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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Sloane and her family live just outside of New York City, so I traveled there to meet with her for the interview. I "set up shop" in the living room where we chit-chatted until my camera equipment was properly situated. Her kids were adorably distracting, crazy with energy and an ...
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Jim realized he had a serious spine problem in January of 2007. While at work, changing the water cooler jug (the fifty-five pound kind that no one else volunteers to lift), something popped in his lower back. With the immediate onset of pain, he wriggled to his boss' office and ...
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Friday, March 7th, 2008
Ellie's medical odyssey started many years ago, even before she settled into her stressful job on Wall Street. She spoke candidly about the difficulty of working in a "high end, high stress job" in the Big Apple, citing the many ways in which her chronic back problem was made obvious ...
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
This past weekend, I traveled through New York to arrive at Jersey City, where we continued interviewing patients. It was interesting and productive. Moki and I met Jim and his wife, Ellie and Ingrid (a reshoot). I stayed at the Hyatt, which is a really nice hotel affording a panoramic ...
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
The next interview finds me in my own home in Woburn, where I've set up a makeshift studio in my (feels like December) basement. There, it's easier to set up the appropriate lighting, camera and TV as a monitor for a perfect high-definition interview.
I am grateful that our next interviewees ...
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Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
Our latest interviewee, Chris, lives in the scenic and historic community of Gloucester (recall the book and movie "A Perfect Storm?"). Chris and I have been talking occasionally for several years now.
Though it was in the low 20s when I visited Gloucester, I detoured to the beach where I ...
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
On the first day of December, I drove from my humble abode in Woburn to Cape Cod to interview our next spine patient. I've been talking to Rein for several years on the phone, so it was fun to finally meet him at his house. He and his wife were ...
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007
After the fun-filled morning of filming Ingrid in Manhattan, I hopped in my car and drove up to interview Ken in Massachusetts. I first talked to Ken a few years ago, when we me met through the ADRSupport site. After corresponding with him many times since our first chat in ...
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Friday, November 16th, 2007
My first few patient interviews went really well. I'll share a bit now about Cindy, then more about Ken next week. In short, they are both amazingly interesting and warm people. Cindy lives in downtown Manhattan. We greeted her outside her apartment and she spotted us before we recognized her. After ...
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