tommie copper inventor, mr. tom kallish himself. and before he comes out, he told me that he had a very special message for all of us and i have no idea what it is so, let's take a look at it together. take a look at this. hi montel. it's 6:30 in the morning, it's been a year and a half since the accident. i'm pretty confident i can make this happen. with god's help, a little luck and tommie copper, i'm off to the races. go dan! i'm a little tired but, i couldn't be more grateful. the idea that you could come back from what i had gone through is nothing shy of a miracle. please welcome tom kallish to the show! talk to me for a second, let's talk about that accident you had skiing, correct? how many years ago? when was that? it was about a year and 3 ago and there was a buried tree trunk under the water. nobody saw it. and when i hit it i lost my knee, my hip and two vertebrae in my back. and you know, basically, we thought it was over. and i found myself wearing the products all through the 4 surgeries i had to

(male announcer) the following is a paid advertisement for tommie copper compression wear.ou from doing your job? >> there's a few things in me that are slowing down with age. your body just doesn't have it anymore. (ron) it's pain. real pain. i was in so much pain i could not maintain my business. (male announcer) or pursuing what you love? >> my pain seemed to really restrict my mobility. when i hit a golf shot, there was nothing there. i did not want to play golf because i was embarrassed. (male announcer) or even got in the way of raising your kids? (april thomas) [crying] i wanted to just, just give it up. (male announcer) 100 million americans live with pain.