Glenda's Story after Breast Cancer & Breast Implants

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for more ... go to:

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THE SILICONE IMPLANT DISASTER


THE REAL FACTS: NOT FICTION!!!
"I WANT AMERICA BACK: I want the Principles, the Values of the HUMAN
LIFE held as Sacred, I WANT Truth, and Justice for ALL!! Yes, if we
still had these values, there would be no need for me to write this
story!"
MY STORY


This is the biggest nightmare that has happened to women and children
since the Vietnam war. Power and money hunger caused it all. The human
life was not considered,nor were the lifetime effects to the families
involved. Silicone is a toxic chemical that should NEVER be placed
into the human body!!

Little did I know, that when those silicone implants were placed into
my body,(following a masctectomy), that this would be the beginning of
my personal nightmare! I was a nurse, I believed in the FDA, the
doctors, and I genuinely believed that there was not a product
available for human use that was not screened and studied for five
years before it could be placed on the market. That is what I truly
believed about our system of government. Now, after 22 years, I
realize that none of my beliefs about the medical profession, nor the
FDA, were true at all! We were used and experiemented on. The
manufacturers of the implants knew that their research dogs were dying
after being implanted with silicone, but they hid their internal
memos, and placed these devices on the market anyway! They were slick
enough to even slip through the FDA regulations, by way of a
(grandfather clause). The manufacturers kept coming up with excuses,
and delays to the FDA, about their clinical studies and trials. All
the while women were being implanted with this toxic, deadly silicone!
My story is like so many others; we come from all parts of the world,
yet we all have one thing in common,SILICONE IMPLANTS! We all
experienced unexplainable fatigue, pain in our joints and muscles,
headaches, memory loss,rashes,and the list goes on. We went to doctors
for years, and were told that we had stress related problems, and were
usually given tranqualizers. We even began to think that we were
imagining all our pain, inability to sleep, our now chronic
fatigue,(no matter how much rest and sleep you had, you never felt
better). We went from one doctor to another; with bladder infections,
sore throats, stomach and colon problems, weight loss, female
problems, etc. The cycle would not end, but we never got any answers
either. Not once, did it occur to me that these problems, and my
declining health could be related to my breast implants! I look back
now and remember the chest pains, the pain between my shoulders, the
hardened,painful tight breasts, and the leg pain. In 1991, after many
years of pain and suffering, I read an article in the Redbook magazine
about breast implants and all the problems they were causing. I could
not believe what I was reading. This woman's story matched mine in
every way. This was the answer to all my health problems. I could not
wait for my husband to get home, so I could tell him. I would just
have the implants removed, and then I would be back to normal. WRONG
AGAIN! THE DAMAGE WAS ALREADY DONE! After the surgery to remove the
implants, my specialist said that I had neurological damage (nerve
damage), tested positive for lupus and MS,polyneuropathy, and that the
chronic fatigue would probably not get any better. He said that I
would need to have chemotherapy to stop the damage to my immune
system. I could not believe this! How could I have been so stupid, to
believe in our government, our medical profession, and what was going
to happen to my body? Would I even live very long? I shed more
tears,and showed more anger toward everyone involved in this hideous
scandal than I have ever felt before. It has been nearly 6 years since
my implants were removed. I am still very ill. I have had chemo twice
with prednisone IV. I have been in the hospital about 20 times, not
counting the numerous trips to the emergency rooms. I have been
disabled for 5 years now, and not able to work. I can't even clean our
house, or do most of the things I could before. Much of my time is
spent in bed, due to the chronic, severe headaches and pain. I still
have the fatigue, the headaches,numbness and tingling of my body, the
muscle and joint pain everyday. Also memory loss, abnormal blood
tests, edema, asceptic meninigitis about 4 times,and in April was
diagnosed with Raynaud's Disease. I have met so many courageous, sweet
women over the years, either in the hospital or through support
groups. We share so much. We cry together, and share our stories. We
all know of someone who has died from this disease, and we will always
remember them. We are bound to each other through our sufferings and
trials. Most of us are financially broke. It took me 4 years to get my
SS disability, and some of the women still have not gotten theirs. It
is a crying shame, that some husbands could not stay with their wives
through it all. Now these women are all alone and broke. Many women
can't even afford to get their implants removed. Since they no longer
work-no insurance! This is all so real, we have no more pride in our
appearance as the nice-looking women we once were(our breasts are gone
and we are left with horrible scars. We are at the bottom, but we will
not give up or stop fighting for our cause. So now, I suggest to the
manufacturers that they stop their lies, and quit spending so much
money on falsified studies such as Mayo, Harvard, and Johns Hopkins.
Stop the false advertising. Let both sides be told to the media. Face
the truth like a man; pay us for the damages, pain,suffering and our
shortened life expectancy. Tell us you are sorry, and that you realize
now that you made a grave mistake. Also, vow to never allow something
like this to ever happen again, even if you have a new product which
can bring in lots of money! PEOPLE WILL SOON LEARN THE WHOLE WICKED
STORY, AND THERE WILL BE NOTHING THAT YOU CAN DO TO STOP THE TRUTH
AGAIN!! THE TRUTH WILL PREVAIL!!! May Update: I spent most of the
month very sick with severe edema, that would not go down, and then I
began having chest pains. I was then put in the hospital for a week to
remove the fluid around my lungs and heart. I was then diagnosed with
Congestive Heart Failure. I have been told I need to have a heart
catherization to see exactly how much damage is done. I will see
another cardiologist this week, the first week in June. I would also
like to ask for your prayers as we women are fighting an even bigger
battle against Dow and the character assasinations against us. Again,
please pray that God will allow the whole truth to be known, that we
can tell our stories to the media and that good will finally overcome
evil. I have made four television interviews and a newspaper article
was written also. We must tell our stories and insist that we women be
the source of the studies so that we will get the correct results of
tests!!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart...



