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Will feature a guy who lost 200 lbs, The commercial shows him running...Yuck!

His skin sliding all over his body. I wanna see what they do to him. It comes

on at 9pm Central time....Not sure in your time zone.

in Bama

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In a message dated 11/27/2003 4:46:05 PM Central Standard Time,

s4052475@... writes:

> Hey all

>

> We dont get this show in Australia..do they have a website? I would love to

> see the before and afters on that guy... ???

>

> Ta

>

> Kristy

>

They are doing the end part next week....I'm so ticked, but they did the

facelift and next week they're doing arms, belly and thighs. He definately

needed

them.

in Bama

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In a message dated 11/27/2003 4:55:00 PM Central Standard Time,

mjs93311@... writes:

> Try: www.abc.go.com/primetime/extrememakeover/

>

> and you should find before and after pics and some video.

>

> marta

>

I couldn't find him on it. Maybe after next weeks program it will be on

there....

in Bama

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No, I don't, but someone better find it, because you are all going to submit

my name for the makeover. LOL Kristy, YOU don't need it. You are dang

gorgeous as you are now. Woo Hoo. Down wallys of Auzzieland! :-)

Jim

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From: Ms Kristy Cruise [mailto:s4052475@...]

Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 5:10 PM

Subject: extreme makeover

* Anyone know the official website for the Extreme Makeover TV show???

Cheers,

Kristy

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In a message dated 2/27/2004 7:30:46 PM Central Standard Time,

sonofmosiah@... writes:

No, I don't, but someone better find it, because you are all going to submit

my name for the makeover. LOL Kristy, YOU don't need it. You are dang

gorgeous as you are now. Woo Hoo. Down wallys of Auzzieland! :-)

Jim

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Stand in line Jim...me first!!!.....

in Bama

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Many thanks to Dr. K willing to take on a 3rd timer....LOL

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Yes, wasn't it great! He looked so surprised and thankful. I have been

trying to get one of those systems to control my lights, TV, stereo by

voice but haven't found anyone to finance it.

Love,

Pamela

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LOL Deena! I wonder why?

Joe

In a message dated 4/12/2004 1:15:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

DeTannous@... writes:

.. I couldn't help but feel happy for the woman who won Ty's boxers too

lol.

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I thought about writing them and asking for the same thing. Darn, I

guess it's already been done now...

Jenn

DeTannous@... wrote:

> Did anyone watch this week's episode of Extreme Makeover: Home

> Edition? Wow!

> They made over the house to be completely wheelchair accessible. The

> guy who

> lives there was in a car accident and was paralyzed. There were

> certain areas

> in the house he hadn't been able to access for years. This house was

> pretty

> amazing. They installed an elevator, a therapy pool, ramps, a roll-in

> shower, and

> voice activated doors and lights. You couldn't help but feel so happy for

> this guy. I couldn't help but feel happy for the woman who won Ty's

> boxers too

> lol.

>

> Deena

>

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a Bishop wrote:

> As soon as I saw the episode I thought about entering you!!! Let's do

> it anyways! -Kris

Yes, yes, maybe if someone else enters me, it won't appear to be a

pathetic ploy to get an elevator in my house. :)

Jenn

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Hi,

I think it is a great idea to nominate Terri for Extreme Home

Makeover. I went to ABC's website to see how to go about this.

It is an Adobe applications and suggests a video tape. I wonder if

Terri could put together a video tape story and we could all email her

letters of our support that her family be nominated, and she could

submit it all together??

Here is the website.

http://abc.go.com/primetime/xtremehome/casting.html

son,Aidan 2yrs (XLA)

>

> Ok, I ran to Rite Aid to pick up a grocery cart of meds LOL and my

> fave tech was there, and she couldnt remember the address, but has it

> at home and asked if it was ok for her to call me from home tonight

to

> give it to me. I should have it late tonight or early tomorrow. Lets

> get this ball rolling!!! Sounds fun!

> valarie

>

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,

I think it would be a great idea for the group to nominate

her. Count me in!

