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Advice I can give other people who have it? Find it while it’s still early, while they can do something more with it.”
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[White background with red Lilly logo appears.]
00:03-00:12
[Mary and Peggy are sitting on a tan couch in their living room. They are both wearing sweatshirts and are seated comfortably with their hands on top of their laps. Mary is seated with her legs crossed. After we are introduced to Mary, a montage of old photos begins to play: the first photo is of Mary in a white dress outside with a gentleman in the background wearing a tie; the second photo is of Mary’s mother and father at a dining table.]
Caption: Mary
Mary: My mother had Alzheimer's disease. At that point in time, I didn't know that that was going to be me someday. But I kind of thought maybe someday it might. And I'm glad that I went through it with her, because I know what to expect.
00:13-00:24
[The scene then returns to Mary and Peggy on their couch. A montage with photos of them together begins to play; the first photo is of Mary and Peggy sitting in doors together; the second photo is of them standing outside together in summer clothing; the third photo is of them sitting in a restaurant booth, with Mary leaning her head on Peggy’s shoulder; the fourth photo is of them at a high-top table in a bar.]
Caption: Peggy
Peggy: We have been married since 2014. We have been together for 30 years. I chased her for six months. Then she finally realized that it's all good.
Mary: “She’s serious.”
00:24-00:38
[The scene then returns to Mary and Peggy on their couch.]
Mary: I worked for the Department of Natural Resources, and so I traveled the state a lot. Well, I got to the point where I couldn't remember which road to take. Finding errors that I normally wouldn't have made that were so simple and so easy.
00:38-00:57
[A photo of Mary at a doctor’s office, completing a cognitive assessment appears. The scene then cuts back to Mary and Peggy on their couch.]
Mary: When I was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, it was kind of a shock but we knew something was wrong. I didn't know what was going on in my brain. Why I was forgetting everything, losing everything. Uh, wallets, money.
Peggy: Her wedding ring, she would just take off and forget. Lost four of those, now she wears it around her neck.
00:57-01:16
[Footage plays of Mary and Peggy sitting in a bench on their porch with their dog in the background before cutting back to them on their couch.]
Mary: I was relieved to know that there was something—that I was diagnosed, because we knew that I was having issues.
Peggy: There was some depression there too, I think.
Mary: Oh yeah, there was some depression.
Peggy: ‘Cause, I mean, that that's not the best scenario that you really want. But she was, I guess, almost relieved that now she knows, “this is why I'm doing this.”
01:17-01:34
[Footage of Mary and Peggy having a conversation in their kitchen plays, followed by clips of Mary walking their dog on the sidewalk in her neighborhood, completing a puzzle at her kitchen table with Peggy watching, and a gathering with their friends in the outdoor seating section at a restaurant. After all of the footage plays, two photos of Mary and Peggy appear: the first is of them in summer clothing with the ocean in the background; the second is of them outside on a promenade.]
Mary: So far, it's been okay. I seem to be maintaining fairly well, which is makes me happy. I don't know if it's because I'm active, I walk. I do a lot of reading. I do a lot of puzzles.
Peggy: Twice a month we'll meet friends for lunch. In February, we went to Florida and just to get away.
01:35-01:47
[The scene cuts back to Mary on her couch, then footage of her lying down on the couch playing games on her phone.]
Mary: If I could slow down the progression, I would. I think I've tried to do as much as I can do to make it slow down. Advice I can give other people who have it? Find it while it's still early, while they can do something more with it.
01:47-02:06
[A photo of Mary sitting with her dog on the couch appears, followed by photos of Mary standing next to an ocean and Mary sitting on a boat. The scene then cuts back to Mary and Peggy on their couch.]
Mary: It's a depressing thing, and it's something that you don't want to accept in your life, but you need to tackle it and get a grip on it early. I know I'm declining because my wife tells me I am declining all the time! But I know that's going to happen. I'm going to be grateful for what I get.
Peggy: For as much time as...
Mary: Time as I get, yeah.
02:06-02:08
[Scene cuts to Peggy and Mary standing together in their home laughing.]
Mary: As much as I can remember, for as long as I can get.
02:09-02:15
[White background with red Lilly logo fades into frame to conclude the video.]
It is very irritating. You know, it burns. It flakes. It dries out. It cracks. It’s very, very painful.
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[Scene opens with Lillian typing on her laptop while sitting at her kitchen counter. She is wearing a red sweater with matching cat-eye glasses.]