If you would like to just talk, or share your feelings and/or
problems, just e-mail me. I am a strong Christian, I have a big heart,
and will listen! I pray that the Lord will bless you, and yours!

"Ilena Rose" <BIA@mundo.com> wrote in message
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> http://www.geocities.com/heartland/h.../silicone.html
>
> for more ... go to:
>
> www.BreastImplantAwareness.org#stories
> http://breastimplantawareness.blogspot.com
Ilnea I have not noticed any storied from women who have had surgeries and
have been happy.....to be fair you should be telling both sides of the
story.

I think you are doing a diservice to breast cancer patients.

> Ilnea I have not noticed any storied from women who have had surgeries and
>have been happy.....to be fair you should be telling both sides of the
>story.

>I think you are doing a diservice to breast cancer patients.

www.BreastImplantAwareness.org#stories
http://breastimplantawareness.blogspot.com

Thanks for your comments.

There is no shortage of pro-breast implant information availableon
every medium ...

The implant makers fund breast cancer groups who sing the praises of
implants ...

There is a gigantic industry to tell you the positive, albeit
sometimes, temporary 'good news' about implants.

I've talked and communicated with unimaginable numbers of women post
mastectomy & post implants who have told me that they felt that
choosing implants was the worst decision they ever made.

So ... I will continue to counterbalance the industry propaganda ...
as I believe that too many women are tricked into believing that their
reconstruction surgery with implants is the 'answer' ... when it may
well be the beginning of a string of surgeries ...

I wish you health & healing.

> I've talked and communicated with unimaginable numbers of women post
> mastectomy & post implants who have told me that they felt that
> choosing implants was the worst decision they ever made.
>
> So ... I will continue to counterbalance the industry propaganda ...
> as I believe that too many women are tricked into believing that their
> reconstruction surgery with implants is the 'answer' ... when it may
> well be the beginning of a string of surgeries ...
>
> I wish you health & healing.

