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[The Lilly logo appears on screen in red text on a white background]
00:03-00:08
[The screen fades to black and transitions to Liz sitting in a chair talking to the camera.]
Liz: I was put on my first diet that I was aware of in sixth grade.
00:08-00:19
[The video cuts to two photographs of Liz in France as an exchange student.]
Liz: I was going to France as an exchange student and my mom said, “Hey, if you lose X amount of weight, you can earn your pocket money while you're there.”
00:19-00:23
[The video cuts back to Liz sitting in a chair talking to the camera.]
Liz: It was very confusing, and it was very shameful.
00:23-00:37
[The video cuts to multiple photographs of Liz as a child. Liz is smiling in the photographs, playing soccer, and dressed in a Halloween costume.]
Liz: It wasn't for not being an active kid, I played soccer. I spent my days riding bikes around the neighborhood. I did everything that my sister did or friends did, and I was the only one who had a problem.
00:37-00:48
[The video cuts back to Liz sitting in a chair talking to the camera.]
Liz: That was the first experience with, “Oh, this is something society says, isn't quite right.” My name is Liz Paul, and I live with obesity.
00:48-01:07
[As Liz is sitting in a chair talking to the camera, the caption “Liz’s Story” appears on screen. The screen fades to black and fades back to Liz sitting in a chair talking to the camera.]
Liz: We've been conditioned to say that people who live in larger bodies are lazy, eating too much, they don't exercise. We're given all of these stereotypes. It's just not true.
01:07-01:16
[The video cuts to Liz walking into her office and using a laptop at a desk, then cuts to an image of her with her daughter’s Cub Scout Pack.
Liz: I'm busy from the moment I get up till the time my kids go to bed. I'm the Cubmaster for my daughter's Cub Scout pack.
01:16-01:44
[The video cuts to Liz giving a speech at the Mankato Kiwanis Club and sitting at a table listening to other’s give a speech. The video then cuts to Liz playing a trumpet in a church, and cuts back to Liz sitting in a chair talking to the camera.
Liz: I am the president of the Mankato Kiwanis Club, which does service projects around town. I play trumpet in church. When you live in a larger body, you kind of want to hide yourself, but playing trumpet is something that people enjoy, and it's a chance to say, “Look, I can do something. I'm useful.” Doctors told me that I was the only one who was ever going to fix me, and had nothing but shame and blame for me.
01:44-01:56
[The video cuts to photographs of Liz doing CrossFit, running a 5K, her on her wedding day, and photographs of her in a mirror. The video cuts back to Liz sitting in a chair talking to the camera.]
Liz: I have done CrossFit. I have done 5Ks. I have gained and lost hundreds of pounds over my adult life. I would say my most successful was after my son was born.
01:56-02:31
[The video cuts to Liz and her son sitting on a boulder. The video cuts back to Liz sitting in a chair talking to the camera.]
Liz: I lost 80, 100 pounds, and it was great and I felt really good. And then it stopped working. The actual disease of obesity came back to really bite me. I had lost this weight, but it kept creeping back on, and on, and up. And I said, “Well, apparently I can't do this. Apparently I'm just a failure. I will always be living in a larger body,” and kind of gave in to the depression of it all.
02:31-02:52
[The video cuts to Liz at the Obesity Action Coalition. The shots include the schedule for the convention, multiple people giving presentations and participating in panels, and Liz watching a presentation. The video then cuts back to Liz sitting in a chair talking to the camera.]
Liz: Around this time, I was invited to the Obesity Action Coalition, their “Your Weight Matters” Convention. Here were experts in the field who said obesity is a chronic, complex disease that can't be cured just by eating less and moving more. And I'm like, “What is this, and why am I just hearing about this now?”
02:52-03:03
[The video cuts to two people having a conversation at the Obesity Action Coalition while Liz is looking at pamphlets on a table, the three of them begin to have a conversation. The video then cuts back to Liz sitting in a chair talking to the camera.]
Liz: People who live with obesity deserve access to care, bias-free, stigma-free treatments to help them manage their disease.
03:03-03:39
[The video cuts to Liz walking outside in a park. The video cuts back to Liz sitting in a chair talking to the camera, and then cuts back to Liz walking outside in the park while looking at the camera.]
Liz: I'm always trying to lose weight and make good choices and try to move my body every day. I try to eat right. I do as much as I can. I don't like to limit myself, but sometimes my body pays for it. Hopefully one day we'll find the tool or the treatment or anything that'll stick. But I know this will be something I'll be living with my whole life, regardless of whether I have lost weight or not. It's hard to to not be a little bit afraid of all of that. I want to see my kids grow up. I want to be there with them, which is why I never stop trying to lose weight.
03:39-03:43
[The video fades to white as the Lilly logo appears in red text on the white background.]
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[White background with red Lilly logo appears.]
00:02-00:08
[Sue and Jim are sitting on a khaki suede couch in their living room. They are in comfortable clothing and in relaxed seating positions: Sue has her hands crossed on top of her lap while Jim, sitting to Sue’s left, is seated with his legs crossed.]
