Go to <a href="http://undertheeightball.com/">http://undertheeightball.com/</a> to see the previews. <br>If anyone with a radio show or tv show would like to interview the producers they will be in boston to premiere the film on Oct. 12th and 13th. <br>
<h1>About <em>Under The Eightball</em></h1><br>
<p>In 1951 at Fort Detrick, Maryland, construction crews built a hollow metal
sphere four stories high. Inside germ weapons were to be exploded, creating
mists of infectious aerosols for testing on animals....and people. Employees
called it the eight ball. </p>
<p>In the summer of 2006 my sister Lori was afflicted with an illness that, ten
months later, has yet to be definitively diagnosed. Less than one year ago she
had full function of her body, regularly riding bicycles, swimming and gardening
with her son Jackson. One day, while helping Jackson onto his bicycle her leg
gave way beneath her and she collapsed. Although it felt no different it just
wouldn’t respond. </p>
<p>She quickly sought treatment for what she thought was simply a pinched nerve.
However, after seeing a specialist she was told that due to the quickly lost
muscle function Guilian Barre Syndrome, a rare autoimmune disease, could be the
culprit. She was started on a rigorous and extremely expensive course of
intravenous immunoglobulin, or IVIG, which boosts antibodies to help the good
guys fight the bad guys. But why after a month of treatments, when improvements
should be seen in a few weeks, was Lori not getting better but getting worse?</p>
<p>Countless hours and myriad visits to Munson Medical Center in Traverse City,
University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and other traditional and homeopathic
specialists only fueled confusion and frustration. Lori soon lost function in
her other leg and motion in her hands deteriorated. Finally, after months of
testing, poking, scraping, and analyzing, the diagnoses began arriving. They
seemed forced and without tangible evidence, some symptoms conflicting with
others: Guilian Barre Syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis, Lupus, Lyme disease, Lou
Gehrig’s disease, then Lyme disease again, Lou Gehrig’s disease again. Once
being told by her neurologist that “Everyone dies”. </p>
<p>During one visit to the doctor’s we crossed paths with a friend who had
recently been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. What were the odds that two
people who knew each other would contract similar disease in such a short time?
we began to dig a little deeper. Lori realized that she knew of five people in
her neighborhood that had been diagnosed with MS, ALS, fibromyalgia or a similar
degenerative disease. This could not be a coincidence. </p>
<p>Two diagnoses took rein: Lou Gehrig's disease or ALS, incurable and fatal,
and Lyme disease, an easily treatable and often durable ailment. </p>
<p>At the time my knowledge of Lyme was the same as others --What’s Lyme? A
disease -- How do you get it? Ticks – What does it do? Makes you sick. Right? –
Well, Lyme disease can be hard to diagnose with its vague flu-like symptoms.
However, when Lori described a bite she had that was surrounded with Lyme’s
trademark round red rash, commonly called a “bulls-eye”, why didn’t doctors
start her on a routine regimen of antibiotics? If untreated Lyme’s can cause
debilitating arthritis and joint swelling, meningitis, blindness, fatigue,
droopy eyes and other serious conditions. Why wouldn’t doctors prescribe the
harmless antibiotics? </p>
<p>We were all very scared at what was happening to Lori and we had discovered,
but even more frightening was the possibility that this was something that could
have been prevented.... or worse that it was intentional in the name science and
National Security... I had questions... many questions. And I'd be damned if
they went unanswered. </p><br><div class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Andalusian Dogs</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:undertheeightball@gmail.com">undertheeightball@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 12:39 PM<br>Subject: Under The Eightball Show dates<br>To: <br><br><br>Hello everyone,
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">We are pleased to announce a series of prerelease dates. Under the Eightball will be shown ---</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">We
are setting our national release dates for November. We are looking for
people that would like to help promote the film. If you are
interested, please write back to <a href="mailto:info@andalusiandogs.net" target="_blank">info@andalusiandogs.net</a>
Things we are looking for; help with flyering, forwarding e-mails
with dates and times, interviews and media help, and people that would
like to be present the film in their area. If you are interested in
presenting Under The Eightball we can assist you in arranging this with
your local theater. </p>
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Please help us make a difference... together we can make a change.</p>
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-Timothy Grey</p>
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Director Under the Eightball</p>
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