This is a breast cancer group, many women put off diagnosis due to fear of
body image. For them implants are lifesaving. The women who complain post
mastectomy are alive to complain. No surgery should be done without an
informed consent. I don't think anyone in this group would disagree about
the importance of informed consent.

On Oct 28, 3:16 pm, "xela56" <noacco...@nw.nl> wrote:
> > I've talked and communicated with unimaginable numbers of women post
> > mastectomy & post implants who have told me that they felt that
> > choosing implants was the worst decision they ever made.
>
> > So ... I will continue to counterbalance the industry propaganda ...
> > as I believe that too many women are tricked into believing that their
> > reconstruction surgery with implants is the 'answer' ... when it may
> > well be the beginning of a string of surgeries ...
>
> > I wish you health & healing.
>
> This is a breast cancer group, many women put off diagnosis due to fear of
> body image. For them implants are lifesaving. The women who complain post
> mastectomy are alive to complain. No surgery should be done without an
> informed consent. I don't think anyone in this group would disagree about
> the importance of informed consent.

Absolutely every woman should avail herself of whatever information
she feels she needs to make her own informed choice. Some women have
unfortunate experiences and some do not, or do not for 15 or so
years. There is a risk and benefit factor for all surgery that is
very personal.

On Oct 28, 11:56 am, Ilena Rose <B...@mundo.com> wrote:
> http://www.geocities.com/heartland/h.../silicone.html
>
> for more ... go to:
>
> http://www.BreastImplantAwareness.or...s.blogspot.com
>
> THE SILICONE IMPLANT DISASTER
>
> THE REAL FACTS: NOT FICTION!!!
> "I WANT AMERICA BACK: I want the Principles, the Values of the HUMAN
> LIFE held as Sacred, I WANT Truth, and Justice for ALL!! Yes, if we
> still had these values, there would be no need for me to write this
> story!"
> MY STORY
>
> This is the biggest nightmare that has happened to women and children
> since the Vietnam war. Power and money hunger caused it all. The human
> life was not considered,nor were the lifetime effects to the families
> involved. Silicone is a toxic chemical that should NEVER be placed
> into the human body!!
>
> Little did I know, that when those silicone implants were placed into
> my body,(following a masctectomy), that this would be the beginning of
> my personal nightmare! I was a nurse, I believed in the FDA, the
> doctors, and I genuinely believed that there was not a product
> available for human use that was not screened and studied for five
> years before it could be placed on the market. That is what I truly
> believed about our system of government. Now, after 22 years, I
> realize that none of my beliefs about the medical profession, nor the
> FDA, were true at all! We were used and experiemented on. The
> manufacturers of the implants knew that their research dogs were dying
> after being implanted with silicone, but they hid their internal
> memos, and placed these devices on the market anyway! They were slick
> enough to even slip through the FDA regulations, by way of a
> (grandfather clause). The manufacturers kept coming up with excuses,
> and delays to the FDA, about their clinical studies and trials. All
> the while women were being implanted with this toxic, deadly silicone!
> My story is like so many others; we come from all parts of the world,
> yet we all have one thing in common,SILICONE IMPLANTS! We all
> experienced unexplainable fatigue, pain in our joints and muscles,
> headaches, memory loss,rashes,and the list goes on. We went to doctors
> for years, and were told that we had stress related problems, and were
> usually given tranqualizers. We even began to think that we were
> imagining all our pain, inability to sleep, our now chronic
> fatigue,(no matter how much rest and sleep you had, you never felt
> better). We went from one doctor to another; with bladder infections,
> sore throats, stomach and colon problems, weight loss, female
> problems, etc. The cycle would not end, but we never got any answers
> either. Not once, did it occur to me that these problems, and my
> declining health could be related to my breast implants! I look back
> now and remember the chest pains, the pain between my shoulders, the
> hardened,painful tight breasts, and the leg pain. In 1991, after many
> years of pain and suffering, I read an article in the Redbook magazine
> about breast implants and all the problems they were causing. I could
> not believe what I was reading. This woman's story matched mine in
> every way. This was the answer to all my health problems. I could not
> wait for my husband to get home, so I could tell him. I would just
