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Chris Chambers uses his own experiences with dealing with chronic lyme disease to look in to what it?s like to suffer from a disease that is little understood and which is causing a great deal of controversy in the medical world.
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AN ODE TO HEALTH AND IGNORANCE - script
Intro:
Radio Netherlands Vox Humana presents ?An Ode to Health and Ignorance?.
Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed,
The dear repose for limbs with travel tired.
But then begins a journey in my head,
To work my mind when body?s works expired.
For then my thoughts from far where I abide ??(fade)
Link:
It?s been a bad day today. I have a lot of pain in the muscles, in the neck, in the back and especially in the feet and I get this strange internal shaking . It?s like standing too close to a washing machine in the spin cycle. I can feel this big build-up inside me and I know when this happens there?s a possibility of a panic attack. I just need to calm down. I know that if I listen to music, nice calming music, especially Schubert, I know it will help clam me down and distract me. And the poems, the sonnets, they go round and roun...
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| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schubert impromptus | Jendo Jando | Naxos 8.550260 | 06:00 |
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Review of RN Documentary: An Ode to Health and Ignorance
This well produced Radio Netherlands produced documentary is simultaneously one person?s intimate journey dealing with a chronic illness as well as an examination of lyme disease from the perspective of both the medical profession and patients. Because lyme disease is a recently diagnosed illness and many of the voices in the piece have been chronic sufferers, overcoming the medical complications, the lack of sufficient information and the misperceptions about the disease have been challenging. Chris Chambers, the producer and narrator, presents his own experience with the disease through personal reflection, music and poetry. Although the multi-layered sound combined with the effects gives life to the isolation of Chambers? illness, it can be a bit startling to transition from an interview on medical issues to poetry. Lyme disease is a serious health concern in many communities and this feature would help to both dispel myths about the illness and provide a valuable public service.