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(Message started by: Charlie on Apr 27^th, 2005, 11:30am)

Title: Larry King
Post by Charlie on Apr 27^th, 2005, 11:30am

Yesterday, Larry King had one of his headache panels.
Seymour? Diamond was there and a MD named Lawless. King's beautiful wife (the old fart), Lee Grant, and an actress who was one of The Brady Bunch kids.

At least CH was mentioned along with the forms of Migraine. It also turns out that besides Migraines, King's wife has also been diagnosed with CH. King has taken her to ERs for morphine and other treatments. She said she was having an "aura" during the interview...whatever that meant in this case.

Diamond and Lawless pretty much agreed with us smartahses on symptoms and Lee Grant said a good friend in the movie profession had CH. I suppose it was Frank Capra.

CH was a very minor part of this show but at least it was mentioned by them and one call-in. Lots of Imitrex, Topomax, beta blockers, Zomig, and hormone therapy disgussed with varying results.

Oh. Lee Grant said her friend dragged an O2 tank with him wherever he went and it help him greatly when it got so he was screaming on bathroom floors. The docs were big O2 fans as well. Diamond said 90% O2 was effective. This isn't someting I understand but I thought you will have your say.

Something anyway.

Charlie

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by sandie99 on Apr 27^th, 2005, 12:15pm

That's great for us! Sure, it would be better if Larry had ch himself, but at least that's something. Little publicity is good publicity. :)

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by Gena on Apr 27^th, 2005, 3:11pm

I was watching that, I was not impressed by the panel. I don't care who they are or were? They did not seem well informed and it drove me nuts just to sit there and watch the show. Then when Diamond himself said that CH was a man headache and could not believe the call had been dx with ch because she was a woman. I turned the show off. ::)

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by don on Apr 27^th, 2005, 3:13pm

Quote:

it would be better if Larry had ch himself,

Not for Larry it wouldn't.

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by vig on Apr 27^th, 2005, 3:15pm

on 04/27/05 at 15:11:20, Gena wrote:

Then when Diamond himself said that CH was a man headache and could not believe the call had been dx with ch because she was a woman. ::)

no kidding?
Seymour said THAT?
DS [smiley=huh.gif]
Says a lot about the Diamond HeadaCHe clinic....

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by thomas on Apr 27^th, 2005, 3:22pm

on 04/27/05 at 15:11:20, Gena wrote:

Then when Diamond himself said that CH was a man headache and could not believe the call had been dx with ch because she was a woman. I turned the show off. ::)

They are lucky you weren't in the audience, you would have went up there and kicked his ass. ;;D
Or hit him over the head with your O2 tank. :-*

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by Gena on Apr 27^th, 2005, 3:27pm

on 04/27/05 at 15:15:01, vig wrote:

no kidding?
Seymour said THAT?
DS [smiley=huh.gif]
Says a lot about the Diamond HeadaCHe clinic....

If my memory is correct - he said - Cluster headaches are natures way of evening things out. Women get meegrens and men get clusterheadaches. 90% of all cases are men. He could not believe she was dx with clusterheadaches because she was a women. But then went on to talk about 02 treatment she asked about.

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by Gena on Apr 27^th, 2005, 3:29pm

on 04/27/05 at 15:22:35, thomas wrote:

They are lucky you weren't in the audience, you would have went up there and kicked his ass. ;;D
Or hit him over the head with your O2 tank. :-*

I was out of bed trying to find the # for the Larry King SHow [smiley=laugh.gif]

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by thomas on Apr 27^th, 2005, 3:32pm

on 04/27/05 at 15:29:13, Gena wrote:

I was out of bed trying to find the # for the Larry King SHow [smiley=laugh.gif]

I called imitrex one night after seeing their commercial for it's use for migraine, gave the poor operator a piece of my mind about how we spend more than the "M" people and get NO mention whatsoever.

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by seasonalboomer on Apr 27^th, 2005, 3:57pm

man, you cluster people are a hard lot to make happy. lets talk about it, but only say it the way we want you to say it. be happy larry king had it on his show at all. its better than we've had from what it sounds like.