Lillian: The first picture I ever saw of eczema was in a medical book. And it was a Caucasian baby. I had never seen it in any African Americans or any other color.
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[The scene focuses on Lillian, who is now sitting in her living room with a bookshelf and plant behind her. Quick cuts to Lillian’s hands show her clasping them together, suggesting she feels uncertainty about her eczema flares.]
Caption: Black and African American children are 1.7 times more likely to develop atopic dermatitis than white children.
Lillian: I'm Lillian. I am 56 years old, and I have been living with atopic dermatitis for 43 years. I do not have a flare up right now. You really never know when it's going to happen.
00:33-00:58
[Scene refocuses on Lillian sitting in her living room, with quick alternating cuts between her hands and different angles of her speaking.]
Caption: “It starts out like a small blister. A grey, brownish color.”
Lillian: It starts out like a small blister. A gray brownish color. And once that discoloration appears, it takes months before you actually get your natural color back. It is very irritating. You know, it burns, it flakes, it dries out, it cracks. It's very, very painful.
00:58-01:15
[Scene cuts back and forth from Lillian in her kitchen to Lillian speaking in her living room. In the kitchen, she washes her hands and places a covered dish into her oven to begin cooking a meal.]
Lillian: I just deal with it ‘cause it's just part of my life now. But considering where I came from, and I came a long way. Cooking allows me to spend time with my family. Because for one, they all love to eat.
01:16-01:27
[Scene focuses on Lillian’s granddaughter, Lynix. Lynix has pink-tinted glasses and is wearing a denim jacket and pink shirt. She is playing with arts and crafts at Lillian’s kitchen table. Lillian and Lynix’s father sit down next to Lynix as she prepares to show them her creation.]
Lillian: My granddaughter Lynix, she's eight years old. She's a joy to have around and will do anything for anyone.
Lynix: You like it?
Lillian: Yeah, it's pretty.
01:27-01:36
[Scene returns to Lillian speaking in her living room, then cuts to footage of Lillian and Lynix slicing apples in the kitchen, focusing on the movements of their hands.]
Lillian: She also has atopic dermatitis. Hers is very mild, but I educate her on it and make sure she's taking care of hers.
01:36-01:47
[Scene begins to alternate cuts between Lillian speaking to the camera in her living room and Lillian cooking with Lynix in the kitchen.]
Lillian: Growing up, it was challenging because kids can be very cruel. They don't realize what they're saying. So you never really get over that embarrassment and the shame.
01:48-02:13
[Scene returns to Lillian speaking in her living room, then cuts back to the kitchen where Lillian is walking a freshly cooked meal to Lynix and her father at the kitchen table. They begin to fix their plates and eat together as a family.]
Caption: “They’re looking at us finally and there may be new treatment options available.”
Lillian: I'm very hopeful for Lynix, that she will have a better future because they're looking at us finally, and there may be new treatment options available. And she'll feel a lot more comfortable if she's seeing that particular disease in pictures or something that looks more like us.
02:15-02:28
[Scene cuts to Lillian and Lynix wearing jackets outside and drawing on their driveway with chalk. Alternating angles of Lynix drawing play. The camera then jumps to Lynix’s father, who is getting their family ready to blow bubbles.]
Lillian: She wouldn't feel alone or hopeless, and she will feel as though there are other people with the same disease, and they still are able to manage and live their life.
02:28-02:39
[A final close-up of Lynix blowing bubbles, smiling, plays.]
Caption: Lilly is committed to conducting research to focus specifically on the critical and unique needs of people who are Black, African American, Asian, or Latinx, and are suffering from atopic dermatitis, or eczema.
02:40-02:48
[A white Lilly logo against a red background comes into frame to conclude the video.]
Caption: To learn more about Lilly's efforts to ensure diversity in clinical trials visit lilly.com/clinical-research/clinical-trial-diversity
I didn’t want to be labeled as an individual with migraine. I didn’t want others to judge me.
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[A red background with a white Lilly logo centered enters frame, then flashes to a white background with a red Lilly logo centered. Eric Pearlman, MD, Associate Vice President of Medical Neuroscience at Lilly, enters the frame. He is seated in a studio with a blue backdrop. He is wearing a grey suit, blue shirt, and purple tie.]
Caption: Eric Pearlman, MD, Associate Vice President Medical Neuroscience
Eric: Migraine is one of those diseases that has an incredible amount of stigma associated with it.
