TV Show can offer top treatment

[Bob1981]

Why post the same thing 3 times?

Now run along and put the kettle on dear.

Ouch!  That deserves a slap!    Probably just hit the post button to many times

[boredofthisnow]

bkkross - Somebody might be able to get the help they need from this offer, and seeing as you also expressed interest yourself maybe you should show a bit of maturity and cut out the stupid comments. I know you probably think you're hilarious but i doubt emma or many other people on here feel the same

[outertrial]

Moving this back on topic, Emma - when someone from Gecko productions posted here about much the same thing for much the same type of programme they took an awful lot of flame as most people assumed they were going to make a freak show programme about man boobs. Some of Geckos' previous work indicated that this might happen.

Actually the Gecko programme was excellent, very sensitive,  appropriately realised and well researched and it was great that this website was mentioned as guys turned up here after saying they didnt realise that there had been anywhere to turn to.

Please realise though that most people spend their lives hiding this problem and are a bit wary about journos wanting to "expose" them, especially if it seems like theyre being "bought off" in some way by the promise of treatment (presumably surgery?).

You havent stated what this treament is but most people actually can afford to go private (a 3 to 4 grand loan is well within the reach of most people even if they dont want to take it on). They spend a long time getting advice from here and other places, researching and choosing a surgeon, of which there arent many famous ones, and then take the plunge.

I would like to see another good gyne programme too about this subject, perhaps you can tell us a bit more?

[Bob1981]

In my experience, having worked in tv, a surprisingly large number of people in the industry (a majority) are genuinely nice people, who are very professional, and who are considerate toward their contributors and talent.  Still, there are a fair few arseholes, it has to be said....

Anyway, men with gyno tend to be very guarded, sensative, and protective of their condition, and so invariably assume the worse from TV people.  I suggest everyone is nice to Emma, just explore the offer or leave it.   Humour is always welcome though, as long as it doesn't potentially hurt anyone's feelings...

[emmabarron]

manic91m9 – thanks


Bob1981 – thanks


boredofthisnow – well put!


outertrial – I’m very pleased that the programme was a positive experience for you. There are many TV programmes that do exploit and sensationalize and it really does give a bad name to the rest of us..

This particular series has been commissioned by channel 4 as part of their 2008 health season.

Each of these one hour specials will focus on a specific region of the body and is designed to both educate and entertain through informative awareness campaigns and character-led stories focusing on individual patients with related conditions. Each programme will also have a large scale event where hundreds of people will join us to help raise awareness about issues such as breast cancer, testicular cancer, STDs as well as many more. 

If you’re not familiar with the first series, the premise was quite literally to take the embarrassment out of the illness by inviting brave contributors suffering from a range of medical conditions to finally seek medical treatment thus removing the perceived stigma of their ailment and helping fellow sufferers by raising awareness for the condition. Many of the people we found had never been to their doctor which meant that their problems had escalated to acute levels. Each person was seen by one of three dedicated and respected GPs, Christian Jessen, Pixie McKenna and Dawn Harper. Combining their medical knowledge and cutting edge surgical and non-surgical procedures, each case was treated and cured by the end of the programme resulting in a life-changing experience for each of the patients. The series attracted an average of 2.5-3 million viewers each week and has been praised for its matter-of-fact approach and slick high productions values – both of which we hope to build on with these new specials.

I hope that gives you more of an idea!


Bob1981 – thanks for your support. Totally agree with you – I was actually surprised at how many nice people there are in TV but have certainly experienced many of the other kind in my time! Appearing on TV isn’t for everyone and some people are more keen to take part than others. It will take a brave individual to do this but I’m confident there is someone out there!

Once again my number is 0207 874 6619 if anyone wants to chat!

Thanks

Emma

[Time_to_fix_it]

Nice one Emma .. good luck to you.

[HarryO]

Why does the world need to be 'educated' about it? Because that will help sufferers?
You have no idea of human nature.

Sufferers need to be educated about it, and for that today they have google.

In the past couple of years the word 'moobs' has come into common parlance, and as is the case with
language, the condition comes to the fore in conversation.

The notion that a TV company is compassionately seeking to create a better world is rubbish. This is merely the spin,
the fact is that TV operates on the new and the novel and the unusual.


TV is entertainment, 99% of it is lies and misinformation, and it is a powerful tool of social control,
the most powerful tool ever created for that purpose.