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by Ueli on Apr 27^th, 2005, 3:59pm

What a moron! Does Diamond think because he is a famous doctor he can ignore the most simple mathematical principles? Even if his 10% figure were correct, the chances to find a female clusterhead are much larger than to win the lottery jackpot, and that happens from time to time I hear.

>:(

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by Gena on Apr 27^th, 2005, 4:01pm

on 04/27/05 at 15:57:57, seasonalboomer wrote:

Misinformation IS NOT better then no infomation at all!!!!

Just senitive about the subject because, if I had been a man I would not have been misdx for 12 years. My symptoms are classic.

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by pattik on Apr 27^th, 2005, 4:04pm

Maybe us CH ladies should do a mass emailing to Dr. D >:(

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by thomas on Apr 27^th, 2005, 4:05pm

on 04/27/05 at 16:01:41, Gena wrote:

My symptoms are classic.

Yes they are, right out of the book.

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by seasonalboomer on Apr 27^th, 2005, 4:07pm

Some information is better than no information. In the past couple months we've now had the Discovery special, now Larry King, etc... on headaches. And the information while imperfect has attracted quite a few people to learn more. If you watched these boards after the Discovery special, a lot of people found there way and got more info --- good info.

The conventional media will never be a great source of good information, but at least it gets SOME information out.

And I understand female sensitivity on the subject. But step outside of your gender issues for a moment and be pleased about any momentum that can be created by ANY exposure. Whether it is incomplete or flawed.

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by thomas on Apr 27^th, 2005, 4:10pm

on 04/27/05 at 16:07:18, seasonalboomer wrote:

And I understand female sensitivity on the subject. But step outside of your gender issues for a moment and be pleased about any momentum that can be created by ANY exposure. Whether it is incomplete or flawed.

Yes be pleased that now even more people are going to say "Only men get those, I saw a famous headache Dr. on Larry King and that's what he said." Yes women rejoice! You don't have clusters. I declare Gena the winner in this argument.

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by seasonalboomer on Apr 27^th, 2005, 4:17pm

on 04/27/05 at 16:10:02, thomas wrote:

Based on your faith in the american public and their mental capacity why would you even worry. you're of the opinion that they wouldn't have remembered a single thing past the imitrex commercial anyway. so the idea that they would be around the watercooler the next day talking about how all those poor guys suffer so with those headaches, sure am glad my daughter will never get anything like that, is moot anyway.

My original argument, which I don't believe is wrong, is that the clusterheads are tough group to make happy when it comes to any kind of publicity. I don't believe that point was argued.

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by Gena on Apr 27^th, 2005, 4:23pm

on 04/27/05 at 16:17:18, seasonalboomer wrote:

I don't believe that point was argued.

I once again have to bring gender in to this - Not being a man and all I do not feel the need to get argue any point with you. I believe I made a valid point. I made a statement and I stand by it.

Edited to add I believe this qualifiys for a:

WHATEVER

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by rextangle on Apr 27^th, 2005, 4:24pm

Yeah, I saw that show last night.... it was pretty useless and that old fart from the Diamond Clinic didn't seem any more knowledgable than any fucking doctor I've seen...

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by thomas on Apr 27^th, 2005, 4:25pm

on 04/27/05 at 16:17:18, seasonalboomer wrote:

My original argument, which I don't believe is wrong, is that the clusterheads are tough group to make happy when it comes to any kind of publicity. I don't believe that point was argued.

I will agree that we don't like misinformation. How many minority groups do? BTW Gena is still the winner.

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by seasonalboomer on Apr 27^th, 2005, 4:29pm

so have we been officially categorized as a "minority group"? I missed that on the last census, sorry.

I don't disagree with Gena. She can win. Women most often do win arguments even though think they aren't arguing. I often make a lot of "points" for the sake of making "points" and find it is better for my emotional state if I don't consider it an argument.

Have a blast with that one. I hung it out on the clothesline for you. Maybe there are some "points" to be made about it.

Larry King sucks but he could of covered the Michael Jackson case for ANOTHER night instead.

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by thomas on Apr 27^th, 2005, 4:32pm

on 04/27/05 at 16:29:58, seasonalboomer wrote:

so have we been officially categorized as a "minority group"? I missed that on the last census, sorry.

