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[mjboogie]

Well,...... me again. I will ease up on Teddy eventually. LOL! But also an interviewer asked Teddy about MJ's drug use and Teddy was saying how (again he could not elaborate) but that there were many times when MJ did not want his family or close friends around him.  The interviewer kept stating how MJ's family did not seem to be there for him during his heavy drug use! Teddy was saying that MJ did not do drugs when he had someone positive around him. Like a true friend.

This part blew me away........Teddy said that if there was someone around MJ that discovered his drug use and would say something about it to him that MJ would EXIT this person! :shock: When I say EXIT it means MJ would fire that person!

Also......Teddy said that if MJ had someone positive around him that he would SACRAFICE and just NOT do the drugs! Teddy said that MJ would just take all of the pain he was in like his vitiligo and so forth....

Does Vitiligo cause pain? I have often wondered the extent of MJs health problems because the way Teddy put this conversation to the interviewer it was like MJ NEEDED a lot of pain meds to manage his health problems. Your thoughts? Sorry to ramble.......I am just throwing out ideas about this radio interview done by Teddy. Thanks. :?

[cassiope]

I don't believe vitiligo is painful, but lupus is.

[roxy101]

I agree, from what I have gathered, lupus is a painful disease, but vitiligo is not.  He could be speaking in emotional terms.  Regarding him firing people, didn't lisa marie presley also say something like this as well on Oprah? I don't know what to make of it.

[whatyourheartsays]

Pain is not only a physical feeling.
I believe Vitiligo causes pain, to the soul...

And what hurts your soul can destroy your body. Stress and depressed feeling can have a huge impact on body.

So even if it can be prooved that vitiligo creates no pain, i believe it does in an indirect way. and therefore lead someone to have some medication whatever it is.

[whatyourheartsays]

And i think you should ask Teddy directly. Sure he would answer you and maybe give explanation about his interview.

[2good2btrue]

This gives new meaning to "Discover the Man you never knew"

So many different versions of the same story.
I can only comment based on my real life experiences with drugs.
Many therapeutic drugs, do have side effects.  Depending on the dose and type of drug you are talking about.

Analgesics are a class of drugs used to relieve pain. The pain relief induced by analgesics occurs either by blocking pain signals going to the brain or by interfering with the brain's interpretation of the signals, without producing anesthesia or loss of consciousness. There are basically two kinds of analgesics: non-narcotics and narcotics.

I would confidently say, that MJ did need to take some sort of pescription drugs, for arthritis, bought on by either lupus of family history.  Therefore, yes he would have been in alot of pain, especially being a dancer.  Its only when you start to "make up" your pain, that it becomes a problem.  Some cause drowsiness, and some don't .......

[scorpionchik]

On the other hand, since analgetics cause drowsiness and dizziness, how could MJ have that much energy to rehearse for hours then give concerts for hours, run his business, create songs, make love with whoever was next to him at the time, etc. ? I mean, it is hard or even impossible to successfully run hard show business being constantly under medications. No one can think clear. Children, MJ was always spending free time with his kids. How he could communicate and enjoy relationship under so much medications. Michael really lives in controversy. Even this medication addiction hard to figure out.

[Tarja]

well, I personally would like to see the interview. Does someone have it?

[finfin]

well, I personally would like to see the interview. Does someone have it?

I don't know which radio interview @mjboogie means  - this is the one from the BBC, there is music at the beginning and the interview starts half way through
http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/wh4gs/

[Tarja]

I know the one from BBC but he didn't talk about any drug use there

[finfin]

I know the one from BBC but he didn't talk about any drug use there

No, I don't know which one is being referred to - would be nice to have a link if possible, as you say  :)

[happythoughts]

Vitiligo itself does not hurt, but the treatments do. And Lupus definitely is painful.