Why don't you make a documentary about the health aspects of flouridated water? Or the Depleted Uranuin being spread around the world.

Why don't you make a film about the effects of chemicals, aspartame et al?

Why not look at how chemicals in our food and household items might be causing early sexual development, or perhaps gyne?

What about cancers that the 911 workers are dying from.

You see, TV is just a form of social control, a way of making humans feel disempowered, of filling their heads with lies. All the time with the fake, fraudulent compassion.

I'm sure Emma is a nice lady, as indeed are many in that industry. Indeed, being a 'people person' is a prequsite for a what is a social job. She may even believe what she is saying, but look past that, if one of us should choose to take part you are giving a very personal
part of yourself away and you cannot get that privacy back.

[manic91m9]

yep tv is evil sure... lets all throw our tvs out the window in protest
the fact is that most people don't know why their nipples are puffy or why they cant get the chest they want with exercise. awareness might help reduce the amount of people going around making fun of peoples moobs and putting it down to them being lazy or unfit. i don't really see a negative in doing a factual program/segment about the condition.

[outertrial]

Outertrial

Wind our neck in ffs you are obviously a very serious person,you may see this as a life or death scenario but i'm just bringing a bit of humour to what in the main is a very serious board, where there seems to be zero humour.

Yes. Your "humour" is hilarious.

[HarryO]

That the notion that everyone throwing out the TV seems funny should indicate the depth of
the addiction.

The addiction part is only one half of the equation. TV shuts down the critical thinking part of the brain.
The flicker induces a hypnotic state within 30 seconds.

But the serious issue of TV et al is the 'manufacture' of opinion, of thought, of taste, of trend.
While we tend to think of the development of modern culture as spontaneous or natural, it is not.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2637635365191428174&q

I remember years ago when women complained about having to live up to the beauty myths of advertisers, with resulting
anorexia and other self image problems. Now, with the expansion of the male beauty industry,  I hear that the same thing is happening with young boys, as men have joined women as objects of physical perfection.

The question we have to ask is this, are people changing naturally, or are they being changed.

Try going without tv for 2 months, if you can, you'll be very surprised.

[outertrial]

Does that include dvds and the internet?

[brad_titt]

Why does the world need to be 'educated' about it? Because that will help sufferers?
You have no idea of human nature.

Sufferers need to be educated about it, and for that today they have google.

In the past couple of years the word 'moobs' has come into common parlance, and as is the case with
language, the condition comes to the fore in conversation.

The notion that a TV company is compassionately seeking to create a better world is rubbish. This is merely the spin,
the fact is that TV operates on the new and the novel and the unusual.


TV is entertainment, 99% of it is lies and misinformation, and it is a powerful tool of social control,
the most powerful tool ever created for that purpose.

Why don't you make a documentary about the health aspects of flouridated water? Or the Depleted Uranuin being spread around the world.

 Absolutely spot on there mate.

When people so me in a t-shirt looking flabby around the chest, I would rather they thought it was because I'm a bit lazy about going to the gym than realise that I have grown actual breast tissue. When I (finally) get surgery I don't want Joe Average to be able to see my scars on the beach and see that I've has surgery to remove breasts. "Raising awareness" simlply serves to provoke circus-freak fascination in the public and gives them a superficial understanding of the true, embarassing nature of the condition.

 Gotta give these shows the heave-ho in my view, they're completely counterproductive

[outertrial]

Well itll get made whatever. I dont want to be on it but if you want any post op research info from a Brit then feel free to PM me Emma.

[Jackd]

I don't understand that show... I mean, if these people are too embarrassed to go to a GP to discuss their problems, then why on earth would they go on a TV show in front of the nation??? Just doesn't make sense.

But good luck with the program. I will definetly watch it, but would never volunteer to put myself in that position, not even for a LOT of money! I'd have to move country, would never live it down!

[zink]

I think if anyone actually did watch the last series of Embarrassing Illnesses they would agree that no one was made to look like a 'moron' or were they portrayed in a negative way. The whole idea behind this programme is to raise awareness about issues which people feel are too embarrassing to seek help for thus removing the stigma of the problem and helping the many fellow sufferers watching the programme to come forward.

what I saw of this programme was my flatmates all laughing their socks off and taking the piss out of everyone that was on there. Either that or going "euurrrrrrgh"

the programme is a deliberate circus of freaks molested by pseudo-doctors and if you're asking me if I'd want to be on it you can piss off. thanks but no thanks