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Over here who could have [br]this disease, not have

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it and I got it. I've had people[br]move away from me

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on elevators. You know.

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I've had kids cry when they [br]see me

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and as soon as I get out of my [br]car, people are staring at me.

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That's all day, all the time.

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That's not something that's like a [br]light switch you turn on and off.

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It happens all the time.

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but it is a disease that forces you [br]to really examine yourself

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and it's like psychological warfare.

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Also on the Fox Beat tonight among those [br]in attendance Eminem who recently

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I'm an anchor entertainment reporter [br]for Fox2 and

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because I'm on TV here I have to [br]wear make up all

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the time, it straight up sucks like *!#$.

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That was my last shift.

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Doing my job and having [br]this disease, the reporter

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in me knows that there's an [br]answer if I keep digging.

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Why is there not a cure?

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I want repigment.

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I want to look like I used to look.

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So I went to a holistic doctor and I've [br]gone to a bunch of natural pathic

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and holistic doctors that try to address [br]problems from the inside out.

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I have a regimen that I've started that[br]I think bring back pigment.

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This is PABA, this is cod liver oil, Beta [br]TCP, this

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is called pigmentum, recolor neem [br]and it's just a plant.

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This is the ayurvedic medication, this [br]is the cream that goes with it.

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The old me is like I would never be one [br]of those pill guys.

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How far would you go to cure yourself?

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I know it's possible so, I'm very excited [br]about the possibility

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that I could fully re-pigment.

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This is the ayurvedic cream that I use.

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I put it on my face and ears and stuff.

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Three times a day I take supplements [br]just to help everything out.

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I am getting ready to apply my make up

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so, I can go to work today.

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Takes me about 15 minutes to [br]put it on.

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But you start off with the good [br]Vitiligo areas first.

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Then you blend the rest in.

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I'm like about 40% without pigment [br]now.

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It could get much worse.

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One day I may stop wearing dark [br]make up

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and flip it to light make up.

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I'm not really wanting to go [br]down that route.

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I hope that doesn't happen [br]and there it is.

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We're gonna keep you in studio [br]for the Murray show

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cause we've got all the Idol stuff [br]and movement stuff.

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Okay.

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Make up comes off when I eat.

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At least one of them I need to [br]get done for tomorrow.

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Thanks, bye!

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Ah! (music)

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Okay, does my face look okay?

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There's something missing there?

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I was looking in the monitor.

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I'll be right back.

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Of ten, here we go.

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American Idol Season 8 is over

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and the tour begins for the contestants

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but what about those judges?

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Sometimes when you know [br]when I sneeze when

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I have to wipe my face and [br]make up comes off.

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And I have to do touch ups [br]throughout the day.

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So we're here at the station [br]and I'm gonna talk

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to the make up specialist from [br]Cover Effects about

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this new make up that I wanna try. [br]

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It'll help it stay a little better.[br]

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I'm gonna give it a shot.

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Why don't you have a seat.[br]I can sit here?

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So how is it going?

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You know when I scratch or [br]something, it might

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or especially when I blow my nose.[br]It moves a little bit.

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It comes off a little bit.

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Okay, using a setting powder with it

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or you know, a make up primer [br]underneath it.

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Those products are really the seal to[br]keep the make up in place.

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So, it doesn't look shiny or oily.

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So, let's go ahead and get started.

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So, you're thinking?

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It's really cool that it's gonna [br]help it stay on longer

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because our news cast is going [br]longer.

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(both laughing)

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How many people do you think you work [br]with that have Vitiligo?

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Probably about 50 or 60.

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Do you find people that have [br]a significant

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amounts of pigment come back [br]or just little bits?

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Some of them just recover completely.

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There's is not as advanced as yours.

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They get little ones here and there.

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You know, I think I'm gonna [br]completely re-pigment.

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And you know what, if you [br]continue to be that way,

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you're gonna find exactly what [br]you're looking for.

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See how it's creeping in right there?

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Right there, see that little edge?

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I mean I stare at myself all the time [br]so, I noticed these last night.

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Amy and Mike, what's going on?

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You guys all ready? All set up?

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I'm going in to do a little photo [br]shoot.

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Friend of mine, Mike Shore, who did [br]the pictures in my book.