00:09-00:27
[Kim Johnson, PharmD, Senior Director of Neuroscience Medical Liaisons at Lilly, enters the frame. She is seated in the same studio as Eric wearing a black blouse with white threaded patterns running vertically down the middle.]
Caption: Kim Johnson, PharmD, Senior Director, Neuroscience Medical Liaisons
Kim: Being a migraine sufferer myself, I hid it from the majority and my coworkers for many years and it was really just the stigma associated with it. I didn't want to be labeled as an individual with migraine.
Kim: I didn't want others to judge me and think that, “Oh, well, you know, Kim can't handle that tough project because, you know, maybe she'll have a migraine that day.”
00:27-00:57
[Scene cuts back to Eric in-studio.]
Eric: It's amazing to me, A: How common it is for people with migraine to feel stigma, to feel like others believe that they are over-exaggerating their symptoms. That others believe they're doing it to seek some secondary gain.
Eric: And in people who feel that, they have a much greater level of disability than people who don't feel that stigma.
00:57-00:59
[A red background with a white Lilly logo centered enters frame, then flashes to a white background with a red Lilly logo centered, concluding the video.]
I wish everyone who’s dealing with obesity knew is that it is not a sign of moral failure. You are not a failure.
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[Gentle music begins to play as the video shows photographs of Michele laid out on a table. The video cuts to Michele sitting on a couch while talking to the camera and then cuts to Michele talking to her son in the kitchen.]
Michele: My name is Michele Tedder and I'm from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I am a mom and I have three children.
Caption: Michele Tedder
00:10-00:31
[The video cuts to Michele sitting on a couch talking to the camera, then cuts to Michele and her children looking at photographs of when she was a child. The video cuts back to Michele sitting on a couch talking to the camera.]
Michele: Growing up dealing with obesity. First off, that really was not a term. All I knew was that you're fat. My journey with obesity has empowered me to understand it in the context of it being a disease, and that that requires a comprehensive treatment plan. You know, some people are born with type 1 diabetes.
00:31-00:41
[Michele is sitting on the couch talking to the camera. The video cuts to Michele standing in her kitchen while drinking out of a mug.]
Michele: Well, if I had any other disease, I would take control by doing the treatment are most likely to help me to have success with.
00:41-01:08
[Michele sitting on a couch talking to the camera. The video cuts to Michele walking outside and then back to Michele sitting on a couch talking to the camera.]
Michele: I had a knee injury. I was working out, one of my many, many attempts at losing weight, and I had hired a trainer and kept complaining about knee pain. But one of the orthopedic doctors that I had seen in that string of doctors said to me, he said, “Well, lose 50 pounds and see me in a month.” Who loses 50 pounds in a month? Like?
01:08-01:27
[Michele is washing dishes in the kitchen. The video cuts to Michele sitting on a couch while talking to the camera, and then cuts to Michele looking through her clothes in her closet.
Michele: Everything is about lose it quick, the latest, greatest fad diet and you're going to be the 125 pounds and an hourglass and be able to wear the latest bikini. And that's just simply not real.
01:27-01:49
[Michele is sitting on a couch while talking to the camera. The video cuts to Michele standing in her kitchen, then back to Michele sitting on a couch while talking to the camera, and then cuts to Michele walking outside.]
Michele: When I think about fashion, there were certain stores and certain manufacturers that did not make clothes in my size. So I think that's where the imposition of society saying, “Well, you're different and we don't cater to you.” So basically, like, don't come here.
01:49-02:04
[Michele is sitting on a couch while talking to the camera.]
Michele: The one thing about wanting to gain control of my obesity was that I really wanted to be able to do all the things, like all the things that everybody else does.
02:04-02:32
[Gentle music continues to play as the video cuts to behind Michele as she’s walking outside. The video cuts to Michele sitting on a couch while talking to the camera. The video cuts to Michele getting out of a car, and then cuts to a close up of Michele’s legs as she’s walking outside.]
Michele: I had a wonderful PCP at the time who had watched me struggle trying to lose the weight over the years. And she really helped me to understand that this was not because I was, you know, eating all the wrong things, that because I'm, you know, not trying hard enough and that was incredibly valuable. And so that's how it all started.
02:32-02:42
[The video cuts to Michele sitting on a couch while talking to the camera and then to Michele laughing and talking to her child while washing the dishes in a kitchen.
Michele: Obesity is, it's a disease that you have to keep managing. It requires is a village. You know, it's not something that you can necessarily do on your own.
02:42-02:55
[The video cuts to Michele sitting on a couch while talking to the camera, and then cuts to Michele showing her phone to the camera. There’s an image of Michele on the phone. The video then cuts to Michele and her children looking at photographs of Michele.]