No we are not an official minority group, however we are a group, and we make up a very small percentage of the general population, so we are in the minority, make of it what you will.

And as far as arguments go, I tell people what I think about an issue, period. If you don't agree with me, then that just means that your brain does not work the same as mine, this is no fault of your own, just a matter of chemistry and biology.

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by Karla on Apr 27^th, 2005, 4:34pm

Yes, my mother called me today to tell me that ch was mentioned on the Larry King show last night. She was surprised and thought it was pretty good considering you usually don't hear it mentioned.

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by seasonalboomer on Apr 27^th, 2005, 4:36pm

on 04/27/05 at 16:34:14, Karla wrote:

Yes, my mother called me today to tell me that ch was mentioned on the Larry King show last night. She was surprised and thought it was pretty good considering you usually don't hear it mentioned.

And she didn't say, Karla, the doctor said women don't get CH. So what's wrong with you?

Hmmmmmmmm...... Then maybe the exposure was just that "pretty good considering you usually don't hear it mentioned".

Sorry to have commandeered your nice post Karla,

Scott

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by broomhilda on Apr 27^th, 2005, 4:44pm

Any information can be good for all of us however misinformation continues to perpetuate the notion that women don't get ch, a challenge many women have faced for years and will conitnue to do so if this continues to be called a "man's" heaadche...

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by thomas on Apr 27^th, 2005, 4:46pm

on 04/27/05 at 16:36:52, seasonalboomer wrote:

Well, Scott, I must apologize for not feeling the same way you do about it. Being a different person and all and being capable of forming my own opinion on an issue, seems to be a shortcoming of mine that apparently I need to work on. I will seek out Google and find a nice "moderate" induction center to have my brain re-programmed (labotomy) so that in the future I will be unable to form an opinion on anything, thus saving you from carpal tunal syndrome. As you will have to type less in order to make you points clear to me.

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by cootie on Apr 27^th, 2005, 4:48pm

I'd LOVE to see suma you people get on onea them talk shows to explain how it REALLY is and explain in detail what is goin on with this stuff and all the juicey details and how it effects lives. I THINK it would be wonderful.....people need to know. Pass the enligtenment please Pam

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by Margi on Apr 27^th, 2005, 5:27pm

I agree, Pam, in fact I'll take it one step further.

Get Thomas and Scott in a room and let them ~~duke~~ talk it out. We could probably sell tickets for that and make some money for OUCH!!

I'm bettin THAT would put cluster headaches on the map. A whole new spin on reality TV.

I declare Gena the winner here, with Thomas Runner Up. (Gena influenced the judges with her "whatever" comment, though - that was the deciding factor. ;))

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by LadyLuv on Apr 27^th, 2005, 5:33pm

I don't really think a mass mailing or anything else will help Dr. (and I use the term loosely) Diamond or his staff...

Two years ago I got information off the OUCH sight regarding a CH study being conducted at Diamond Clinic in Chicago... I called the clinic and was intervied over the phone. I received a call two weeks later and was excepted
for the study (or so I thought)..

I later received instruction in the mail and made my first trip to the clinic a few weeks later. On my first trip, I was again interviewed, give a short physical and given a book to log my CH's for a couple of months. I was told that I would be paid $50 for my first two visits, $75 for my 3rd & 4th visit and $100 for my 5th & 6th visits. I was informed that on my 3rd visit I would receive either some medication or plascebo (sp?)

On my second visit I was going through a very bad ch series and had to have someone else drive me up to Chicago; again I was given a physical exam.. she read my log book and took notes.. I received a called two days later and was told that after going over the notes from my log book and talking with the doctors, they felt that what I was suffering was not cluster headaches, because they lasted too long and and I was having them to often, therefore I didn't qualify for the study...

I asked her what my last two visit had been, I thought I was already in the study.. I also inquired about my payment since I had missed two days from work.. She informed me that I only got paid if I qualified, which I didn't.

I think the best thing Diamond has going for him is the sale of all the books he's written...

No, I have nothing good to say about Diamond Headache Clinic...

Peace & Blessings
Lady Luv

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by Woobie on Apr 27^th, 2005, 6:04pm

I have not heard ONE nice thing said about that clinic.

Not one.