> have the implants removed, and then I would be back to normal. WRONG
> AGAIN! THE DAMAGE WAS ALREADY DONE! After the surgery to remove the
> implants, my specialist said that I had neurological damage (nerve
> damage), tested positive for lupus and MS,polyneuropathy, and that the
> chronic fatigue would probably not get any better. He said that I
> would need to have chemotherapy to stop the damage to my immune
> system. I could not believe this! How could I have been so stupid, to
> believe in our government, our medical profession, and what was going
> to happen to my body? Would I even live very long? I shed more
> tears,and showed more anger toward everyone involved in this hideous
> scandal than I have ever felt before. It has been nearly 6 years since
> my implants were removed. I am still very ill. I have had chemo twice
> with prednisone IV. I have been in the hospital about 20 times, not
> counting the numerous trips to the emergency rooms. I have been
> disabled for 5 years now, and not able to work. I can't even clean our
> house, or do most of the things I could before. Much of my time is
> spent in bed, due to the chronic, severe headaches and pain. I still
> have the fatigue, the headaches,numbness and tingling of my body, the
> muscle and joint pain everyday. Also memory loss, abnormal blood
> tests, edema, asceptic meninigitis about 4 times,and in April was
> diagnosed with Raynaud's Disease. I have met so many courageous, sweet
> women over the years, either in the hospital or through support
> groups. We share so much. We cry together, and share our stories. We
> all know of someone who has died from this disease, and we will always
> remember them. We are bound to each other through our sufferings and
> trials. Most of us are financially broke. It took me 4 years to get my
> SS disability, and some of the women still have not gotten theirs. It
> is a crying shame, that some husbands could not stay with their wives
> through it all. Now these women are all alone and broke. Many women
> can't even afford to get their implants removed. Since they no longer
> work-no insurance! This is all so real, we have no more pride in our
> appearance as the nice-looking women we once were(our breasts are gone
> and we are left with horrible scars. We are at the bottom, but we will
> not give up or stop fighting for our cause. So now, I suggest to the
> manufacturers that they stop their lies, and quit spending so much
> money on falsified studies such as Mayo, Harvard, and Johns Hopkins.
> Stop the false advertising. Let both sides be told to the media. Face
> the truth like a man; pay us for the damages, pain,suffering and our
> shortened life expectancy. Tell us you are sorry, and that you realize
> now that you made a grave mistake. Also, vow to never allow something
> like this to ever happen again, even if you have a new product which
> can bring in lots of money! PEOPLE WILL SOON LEARN THE WHOLE WICKED
> STORY, AND THERE WILL BE NOTHING THAT YOU CAN DO TO STOP THE TRUTH
> AGAIN!! THE TRUTH WILL PREVAIL!!! May Update: I spent most of the
> month very sick with severe edema, that would not go down, and then I
> began having chest pains. I was then put in the hospital for a week to
> remove the fluid around my lungs and heart. I was then diagnosed with
> Congestive Heart Failure. I have been told I need to have a heart
> catherization to see exactly how much damage is done. I will see
> another cardiologist this week, the first week in June. I would also
> like to ask for your prayers as we women are fighting an even bigger
> battle against Dow and the character assasinations against us. Again,
> please pray that God will allow the whole truth to be known, that we
> can tell our stories to the media and that good will finally overcome
> evil. I have made four television interviews and a newspaper article
> was written also. We must tell our stories and insist that we women be
> the source of the studies so that we will get the correct results of
> tests!!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart...
>
> If you would like to just talk, or share your feelings and/or
> problems, just e-mail me. I am a strong Christian, I have a big heart,
> and will listen! I pray that the Lord will bless you, and yours!

hello, i have recently been dx with breast cancer in my left breast
and have decided on a double mastectomy. i want to live and not worry
about the other breast. i am 51yrs young and now my thoughts are to
have or not to have reconstructive surgery.help!!!!!!!!! saline
implants or not i just don't know gayelynnb1@gmail.com

Gaylyn,

In 1975, at the age of 27 I was diagnosed with breast cancer and
underwent a radical mastectomy. I was fortunate and did not have to
undergo treatments. I was never sick before the surgery or after.