--Sange

>

> Ursula,

>

> Since Terri and her family have had to sell most of their furniture

> and belongings to pay the kids medical bills, she would really like

to

> get on Extreme Makeover. She has filled out the application, but

needs

> a persons name as someone who wants to nominate her. Most of us

think

> it would be really great if they could get this=-----we kinda took a

> poll last week LOL and I wondered that if instead of one of our

names,

> could we put the Ped Pid group and address as nominating her? Then

we

> could all put in a " push " in their families favor? It might be a

first

> for an entire health group to nominate someone for help!!

> And, I thought, if our whole group nominated her, and she got to

tell

> her story for EM, it might bring some much needed light to this

> particular health topic and hopefully, get PIDS more attention(and

> Terri, of course, for pity's sake, they have no couch!!)

>

>

> Valarie

>

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And when they demolish the old house- I keep thinking how many toxins are in that pile of wood, metal, pipes, etc....

A green house would be wonderful. Also a kitchen stocked with organic, gf/cf foods wouldn’t hurt either.

On 2/18/07 9:55 PM, " tussypat6701 " <devdelay@...> wrote:

All I kept thinking about was how sick those poor kids were going to

be from the off-gassing from all the chemicals, paints, new carpeting

and building materials. Wouldn't it have been great to build this

family a " green " house?

Patty

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Oh my GOSH...nice to know someone else thinks like I do! I started twitching myself when I realized that the house would be all NEW and all new paint, new furniture. To me that was very scary.

Our family lived through a "BLACK MOLD CRISIS". I was pregnant. We moved 10 times in 7 months...(long story) Our house was a newer house..not old if you're wondering. The mold was in the attic...and it had a relationship to an improperly installed radon system and the fact that the builder didn't follow the blueprints properly...and the roof didn't vent properly. Also insurance was culpable. We were on TV and in many newspapers...

Long story short...we finally moved back into our house with all new paint and mold retardants etc. We became so SICK! ARRRGGHH! We jumped from the kettle into the fire.

We are just now starting to reclaim our health. It has been a very long journey and it still goes on. Suffice to say we lost over $120 thousand...and after 5 years had to drop our case. Not because we were wrong but because we ran out of steam and money. We had to focus on our son and his autism....

So I completely agree with you. I pray they don't suffer now from chemical sensitivities like we do... We know that the "mold" definitely played a part in our son's autism and our health problems today. ( I mean how could we deny it...they found "mold" in his blood..., ears, mouth, etc... and cultured it and many of the strains were present in our home in high levels...)

Even writing this e-mail is hard... I have to stop. That part of our lives is done...thank goodness.

So yes...the off gassing is going to be a problem. There are things they could do to prevent the intensity. I wonder if I found out how to send Extreme Makeover the suggestions. I also agree..I really wish they had just gone GREEN. The could have used things like Marmoleum or cork for flooring (with some nice side benefits) They could have used some paints that have low or no offgassing (even Sherwin carries some now)....oh I could go on and on...

Sorry for it being so long...it just really struck a cord with me.

-Ohio

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How do you know they didn't? I didn't see any info on the materials used.

Debi

>

> All I kept thinking about was how sick those poor kids were going to

> be from the off-gassing from all the chemicals, paints, new carpeting

> and building materials. Wouldn't it have been great to build this

> family a " green " house?

>

> Patty

>

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I thought the house turned out like all the extreme makeover houses.

The first floor is one big room and then each bedroom is decorated

based on something the person is interested in. They did have a

doctor on there to teach them about autism who said that an alarm

system would be good, well duh! This doctor also said the kids

should have their own bedrooms. If they said why the parents had

three of the kids in their bedroom at night I didn't hear but i can

guess some reasons why they did so I'm not sure how the new bedrooms

will be any better.

The open kitchen just bugs me. I want I kitchen with doors that I

can lock so my refrigerator door isn't opened in the middle of the

night and left open. That along with half the cabinet doors. I feel

that way and I don't have the problem of everything getting thrown on

the floor like they did. I wonder how long the potted plants and

vases lasted.

I didn't figure out they had two sons till near the end. I didn't get

till the end that the youngest(?)is non-verbal; I hope that vanguard

(?) system helps him. Maybe I 'm just too sensitive but Ty's comment

that autism is about social deficts and one of the decorators saying

they all had such high IQs and did so well in school just bothered

me. I don't think that went along with all the stuff that was going

on in that house. Or mine. Autism is a lot harder than that.