Ever! :-/

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by Charlie on Apr 27^th, 2005, 6:08pm

Wow....

Diamond said it's a man thing? What a yutz. It's a good thing I didn't tape it or I'd have wrecked the tv.

It would be nice if King's wife would talk them into a CH show. Maybe they could find someone with some clout like our Svenn. 8)

I've been quiet about it but I've never been all that impressed with the clinic anyway. Expensive too.

Charlie

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by ghost62 on Apr 27^th, 2005, 6:15pm

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0504/26/lkl.01.html

here is the transcripts for the show

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by BlueMeanie on Apr 27^th, 2005, 6:23pm

I didn't see the show, but I read the transcripts. It sounds to me like the whole show was a waste of time and Clusters should have never even been mentioned.

I agree with Gena.... mis-information is worse than none at all.

It ticks me off when the show is about Migraines then they try to link Clusters into it like no big deal. Everyone gets Migraines. That show didn't do squat for CH sufferers IMHO.

I've read lots and lots of horror stories about this Diamond dude. Don't waste your money helping some unknowledgeable person get rich off others pain. :(

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by rextangle on Apr 27^th, 2005, 6:55pm

Yeah, Mr. Diamond should retire..
He's an old beat up turd jockey fruitcake thinggie! :(

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by cootie on Apr 27^th, 2005, 7:14pm

Yeah Margi......do it like the Contender show on tv......get a fancy ring like at a casino and sell tickets and advertise.......give each guy a cool mocho boxing fighter name and silk boxers with CH. com across the butts. We could let company's advertise on there skin too.....oh yeah......this will be fun. I hope they have alot of popcorn and beer at this event.....we'll get a list of people that want to box and have rounds. Oh and we could really spice it up with womens boxing added as the feature event. Creative mind on a dreary chilly not so spring like day Pam

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by don on Apr 27^th, 2005, 7:43pm

Quote:

be happy larry king had it on his show at all

Yup I'm thrilled.

After years and years of mis-information and mis-diagnosis, now we have mis-information on national television that will lead to more mis-diagnosis.

This from a supposed headache specialist.

Quote:

Whether it is incomplete or flawed

Or irresponsible and unethical.

Quote:

But step outside of your gender issues

Like Lincoln telling the slaves to step back from your racial issues. The cotton still needs to be picked

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by ghost62 on Apr 27^th, 2005, 7:49pm

BINGO DON !!!!!!!!! ;;D

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by TonyG1 on Apr 27^th, 2005, 7:49pm

Clusters appear to have been mentioned in passing ... I saw the comment in the transcript where Dr. Diamond a.k.a -
on 04/27/05 at 18:55:10, rextangle wrote:

He's an old beat up turd jockey fruitcake thinggie! :(

ROFLMAO [smiley=laugh.gif] made a reference to gender diffs with clusters .... He needs to remove his head from whatever orifice it happens to be in ... ::)

Here is a link to the transcript of the show :

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0504/26/lkl.01.html

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by Gena on Apr 27^th, 2005, 9:40pm

Diamond said "It's interesting that you, as a woman, gets cluster, because God repaid men for women having migraine, he gave men cluster headache. About 90 percent of cluster suffers are men."

Taken from the transcripts - Just wanted to quote him correctly.

I thought I did a good job ;;D being a Topamax user and all :P

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by seasonalboomer on Apr 28^th, 2005, 10:01am

Okay, you all have changed my mind.

They're all a bunch of bastards... trying to undermine the hopes and dreams of cluster sufferers everywhere. Diamond, Larry King, all of em' Man, they piss me off.

I'm on board now, thanks for gettin' my mind right.

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by thomas on Apr 28^th, 2005, 10:03am

You were a lot more fun yesterday. :(

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by seasonalboomer on Apr 28^th, 2005, 10:11am

Oh no, you guys are tons more fun to read. It's so much more fun to read a bunch of people all bitching about the same thing and agreeing with each other, feeding off each others disdain for anything they don't agree with 100% what was done. Man, I'm "on" with that from now on. What a blast! Woo hoo!

String em' up, those media clowns!!!! Doctors, they all suck!!! String them up too. Yeah, yoo hoo!

