Under Our Skin 2

Im watching the first one tonight when the kids go to bed and I saw that there is a second one too so I will just add that to my iTunes list! 😊

Me too. I sat there and sobbed. It's heart breaking. All the more so because it rings true. Imagine how much info they must of had to put it in the video and not be feared someone would sue.

It really brings the whole "there is no such thing as Chronic Lyme" mindset into stark reality. The docs and pharmaceutical companies should be made to watch this and the first documentary over and over.

It takes up 6 or 7 years later.

It's really crappie. I don't remember the girl who moved to seattle but i saw the first one a while ago.

It does follow Dr Jemsek. That's really sad. He was stripped of everything. I don't even think that he owns his current practice because I think he still owes money to the insurance companies (I think there is still legal action pending).

The blond girl was in there and looked really good, but their marriage only lasted 2 years. It was heart breaking. My husband and I were talking about it tonight. He watched the first one today for the first time and wanted to know what happened. She seemed much better, but he turned up positive as exposed and between that and being primary care taker of someone so sick it strips you bare and beats you down. i remember thinking it would take a miracle for the marriage to survive. Caretakers really don't know what they are in for.

The thing I remember as being new was them talking about Lyme Rage and what it might have caused. They didn't offer any positive proof, but they must have had enough to put the story attributed to Lyme Rage in it.

That was what had me crying. i was heartbroken.

It is available on iTunes and that's where I stumbled across it. As far as I can tell, it's not available in YouTube. In iTunes you can rent it or buy it. i rented but then bought the DVD set so i could show others.

It's truly heartbraking. I've not been that sad in a long time.

I think the angle is to show Lyme as it was. To give it a face. I haven't had experience with Jemsek but in the first movie he was well liked and many patients were heartbroken when he couldn't continue their care. Not all felt that he was right in his treatment choices, but I do feel you have a right to fire your doctor if they are not helping you. Not everyone gets along with their doctors and if you don't then you need to move on.

The first does not describe treatment so much as how dramatically Lyme has effected some people. The idea it think was "See these are the people you are telling that they are no possibly sick. They've been treated with 3 weeks doxycycline. Symptoms continue."

The second is about the good and the bad that has happened since the first documentary. Some got better. Others are still working on it.

IT shows new events that have occurred in the 7 years since the first documentry.

The way I handle it is I ensure that I am involved in the decision making process. That means I fire lots of doctors.

As far as being angry, sad and heartbroken. I'm angry that I had to go for 3 years before finding the real answer. I'm angry that I missed soccer games and plays because I was too sick. I'm sad for every person affected by this disease. I'm sad for my self.

The heartbreaking part is about how the people were affected. A beautiful married couple now divorced because the disease puts major strain on a relationship. No matter how hard you try, it doesn't really sink in the amount of effort that it takes to get well. I think some caregivers have no idea what they are in for, and when they don't measure up their instinct is to attack the person they are helping. It's such a monumental task, there is no way to do it all. Resentment builds on both sides because a "perception" on the caregiver side, that you can't really be that sick, if you pour more effort in you'll be able to "work through it." On the patient side the resentment comes when it feels like a caregiver isn't trying hard enough or doesn't really think the problem exists. WE expect caregivers to put in the same effort we do and to listen to our stories even though they've heard them 10 times before.

Very sad and heartbreaking refers to events that occurred that have been attributed to Lyme Rage. It comes with thoughts of how life would have been if the mother was correctly diagnosed and therefore would not likely have passed to the disease to her son.

All of those feeling are stirred up and more. It is you decision to watch or not.