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“I cried when I realized I should have been diagnosed as a child, but when I realized that millions of people were sick, undiagnosed or misdiagnosed despite medical information being available, I was angry and change became my mission.” said Hadleigh-West. “The purpose of the film is to expose the problem through many people’s stories, experts, historians and statistical data.”
In Sick to Death! Hadleigh-West unflinchingly exposes her 30-year struggle to regain her health. Sick to Death! is both a call-to-action and a quirky, raw film which examines the maze most patients face in seeking treatment in today’s disturbing medical reality. This film uses thyroid disease as a metaphor for all illnesses and provides the viewer a roadmap for how to negotiate their individual health challenges.
Sick to Death! is available on VIMEO and the easiest way to find the film isthrough the film’s website: sick2death.com
In this episode, Maggie shares her personal story of living with Thyroid disease, discusses signs and symptoms, as well as, her 53 year diagnosis journey. She also discusses her new movie, Sick 2 Death. This is a must listen for all of those struggling with or think they may have Thyroid disease on the latest Patient Activation Network Podcast.
About Maggie Hadleigh-West
As early as 1991, Maggie Hadleigh-West created the first film on the sexual harassment of women in public, War Zone(1991/1998). Her film Player Hating (2011) was praised by SLANT magazine as “one of the more intimate and revealing looks at American (housing) projects ever made.” Sick to Death! is the first feature length documentary on thyroid disease and complications that surround it.
Hadleigh-West is a 2017 Impact Doc Awards winner, a 2013 Guggenheim Fellow Award Winner, 2010 Indie Fest: Audience Impact Merit Award Winner, 2010 Accolade Merit Award Winner, 2009, 2006, and 2005 Alcyon Foundation Fellow, a 2004 New York State Council on the Arts Fellow, 2001 University of Louisville Distinguished Professor Nominee, 2000 Rockefeller Fellow Nominee and a 1998 Berlin Film Festival Caligari Nominee. Over the course of her career, Maggie Hadleigh-West has been internationally recognized as an activist, independent filmmaker, public speaker and the founder of YoMaggie Productions, LLC. Sick to Death! Is her 5th film. Her fourth film, and second feature documentary Player Hating: A Love Story follows the life of hip-hop artist Half-a-Mill as he struggles to escape ghetto obscurity for fame. Her well known feature length documentary, War Zone, covers the public harassment of women, turning the lens of her camera on her harassers.
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Episode Details
- About Maggie
- Signs and Symptoms of Thyroid Disease
- A Journey through Misdiagnosis and Mistreatment
- About Sick 2 Death
- 2 Things you must know about diagnosing thyroid disease from a patient perspective
- Closing Thoughts