Five and half years later, I was seduced into total breast
reconstruction. There were no long-term studies then and still aren't
of the impact reconstruction with or without implants has on the
system. Since the reconstruction, I have had to deal not only with
failed, ruptured implants but the permanent nerve damage done by the
reconstruction surgery itself. I have two independent abnormalities in
the brain, seizures and have lost a lot of the use of my left arm
following the reconstruction. I would not want any woman to walk this
journey.

Before considering reconstruction, ask the doctor for any studies of
women who had reconstruction over 10 years. There are complications
and you have to decide which complications you wish to live with.

When the doctor gives you the insert to read on the implants, read
each paragraph carefully. It would be a good idea to take the insert
to a products liability attorney. The manufacturers list everything
that can and does go wrong with women's health and with the implants.
As patients we feel those warnings are only for us and we have a
tendency to slide over them. Actually, I have come to believe that the
45 page Mentor insert is for their own legal protection.

I live daily with a decision I made in 1980 when there was no
information available about the safety of implants and no information
about reconstruction except what the smiling plastic surgeon told me.
I can't undo the past and only thousands of dollars of further surgery
will "fix" the mess my chest is today. My mastectomy scars were
beautiful in comparison to the failed reconstruction scars I wear
today.

Sometimes we have to reach not only TO recovery, but we have to move
beyond and love ourselves as we are and live again.

I wish you the best.

Pam
Implant Veterans of Toxic Exposure
http://yukonmom47.tripod.com/
Breast Cancer Survivor since 1975
Breast Implant Veteran since 1980