Caption: Sue, Jim’s Wife; Jim
Sue: My son and I both noticed it, that Jim's speech just didn't seem normal.
00:08-00:24
[A photo montage of Jim begins playing; the first photo is of Sue and Jim smiling in a wood-paneled room; the second photo is of Jim sitting on their khaki suede couch with a dog asleep in his lap; the third photo is of Jim sitting in a beach chair, looking at the ocean with their dog at his side. After the photo montage, the scene cuts back to Sue and Jim on their couch.]
Sue: Jim was always a guy who just talked to anybody and everybody. He was having trouble pronouncing words, finding the right word. I even remember him saying, “I can't even talk!” You know, he would get frustrated. And that's when we needed to get some doctor's help and see what was going on.
00:25-00:31
[Scene remains on Sue and Jim sitting on their couch.]
Sue: Never did I ever suspect that it was Alzheimer’s disease. We had gone through the evaluations and it just didn't look good.
00:32-00:36
[Camera cuts to Sue, whose voice trembles and eyes begin to well as she recalls the moment she realized Jim may have dementia.]
Sue: I'm sorry. Getting emotional right now, but...
00:36-00:53
[Scene remains on Sue and Jim sitting on their couch. Sue is visibly becoming emotional recalling her experience as a caregiver while Jim comforts her]
Sue: I was having such a rough day at work because I knew deep down that he had dementia at a really young age, and I didn't know what I was going to do. And it was really rough. I'm sorry.
00:56-01:12
[Camera cuts back to Sue, who is now composed. Alternating cuts between Sue and Jim continue.]
Sue: I had a feeling of dread, you know, doom. And we had all these plans. I thought, “We can't do anything,” you know? We won't be able to travel. I just remember crying nonstop, all the time. We were out at the pool, and Jim says to me, “I don't think we're doing enough.”
01:12-01:24
[Scene remains on Sue and Jim, as a photo of Sue and Jim at the Alzheimer’s Association’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s® event appears, then cuts back to Sue and Jim on the couch.]
Sue: The next time we met with the doctor, we just really talked to them to say, “What can we do? We feel like, you know, it's like a hopeless situation. We're just letting him fade.” And that's when we first found out about maybe we can get into a clinical trial.
01:24-01:32
[A photo of Sue and Jim smiling on a park bench outside appears, then the scene cuts back to Sue and Jim sitting on their couch.]
Sue: The feeling I had when he qualified was a feeling of relief, like, “Oh my God, there's some hope. Maybe this will help him.”
01:34-01:44
[Footage of Jim grilling hamburgers outside begins to play, then cuts to footage of Sue and Jim enjoying the hamburgers at their dining table. The scene returns to Sue on their couch, just before cutting to footage of Jim walking their dog outside in their neighborhood.]
Sue: Jim... He's never been really down and depressed about it. He's still just lives his life. Jim likes to walk the dog, so he takes him for a walk. How about household chores?
01:44-01:49
[Scene cuts back to Sue and Jim on the couch. Jim looks at her with playful smile just before they share a laugh together.]
Jim: I leave that to you. No, I help. I try to help a little bit.
01:49-01:55
[Footage appears of Jim at a bowling alley, about to toss a ball as Sue looks on from the background. We see the ball striking the pins, just before the scene cuts back to Sue and Jim laughing on the couch.]
Sue: We bowl in three different bowling leagues.
Jim: We bowl?
Sue: Yes. We bowl.
01:56-02:19
[Footage appears of Jim back at a bowling alley, about to hit the final strike of a perfect game. Once he strikes the pins, Jim looks back at the camera and shrugs his arms out in a nonchalant manner, just before the scene returns to Sue and Jim on the couch.]
Sue: Recently he bowled another perfect game. It got down to the very last ball and, sure enough, he hit the perfect game. And I was yelling and screaming and everybody was clapping. And he was just like nonchalant, “Oh well!” you know?
Jim: It's not a big deal. Not a big deal.
Sue: Were you nervous on that last ball?
Jim: I don't think so. I don’t know.
Sue: You didn’t seem to be.
02:19-02:40
[A montage begins to play: the first photo is of Sue and Jim smiling together at the beach with a lighthouse and coastline in the background; the second photo is of Sue and Jim sitting in front of a flowerbed overlooking a marina; the third photo is of Jim standing outside with a grand valley in the background; the fourth is a video clip of Jim standing beside a Hawaiian harbor; the fifth photo is of Sue and Jim sitting together in front of the sign for Waimea Canyon Lookout. The scene cuts back to Sue and Jim sitting on their couch, before closing on a clip of them standing outside their home together, laughing.]
Sue: It's just critical to get the diagnosis as soon as possible. I'm just grateful that he's here. I'm grateful that we're able to do a little bit of traveling. And one big thing on our bucket list was Hawaii. We need to live our life and, you know, I just feel this urgency. Just more time with him. And we haven't had enough time yet.
Jim: Yeah.
02:40-02:43
[White background with red Lilly logo fades into frame to conclude the video.]