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by BarbaraD on Apr 28^th, 2005, 10:22am

Sooo, let me get this straight -- According to Diamond, I'm REALLY having meegraines? Geezzzz~! so why am I here????????

Seriously, that CH was even mentioned at all is a plus, but you'd think old Seymore would be more up on things. We've been telling him for years that there's a larger percentage of women getting CH than the old statistics showed. I think it was up around 25% or so.

A few years ago (and I think this was on Larry King also) they did a segment (with movie stars) on headaches. Clusters got about 40 seconds from a call in. Seymore said then that they were the "worst" type of headache imaginable.

Maybe we should go back to bombarding 60 minutes Oprah......

Hugs BD

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by LadyLuv on Apr 28^th, 2005, 11:00am

Yea, what 'rextangle' said goes double for me....

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by BobG on Apr 28^th, 2005, 11:40am

I watched that Larry King show and this is what I saw. Remember, it was about migraines, not clusters.

Dr. Diamond......has he had a stroke? He seemed to have trouble getting words out. His comment about migraines were for women and clusters was a man’s headaches was a complete slap in the face of every lady cluster sufferer. And pissed me off.

Susan Olson (the one from the Brady Bunch TV show)...she seemed informed and intelligent on the subject of migraines. But, she appeared to be taken by surprise when it was mentioned that oxygen could be used as a treatment. Actually it seemed to be a surprise to all the them.

Lee Grant (from the movies)....was the most informed and smartest one there. She mentioned her cluster friend and the pain he experienced.

Don’t remember the name of MD or psychotherapist or whatever he was. He remained quiet most of the time. Good thing he did too. He didn’t seem to know much about headaches. He had a bad Senior moment when asked why/how cluster headaches are called cluster headaches. One thing he did do right was try to explain our own Charlie’s re-directing blood flow technique for pain control. But, Larry King, being......well, Larry King, the rude and obnoxious mouth that he is, tried to cut the guy off before he could really explain the technique.

The blond on the show (that was King’s wife?) is the stereotypical blond that all the jokes are aimed at. 100% airhead. She claimed to be a migrainer. I doubt that very much. She said she could feel a migraine coming on but 30 minutes later she was still smiling, as best she could with lips full of Botox, as if she had no headaches at all. I think Larry King, being..........well, Larry King, chauvinist guy that he is, only had her on the show so he’d have a pretty face to look at.

My impression of the show is it left no impression at all. A complete waste of time.

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by Charlie on Apr 28^th, 2005, 11:53am

That's Larry's wife.

http://www.netsync.net/users/charlies/gifs/strange.jpg
Charlie

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by Lizzie2 on Apr 28^th, 2005, 8:08pm

Here's a link to the transcript:

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0504/26/lkl.01.html

I only read the transcript last night, and it was the most inaccurate, despicable thing I have ever read on migraine (which was the main focus). In fact, it made me so angry, that I've decided to copy and paste it into Word, type in red where all the inaccuracies are...if for nothing other than my own benefit.

IMHO, this program was a HUGE step backwards for those suffering from migraine - and consequently from any headache disorder.

It was despicable.

Read the transcript and decide for yourselves.

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by seasonalboomer on Apr 29^th, 2005, 9:42am

So it sucked..... it's Larry King. No one is under the misconception that it was a "Frontline" investigation. Lower your expectations and they will more frequently be met.

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by Lizzie2 on Apr 29^th, 2005, 5:22pm

on 04/29/05 at 09:42:48, seasonalboomer wrote:

So it sucked..... it's Larry King. No one is under the misconception that it was a "Frontline" investigation. Lower your expectations and they will more frequently be met.

A girl who posts on one of the forums I host at said that she encouraged her family and friends to watch it. And she said based on that, her family now persists in the belief that migraine is simply caused by stress and now has "proof" that it is not a serious neurological disease.

So, it CAN have some pretty negative implications, especially for people who are trying to get their family, friends, etc to understand migraine disease (or any other head pain condition) and then they will believe something like this which had a lot of very inaccurate info in it.

I think Dr. Diamond could have potentially given a lot of great info (although a few of his remarks were a little nutty and the stats were off), but he kept getting cut off.

Ah well...I watched it last night with my boyfriend who does not suffer from any major headache condition (tensions, on occasion), and he was laughing because he thought the program was so bad.