On Nov 13, 12:28 pm, gayelyn...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Oct 28, 11:56 am, Ilena Rose <B...@mundo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> >http://www.geocities.com/heartland/h.../silicone.html
>
> > for more ... go to:
>
> >http://www.BreastImplantAwareness.or...antawareness.b...
>
> > THE SILICONE IMPLANT DISASTER
>
> > THE REAL FACTS: NOT FICTION!!!
> > "I WANT AMERICA BACK: I want the Principles, the Values of the HUMAN
> > LIFE held as Sacred, I WANT Truth, and Justice for ALL!! Yes, if we
> > still had these values, there would be no need for me to write this
> > story!"
> > MY STORY
>
> > This is the biggest nightmare that has happened to women and children
> > since the Vietnam war. Power and money hunger caused it all. The human
> > life was not considered,nor were the lifetime effects to the families
> > involved. Silicone is a toxic chemical that should NEVER be placed
> > into the human body!!
>
> > Little did I know, that when those silicone implants were placed into
> > my body,(following a masctectomy), that this would be the beginning of
> > my personal nightmare! I was a nurse, I believed in the FDA, the
> > doctors, and I genuinely believed that there was not a product
> > available for human use that was not screened and studied for five
> > years before it could be placed on the market. That is what I truly
> > believed about our system of government. Now, after 22 years, I
> > realize that none of my beliefs about the medical profession, nor the
> > FDA, were true at all! We were used and experiemented on. The
> > manufacturers of the implants knew that their research dogs were dying
> > after being implanted with silicone, but they hid their internal
> > memos, and placed these devices on the market anyway! They were slick
> > enough to even slip through the FDA regulations, by way of a
> > (grandfather clause). The manufacturers kept coming up with excuses,
> > and delays to the FDA, about their clinical studies and trials. All
> > the while women were being implanted with this toxic, deadly silicone!
> > My story is like so many others; we come from all parts of the world,
> > yet we all have one thing in common,SILICONE IMPLANTS! We all
> > experienced unexplainable fatigue, pain in our joints and muscles,
> > headaches, memory loss,rashes,and the list goes on. We went to doctors
> > for years, and were told that we had stress related problems, and were
> > usually given tranqualizers. We even began to think that we were
> > imagining all our pain, inability to sleep, our now chronic
> > fatigue,(no matter how much rest and sleep you had, you never felt
> > better). We went from one doctor to another; with bladder infections,
> > sore throats, stomach and colon problems, weight loss, female
> > problems, etc. The cycle would not end, but we never got any answers
> > either. Not once, did it occur to me that these problems, and my
> > declining health could be related to my breast implants! I look back
> > now and remember the chest pains, the pain between my shoulders, the
> > hardened,painful tight breasts, and the leg pain. In 1991, after many
> > years of pain and suffering, I read an article in the Redbook magazine
> > about breast implants and all the problems they were causing. I could
> > not believe what I was reading. This woman's story matched mine in
> > every way. This was the answer to all my health problems. I could not
> > wait for my husband to get home, so I could tell him. I would just
> > have the implants removed, and then I would be back to normal. WRONG
> > AGAIN! THE DAMAGE WAS ALREADY DONE! After the surgery to remove the
> > implants, my specialist said that I had neurological damage (nerve
> > damage), tested positive for lupus and MS,polyneuropathy, and that the
> > chronic fatigue would probably not get any better. He said that I
> > would need to have chemotherapy to stop the damage to my immune
> > system. I could not believe this! How could I have been so stupid, to
> > believe in our government, our medical profession, and what was going
> > to happen to my body? Would I even live very long? I shed more
> > tears,and showed more anger toward everyone involved in this hideous
> > scandal than I have ever felt before. It has been nearly 6 years since
> > my implants were removed. I am still very ill. I have had chemo twice
> > with prednisone IV. I have been in the hospital about 20 times, not
> > counting the numerous trips to the emergency rooms. I have been
> > disabled for 5 years now, and not able to work. I can't even clean our
> > house, or do most of the things I could before. Much of my time is
> > spent in bed, due to the chronic, severe headaches and pain. I still
> > have the fatigue, the headaches,numbness and tingling of my body, the
> > muscle and joint pain everyday. Also memory loss, abnormal blood
> > tests, edema, asceptic meninigitis about 4 times,and in April was
> > diagnosed with Raynaud's Disease. I have met so many courageous, sweet
> > women over the years, either in the hospital or through support
> > groups. We share so much. We cry together, and share our stories. We
> > all know of someone who has died from this disease, and we will always
> > remember them. We are bound to each other through our sufferings and
> > trials. Most of us are financially broke. It took me 4 years to get my
> > SS disability, and some of the women still have not gotten theirs. It
> > is a crying shame, that some husbands could not stay with their wives
> > through it all. Now these women are all alone and broke. Many women
> > can't even afford to get their implants removed. Since they no longer
> > work-no insurance! This is all so real, we have no more pride in our
> > appearance as the nice-looking women we once were(our breasts are gone
> > and we are left with horrible scars. We are at the bottom, but we will
> > not give up or stop fighting for our cause. So now, I suggest to the
> > manufacturers that they stop their lies, and quit spending so much
> > money on falsified studies such as Mayo, Harvard, and Johns Hopkins.
> > Stop the false advertising. Let both sides be told to the media. Face
> > the truth like a man; pay us for the damages, pain,suffering and our
> > shortened life expectancy. Tell us you are sorry, and that you realize
> > now that you made a grave mistake. Also, vow to never allow something
> > like this to ever happen again, even if you have a new product which
> > can bring in lots of money! PEOPLE WILL SOON LEARN THE WHOLE WICKED
> > STORY, AND THERE WILL BE NOTHING THAT YOU CAN DO TO STOP THE TRUTH
> > AGAIN!! THE TRUTH WILL PREVAIL!!! May Update: I spent most of the
> > month very sick with severe edema, that would not go down, and then I
> > began having chest pains. I was then put in the hospital for a week to
> > remove the fluid around my lungs and heart. I was then diagnosed with
> > Congestive Heart Failure. I have been told I need to have a heart
> > catherization to see exactly how much damage is done. I will see
> > another cardiologist this week, the first week in June. I would also
> > like to ask for your prayers as we women are fighting an even bigger
> > battle against Dow and the character assasinations against us. Again,
> > please pray that God will allow the whole truth to be known, that we
> > can tell our stories to the media and that good will finally overcome
> > evil. I have made four television interviews and a newspaper article
> > was written also. We must tell our stories and insist that we women be
> > the source of the studies so that we will get the correct results of
> > tests!!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart...
>
> > If you would like to just talk, or share your feelings and/or
> > problems, just e-mail me. I am a strong Christian, I have a big heart,
> > and will listen! I pray that the Lord will bless you, and yours!
>
> hello, i have recently been dx with breast cancer in my left breast
> and have decided on a double mastectomy. i want to live and not worry
> about the other breast. i am 51yrs young and now my thoughts are to
> have or not to have reconstructive surgery.help!!!!!!!!! saline
> implants or not i just don't know gayelyn...@gmail.com- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