Michele: I'm more hopeful about obesity management and treatment because there's more and more information, public information, that's coming out about obesity as a disease.
02:55-03:30
[The video cuts to Michele sitting on a couch while talking to the camera, and then cuts to Michele looking through her clothes in her closet. The video then cuts to Michele and her children looking at photographs of Michele, and then cuts back to Michele sitting on a couch talking to the camera.]
Michele: Something that I wish everyone who's dealing with obesity knew is it is not a sign of moral failure. You are not a failure. You are an individual, you're unique, you're journey is unique. And so as you build your village and your toolbox, just keep in mind that it might not look exactly like mine, but it will be yours. It's possible because I was there one time, and I really did not think that I would ever be where I am today, but I am.
03:30-03:39
[The video fades to white as gentle music continues to play. The Lilly logo appears in red text on the white background.]
There were moments before I was diagnosed where I would ask myself, ‘Why am I so tired?’ I thought I was just a very sleepy person. That I was not as in shape or fit.
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[The Lilly logo appears on screen in white text on a red background]
00:02-00:07
[Edgar is sitting at a table while talking to the camera]
Edgar: There were moments before I was diagnosed where I would ask myself, “Why am I so tired?”
Caption: Edgar. Diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea in 2016.
00:07-00:31
[Edgar continues to talk to the camera while multiple photographs of Edgar smiling and on his vacation, appear on screen.]
Edgar: I thought I was just a very sleepy person, that I was not as in shape or fit or athletically active. I was diagnosed with sleep apnea as a follow up to an emergency I had while vacationing in Colorado. The first day, I was already feeling very exhausted, very weak, and I thought that perhaps it was getting used to the altitude.
00:31-00:35
[The video cuts back to Edgar sitting at a table talking to the camera]
Edgar: I had to be taken to the emergency room in the middle of our vacation.
00:35-00:38
[Photograph of Edgar participating in the sleep study appear on screen]
Edgar: So when I came back, that's when I had a sleep study done.
00:38-00:51
[The video cuts to Frankie, Edgar’s partner, sitting in a chair while talking to the camera. While Frankie is talking, the video cuts to Frankie and Edgar lying down in bed. Frankie is unable to sleep while Edgar moves in bed.]
Frankie: In the middle of the night. I'll hear a (gasping noise). He'll have that one, like gasp of air and it wakes me up because it's so loud and abrupt. When he doesn't get a good night's sleep, he’s like a walking zombie. I feel so bad when I see it.
00:51-00:58
[The video cuts to Edgar talking to the camera and then cuts to him watering plants.]
Edgar: Making sure that we're getting a proper good night's sleep is important because it affects everything else when you're awake.
00:58-01:08
[The video cuts to Frankie talking to the camera.]
Frankie: When I was learning how he had to sleep with his apnea, I was more curious than anything. Tell me more about this. I want to learn.
01:08-01:24
[The video cuts to Edgar talking to the camera. A short montage plays where we see Edgar washing his face before going to sleep, Edgar and Frankie sleeping in bed, and Edgar and Frankie talking in the kitchen.]
Edgar: I have come to appreciate sleep as an activity in my life. We communicate about our sleep. We communicate about our needs. We've been able to talk about when I go to bed, when he goes to bed, and some of the things that are necessary for us to have a successful night of sleep.
01:24-01:37
[The video cuts to Frankie talking to the camera, then cuts to Edgar and Frankie sitting on a couch playing video games together, then back to Frankie talking to the camera.]
Frankie: This actually ended up making our relationship stronger because we can talk about our sleep. What else do we need to talk about? We're able to share that, understand, empathize with each other, thus making that relationship even more strong.
01:37-01:48
[The video cuts to Edgar and Frankie playing pickleball.]
Frankie: We definitely get competitive with pickleball. We really enjoy it.
Edgar: With friends, we meet every week, we play. We've done leagues, which has been really nice.
Frankie: It's honestly just a good, fun time for us.
01:48-02:01
[The camera cuts to Edgar talking to the camera and then to a shot of Edgar and Frankie hugging while smiling to the camera.]
Edgar: My sleep routine is sacred. I am a force and I am ready to go to bed and nothing can stop me. It is an event. You don't need a ticket for it. It's kind of nice. It's free. Sleeping is...yeah...I love it.
02:01-02:05
[The video fades to a red background with the Lilly logo in white text.]