> >

> > All I kept thinking about was how sick those poor kids were going

to

> > be from the off-gassing from all the chemicals, paints, new

carpeting

> > and building materials. Wouldn't it have been great to build

this

> > family a " green " house?

> >

> > Patty

> >

>

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All I could think of was the Volitile Organic Compounds from the

fresh paint, formaldehyde from the glues used in the plywood,

antinomy and pesticides from the carpets and matresses-and the family

moving right in.

Wished the house would have been loaded with water filters, organic

materials, air cleaners, etc. Was glad to see no pool in the

backyard but was wondering if the playset was cedar or redwood.

My heart did go out to this family. I was happy when they relieved

their mortgage. Interesting that they said mom needed to around

forever. We know that feeling.

> > >

> > > All I kept thinking about was how sick those poor kids were

going

> to

> > > be from the off-gassing from all the chemicals, paints, new

> carpeting

> > > and building materials. Wouldn't it have been great to build

> this

> > > family a " green " house?

> > >

> > > Patty

> > >

> >

>

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I think they might have done a lot more- but didn’t show it. I kept thinking I would have wanted cameras in all the bedrooms and a command center or two- so I can see what is going on in all the rooms.

We always look at these shows with years of experience of autism. I’m sure I’ll have someone come up to me and say “I saw on Home Makeover that children with autism like music- did you know that?”..... Zzzzzz BUT- for THEM- it’s interesting- it’s new- it’s autism.

Years ago all people knew about autism was Rainmain. Now they think about Lily on All My Children or the houses on Home Makeover. It’s a huge improvement. Of course not where WE want to be exactly- but a hell of a lot of better than someone telling me it’s ok to have a child with autism because he’ll be smart and memorize the phone book.

What bugged me about the 60m piece is how the mom is just waiting to get the dx before doing anything. She should be doing the diet, ST, OT, detoxing, etc... RIGHT NOW. What would it hurt? If anything- she’ll get a jump on his autism. How many of us wish we started earlier? (probably most). If it’s not autism- then the kid had a lot of fun playing with grownups.

I also felt weird about the “low-functioning” and IQ/smart comments. Like it’s OK for a child to have autism, because they are ALL very smart. Which is not true.

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They have done that in the past for other special needs people.

On 2/19/07 12:08 PM, " Holly " <inticci@...> wrote:

All I could think of was the Volitile Organic Compounds from the

fresh paint, formaldehyde from the glues used in the plywood,

antinomy and pesticides from the carpets and matresses-and the family

moving right in.

Wished the house would have been loaded with water filters, organic

materials, air cleaners, etc. Was glad to see no pool in the

backyard but was wondering if the playset was cedar or redwood.

My heart did go out to this family. I was happy when they relieved

their mortgage. Interesting that they said mom needed to around

forever. We know that feeling.

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I personally HATE open floor plans. When I heard them say they were

gonna do an open kitchen I thought that was nuts, but they said that's

what that mom wanted. I personally like to go into the kitchen & get

away from everyone & I don't like the residues from kitchens, like

grease, getting on living room furniture & the like. It seemed to me

that it would have been easier for her to have it enclosed with one

door she had the power to lock them from, but I'm sure she knows her

situation better than me.

I was wondering where sensory stuff was. I've seen episodes before

where they put swings & stuff in, but I had to leave to take my

grandmother to the hospital, I left right when they were about to show

the couple their master suit.

I really feel for that family, esp the typical sister. She seems to

have the weight of the world on her little shoulders. Made me think of

my oldest NT daughter, they're the same age. They could really use an

ABA respite worker just to come help them manage the day. Maybe with

the publicity & having their mortgage paid off they can get some help.

I thought it was SO FUNNY when Ty was talking to the one girl who drew

on everything. Allie does that ALL THE TIME, just like those different

colored scribbles, only now Allie's learned how to draw. But I loved

it when she gave him the thumbs up with her back to Ty, she seems like

a neat kid.

Debi

> > >

> > > All I kept thinking about was how sick those poor kids were going

> to

> > > be from the off-gassing from all the chemicals, paints, new

> carpeting

> > > and building materials. Wouldn't it have been great to build

> this

> > > family a " green " house?

> > >

> > > Patty

> > >

> >

>

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