Rijndri Load of rubbish!!

GetPapa Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible

BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Stephanie There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Dennis Littrell What is apparently happening according to this mostly convincing documentary is that (1) some people get a chronic form of Lyme disease and, (2) the insurance companies don't want to pay for the long-term treatment required, and (3) their method for avoiding the costs is to deny the disease exists. (4) Additionally, the sufferers are accused of faking it or having it all in their heads.Furthermore, doctors who treat (and apparently cure) patients with chronic Lyme disease are threatened with losing their medical licenses because the medical establishment believes that the long- term use of intravenous antibiotics (as seen in this film) is harmful.If all of this is true then this is a national disgrace of a criminal nature.However, according to the article in Wikipedia, "Chronic Lyme disease is a generally unrecognised diagnosis that encompasses 'a broad array of illnesses or symptom complexes for which there is no reproducible or convincing scientific evidence of any relationship to B. burgdorferi infection.'" One of the citations that Wikipedia gives is an article in The New England Journal of Medicine.The documentary shows several persons who were bitten by a tick or ticks and contracted Lyme disease but continued to have horrendous symptoms months or years after they should have been cured. Then these same persons are treated with intravenous antibiotics over months or years and then become free of symptoms.At issue here is did the antibiotics cure them? And if so, what was it that was cured?My belief is twofold (1) that the infectious agent Borrelia burgdorferi disrupted or compromised the immune system of these people so badly that it took months or years for their bodies to recover, and (2) the infectious agent was able to hide from the immune system in biofilms within the body for months or years. Consequently, in the first case, the antibiotics did not cure them. The passage of time and perhaps love and good life style choices did. In the second case gradually the antibiotics may have cured the disease. In other cases the immune system may be keeping the bacteria at bay.By the way, the disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi is only one of many similar diseases caused by tick bites throughout the world. Consequently, when doctors are not able to find the Lyme disease agent in a chronically sick person it may be the case they are looking for the wrong bug. I invite the reader to see the recent Australian documentary "Our Battle Ongoing: Lyme Disease in Australia" (2017) for more information. There is also an "Under Our Skin 2: Emergence" 2015 that brings the viewer more up to date. Interested people should also read relevant literature on the Web and reach your own conclusions.As far as this documentary goes, it is very well done, nicely edited, clearly presented and seemingly fair, but alarming. Perhaps a subject like chronic Lyme disease IS alarming and should be treated as such.I hope that this documentary will encourage more research so that we can understand what happens to the relatively few people who get "chronic Lyme disease" and find a cure that spares them months and years of pain and suffering.--Dennis Littrell, author of "The World Is Not as We Think It Is"

rushton-669-620293 Watch this carefully. It's a terrific example of how to scare people, how to present information in a skewed manner, how to horrify without being specific. Of course Lyme disease is terrible. But this "documentary" is preaching to the choir, a choir that the producers assume have no interest in hearing unbiased reporting from both sides. This "documentary" feeds on rumors, hearsay, and half-truths. One interviewee actually said "We hear that" someone did or said some terrible thing--and the producers didn't demand that he cite his source or who it is that said or did this. What kind of reporting is this? The U2 sound woman insisted she was in great pain but we never learn what kind of pain, where; We keep seeing her walking around and smiling and lifting speakers. Huh? Aristotle insisted that to be an effective debater, one should be able to be convincing on both sides. This "documentary" is visually beautiful but it's ugly reporting. Skip it--unless you're a politician who wants to study how to sway people in an unfair manner.

j-drayson Anyone watching this will be gripped by what unfolds like many a science fiction film but the sad part is that it is not science fiction but fact.Those of us suffering with Lyme disease know how true the experiences of the patients in this film are. All very melodramatic my daughter said when she watched extracts. She has seen my decline into chronic ill health housebound and retired early on ill health grounds and also my slow recovery on long term antibiotics to a point were I no longer have pain and can actually cycle again, when for 3 1/2 years I could not walk up or down stairs. She now realises that there is something very funny going on.Indeed there is something funny to put it kindly when our health authorities cherry pick science and play with words to support their 'opinions' as an example of a recent letter to all UK doctors from the Chief Medical Officer clearly shows.I was fortunate in having a very thinking GP who treated me according to my response, after a chance course of antibiotics improved my symptoms 4 years into chronic arthritis. The history of tick bites EM rashes and summer flu' had all been documented on my file, but not treated, when I had previously consulted with different doctors. Not aware that Lyme Disease was found here in UK I had not connected the dots, neither had the 5 doctors or 3 Rheumatologists I had seen.So what might on the face of it seem melodramatic is indeed very typical of what many patients with Chronic Lyme Disease experience.Then UOS dips into the history and the controversy. Every citizen should watch this Documentary and be aware what is happening within our health authorities across the World, that leaves so many chronically ill patients without treatment that can help them.I eagerly await UOS to have public showings in UK.

Andromeda23 Lyme patients are so proud of this film, and so grateful for the way the film makers have put it together. It's very sad in places but tells the story in the best way possible, without being too scary. There is hope: we see Mandy and others getting their lives back and also see the over conservative doctors who are obviously being economical with the truth. It will inspire everyone with Lyme who sees it, and open up the eyes of people who have no idea just how serious the situation is. I like the ending, where Dr Burrescano says again and again "Listen to the patient, listen to the patient" I also like the music - it's appropriate and atmospheric without being over-dramatic. There is one shot of an English patient too, which is a nice acknowledgement for those of us with Lyme in the UK. When I showed my copy of the DVD to a friend who has many Lyme symptoms but who would never get tested, she phoned the doctor the next week and did get tested. Positive. She has bipolar disorder and bad fatigue and had led a very chaotic life. But after a few months of antibiotics, the improvement is amazing. She's not fully better, but at least she can see an end to her illness - so many thanks to all at the UOS team, we owe a heck of a lot to you. The film worked better than my telling her for 4 years to get tested.