I came across a technology about a year and a half ago that has made all the difference in the world. My son is mostly back – he’s 23 now, and he’s back – working 40-60 hours a week, working out and having a life! It’s been absolutely remarkableto be a part of it all, and it makes me so happy!
And, for myself, too. I’ve gone from homebound and couchbound for 8 years to being able to drive, talk on the phone, go out and shop and have a bit of a life. We’re both able to feel joy, excitement and motivation about life again, and I thought it was gone forever. I am kind of surprised to be alive – there are any number of times they thought I was going to die from lyme related body failures. I am so grateful, for both my son and myself that we’re getting better every day.
What was the technology that finally gave you your life back?
This is to M. McAlister – Oops, I got all carried away with our recovery – what I was going to ask was, have you watched “Under Our Skin?” It is in part a great expose of what’s really going down politically with lyme disease… the folks at the CDC and the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) know what’s going on and how bad it is – they are also developing tests, treatments and vaccines and aren’t going to change any of what they put out as the definitive word from the medical society until all the tests/treatments are lined up and they’re set to make money – then, it’ll be nothing but how bad lyme is and how prevalent and how everyone needs to come for their shots/tx, etc. It is such garbage – meanwhile, all of us suffer – millions of folks internationally, who have lyme and/or any of the coinfections.
It’s a disgrace and so sad. I wish someone could shame them into doing the right thing and they don’t care – at least not until they’re set to make money from us.
From CALDA… Click on this link to find local listings for Dr. Phil show. Remember, the Lyme program is set to air Friday, April 13. http://www.drphil.com/shows/listing/
My daughter Vanessa nearly died due to Chronic Late Nuero Lyme Disease, Bartonella, Babesia and other co-infections. She was bit by a tick at 8 yrs old, and I took her to the doctor and he told me and our family very untrue information, stated Lyme doesn’t exist in Stockton, California. Well, by the time Vanessa turned 18 years old she was bed bound and completely disabled. If more doctors were trained proper and educated on this deadly disease, it could save more lives. I am outraged at the politics, greed, and lack of awareness of LYME DISEASE. After two years of Vanessa seeing many doctors, and specialist and given high doses of multiple antibiotics that only made her worse, she began to have seizures, herxing, difficulty breathing, stroke, slurred speech, no memory. I made the smartest decision as Vanessa’s mother I took her out of the U.S. to New Hope Unlimited where Dr. Edgar Payan gave her an umbilical stem cell treatment. It was a one time treatment for $20,000. for 15 million stem cell injected in an IV that had been placed into her hand. She has made an 80% recovery due to me getting her out of the uneducated, disconnected physicians who clearly have no common sense or knowledge on how to cure this horrible disease that really does exist everywhere in the world. Lyme Disease is an urgent pandemic nightmare that is real, and not just in your head. The people of the world, the U.S.Government and all the medical staff needs to wake up and learn the facts, listen to the people who live with LYME and allow every person with illness that resides in ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD the option of stem cell. Until that day arrives; at least educate the doctors in every facility, every clinic, please do the right thing… stop denying innocent people the proper care, stop telling then you don’t look sick, and have compassion to learn the truth about Lyme Disease and that if untreated or misdiagnosed it turns into a Chronic state that effects every part of your body, and it will and does become fatal after it completely devastates you mentally, physically, financially and spiritually.
Kindly, LORI CASAS
Wow, 60 percent wrong for such an important test really does sound shameful. It needs a famous person to draw attention to it. Too sad.
Feel your pain I to have Lyme and its been 5 years and im still on antibiotics!! would love to find a cure!!
Thank you, Dr. Phil, for showing both sides of the controversy surrounding this debilitating illness. I have suffered with Lyme and co-infections for over ten years and it has had a profound impact on my live and the lives of my family. The stories of the three women you featured in the segment are the same as tens of thousands and it is my hope that by showing both sides of the debate it will bring enough of awareness to the issue that others will be spared this complicated and life-altering illness.
The fact that standard tests are antiquated and unreliable and the current treatment guidelines ineffective, coupled with the fact that doctors want nothing to do with this disease out of fear of medical board disciplinary action has created a perfect storm of a medical nightmare for those affected.
And a whole population of healthy people who run the risk of this same nightmare if the powers that be don’t start recognizing this and the fact that it is not away anytime soon but increasing in size and scope.
Mainstream television rarely shows the perspective of the Lyme patient and I’m sure I speak for many in saying, thank you, from the bottom of our hearts.
My son was tested 3 times all false postives,final test in Calif. said neg.forLyme.But he continued to decline,became gluten intolerent,Liver enzymes were out of site,up until all this he was a healthy,successful business man.Became bedridden,had aTrach,and feeding tube,unable to speak in the end,He passed away 2/28 with a Diagnosis of advanced ALS But…. My gut says it was more than that
Husband, self, all 6 of my kids were critically ill with lyme. I ended up paralyzed from neck down, told ALS; husband heart surgery; kids special ed. Did 5 yrs. antibiotics, holistic is what finally worked! Devastating disease, see patients every day, hopeless, helpless and no one to help them. I am so grateful God has given me my life on a better level so that I can now teach others HOW to get well. This disease will humble you and show you what is REALLY important; to love one another. My heart breaks for all who are suffering. There IS hope!!!! blessings- Dr. Sue Massie, ND
I just want to thank you for being courageous enough to step forward on a national platform and address this very devastating and difficult disease when your other contemporaries have so far refused or even denied the existence of chronic Lyme. Lyme is tough enough to have without having to battle insurance companies, or the medical community at large, just to be recognized and to receive care. As a Lyme patient, I have to carefully pick and choose my battles, as energy is scare commodity, and just caring for myself takes more energy than I have. My insurance company has denied almost every single penny of my treatment. I need further complimentary treatment, which might make my fight successful, but cannot afford more outlay.
We desperately need to crack this nut open and lay bare the nonsense behind the denial of the very existence of this disease as well as the denial of coverage for medical expenses. It’s become a political football. We could certainly use more help and more exposure on your program. At present, I know of no research into the prevention or cure of Lyme. In a country that brags about its standards of medical care, this is national disgrace. Thank you, Dr. Phil for bravely stepping forward and helping, with the power your celebrity, to bring Lyme disease to national consciousness and discussion.
my husband and i have chronic lyme disease for the past 23 years. we live in super endemic PENNA. WE HAPPEN TO HAVE THE MOST CASES OF LYME IN THE NATION. WE ARE NOT CRAZY!!!! WE HAVE LYME DISEASE.