I hope more people see it that way than take it as serious stuff!

L2

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by toolong on Apr 29^th, 2005, 7:05pm

My wife saw that Larry King had Migraine Headaches as the topic for the show Tue night.We watched the whole friggin thing ..what a joke?To me it was just a plug for his augmented wifes new CD.If you look at the transcripts I believe Larry mentioned it 7 times.Who gives a shit about her CD?I lost a lot of respect for CNN for airing that 1 hour program of pure shit.The topic of migraines is a very serious subject for all of us who suffer.He blew it.The show was nothing but a joke and he used Diamond as the stooge.Sorry I wasted my time. :PDavid

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by yikes-another-one on Apr 30^th, 2005, 10:54am

at least he is a devoted supporter of his wife....

He took a break so the staff could fetch her ice packs...

and at sign off, he mentioned taking her to the hospital.

Rich bastard probably had a jacuzzi at the top the the
hospital all reserved....don't think she'd spend 5 hours in ER waiting for a student to hook her up to the O2

Ugh.

Have you noticed most shows give you 10% program
and 150% bullshit anyway.
They are only on air to give us something watch
between commercials anyway.

---topic officially hyjacked for more greivous compalining

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by Apple on May 2^nd, 2005, 3:21pm

Well...as we have seen...all of us here know just as much or more about the topic. The show was really disappointing. It seems they could of done a better job. For those of us with experience, it was a major let down. At times, I thought some of the information was even misleading.

On the positive side, I guess they brought out that many of us suffer greatly from this horrible pain. And it does seem that Larry King cares for his wife a heck of a lot.

I hope if they do a program in the future, they will be better prepared and have some better panelists.
What a trip!!~!LOL!!!!

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by WhoAmI on May 7^th, 2005, 4:37pm

I just don't know how Larry king's wife could sit there and say she was "having an aura", getting a migraine right there on the show, yet continue to smile with her big botoxed lips.

She said she had "tried a Topamax but it didn't work". A Topamax...doesn't she realize that she has to take it in series? Is she seeing a quack doctor? Has she ever tried oxygen? This girl doesn't seem to be trying that hard.

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by Jonny on May 7^th, 2005, 4:50pm

on 05/07/05 at 16:37:44, WhoAmI wrote:

This girl doesn't seem to be trying that hard.

Why try when you dont have HA's?

;;D

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by Lizzie2 on May 7^th, 2005, 5:27pm

on 05/07/05 at 16:37:44, WhoAmI wrote:

She cracked me up - although I guess some people "felt bad" for her. She said she got clusters too...that's right - where was the oxygen? LOL I'm pretty sure that didn't seem very accurate!

What we caught on our other website was that she said she'd tried topamax but had to stop it. Later she said she forgot to bring her topamax with her to the show, but we're pretty sure there she meant "Imitrex" unless she was talking totally off the wall! (which may have been the case!)

Ah well... Dave and I sat there and laughed through the whole thing at how bad it was!

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by Kirk on May 7^th, 2005, 8:34pm

I thought Larry King was supposed to be light comic relief between news segments on CNN. Now you guys are giving me the impression its supposed to be a factual or semi-factual show.
I'm working under to high a narcotics load to figure it out fer my self. So fess up, which is it?
Do I keep laighing at him or what? [smiley=mellow.gif]

Title: Re: Larry King
Post by Opus on May 9^th, 2005, 4:42pm

I read the transcript and pick this out.

Quote:

L. KING: Now, cluster sounds worse. Cluster sounds like you're being hit with a hammer.

OLSEN: You are. It's much worse.

L. KING: It as much worse?

OLSEN: Much worse. It's the leading cause of suicide among disorders. I think it's followed by shingles, but -- because it's so intense.

Quote:

L. KING: Lee, do you get cluster?

GRANT: No, no, no. But one of my really dear friends who is no longer with us, a guy, used to get cluster headaches. And he carried an oxygen tank with him every place that he went. And he would crawl on the floor on the bathroom floor. I mean, the pain was so excruciating. It was incredibly bad.

L. KING: I can't imagine how you people do it.

Pretty good statements, too bad it was only on a semi-national show.

Opus/Paul