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We're gonna document where the[br]Vitilago is now

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so, we can kind of see the progression.

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I'm excited about this one.

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I tried a little something with [br]the things that I

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think that would help repigment [br]and it works.

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So, pigment started coming it pretty, [br]like freckling in.

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That's awesome

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I want to be able to look and [br]see where it's coming back.

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Then maybe again, 4 months or 2 months [br]or when I get significant re-pigment.

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Yeah, that's what you should do. [br]Very cool.

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Alright, you wanna do it?

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Yes!

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Let's do go ahead and look [br]towards the camera.

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You wanna take a look at [br]some of these?

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Sure

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Look at how much he has here [br]in 2007.

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So, that's an '07 back to 2009.

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Wow, really 2/3rds of it really.

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Here is some chest. Look at that.

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How much would you say?

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What percentage is gone?

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I said around 35-40%

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Um, It's a lot.[br]More than 50?

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55% gone. 60?

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Yeah,

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It's gotten worse before it's gotten better.

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The changes eye opening a little for [br]me because I

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can't see it everywhere so, I got to [br]see things I hadn't seen before

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and it gave me more fuel to remain [br]vigilant with this diet.

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No matter what anybody else says,[br]the possibility that I could

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fully re-pigment, I'm telling you I [br]believe it.

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Hey Lee. How you doin?[br]Thank you so much for meeting me.

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Thank you.

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It's good to see you again.

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Ready for some lunch? Okay

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Are you guys ready to order?

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Yes, I'd like the baby spinach salad.

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Skip the pecans and can I have [br]the walnuts.

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I don't want the candy pecans.

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You want the walnuts you said.

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Yeah, and I still want tomatoes, onions, [br]and do you have black olives?

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Yes, okay.

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Thank you.

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I have been following a very [br]strict diet.

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It's 85% vegetables and fruit [br]raw and 15% cooked,

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1 cooked meal a day.[br]

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That's awesome.

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And part of the treatment that [br]I'm doing is a lotion that I put on.

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It's an Indian medicine it's called [br]ayurvedic medication.

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So I'm trying that as well.

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Hopefully I'll do all these things [br]and the pigment will come.

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You've had it since you were three?[br]Since 3 years old.

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Since you were 2 or 3 and when my [br]mom, she took me to a doctor

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and they knew nothing about this [br]at all and the

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gentleman took me and laid me [br]on something

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like a cookie sheet and they slid[br]me under these

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bright lights, slid me in there and [br]they would bake me.

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Tried to bake my body to turn the [br]pigment to come back.

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And the only thing that happened [br]was I would get so hot,

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it would blister my skin and they [br]would pull me out

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and put oil and ointments on me [br]and slide me back in

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and they took pictures of me to [br]see before

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and after and all of these things[br]and none of that worked.

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None of that helped.

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So, my mom took me from doctor [br]to doctor and

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everybody said he just have pigment [br]of the skin.

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Don't have any pigment there.

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Has it progressed any for you? [br]

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Because for me it's gotten worse [br]lately.

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Yes.

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I've had very little, very very little [br]progression in

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the last five years I would say and [br]that would

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die down and this area here it kind of [br]spread open a little bit more.

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I have to tell you the journey has [br]been incredible.

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You know I've been trying to figure[br]it out.

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Me being the reporter that I am [br]and documenting

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all the different things that I've done.

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When I find success, I'll spell[br]it all out.

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I just got back from California, I saw [br]a friend of mine.

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He had a little child with him [br]and sitting in a little high chair

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and I said Hey!

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That little boy screamed as if he had [br]seen a ghost.

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Wow!

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Isn't that the toughest? [br]

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Oh, it hurt me so bad. I almost[br]they say I forgot

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and when I got home I looked [br]in the mirror

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and I said I don't blame the child.

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You don't see a person with vigilitis [br]every day.

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Yeah, a lot of people are still hiding [br]you know?

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Still very afraid to come out of [br]the house.

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No one in the world that have [br]vigilitis that would

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hear of a cure that would not go [br]after it

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and it doesn't matter if I'm 75 [br]or 80 years old.

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If I hear of a cure, I'm going to get it. [br]

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You're going to try it.

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I'm documenting it as much as [br]possible cause

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I know how skeptical people [br]can be.

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If I can find my way out of it, [br]we all can.

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