<gayelynnb1@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Oct 28, 11:56 am, Ilena Rose <B...@mundo.com> wrote:
>> http://www.geocities.com/heartland/h.../silicone.html
>>
>> for more ... go to:
>>
>> http://www.BreastImplantAwareness.or...s.blogspot.com
>>
>> THE SILICONE IMPLANT DISASTER
>>
>> THE REAL FACTS: NOT FICTION!!!
>> "I WANT AMERICA BACK: I want the Principles, the Values of the HUMAN
>> LIFE held as Sacred, I WANT Truth, and Justice for ALL!! Yes, if we
>> still had these values, there would be no need for me to write this
>> story!"
>> MY STORY
>>
>> This is the biggest nightmare that has happened to women and children
>> since the Vietnam war. Power and money hunger caused it all. The human
>> life was not considered,nor were the lifetime effects to the families
>> involved. Silicone is a toxic chemical that should NEVER be placed
>> into the human body!!
>>
>> Little did I know, that when those silicone implants were placed into
>> my body,(following a masctectomy), that this would be the beginning of
>> my personal nightmare! I was a nurse, I believed in the FDA, the
>> doctors, and I genuinely believed that there was not a product
>> available for human use that was not screened and studied for five
>> years before it could be placed on the market. That is what I truly
>> believed about our system of government. Now, after 22 years, I
>> realize that none of my beliefs about the medical profession, nor the
>> FDA, were true at all! We were used and experiemented on. The
>> manufacturers of the implants knew that their research dogs were dying
>> after being implanted with silicone, but they hid their internal
>> memos, and placed these devices on the market anyway! They were slick
>> enough to even slip through the FDA regulations, by way of a
>> (grandfather clause). The manufacturers kept coming up with excuses,
>> and delays to the FDA, about their clinical studies and trials. All
>> the while women were being implanted with this toxic, deadly silicone!
>> My story is like so many others; we come from all parts of the world,
>> yet we all have one thing in common,SILICONE IMPLANTS! We all
>> experienced unexplainable fatigue, pain in our joints and muscles,
>> headaches, memory loss,rashes,and the list goes on. We went to doctors
>> for years, and were told that we had stress related problems, and were
>> usually given tranqualizers. We even began to think that we were
>> imagining all our pain, inability to sleep, our now chronic
>> fatigue,(no matter how much rest and sleep you had, you never felt
>> better). We went from one doctor to another; with bladder infections,
>> sore throats, stomach and colon problems, weight loss, female
>> problems, etc. The cycle would not end, but we never got any answers
>> either. Not once, did it occur to me that these problems, and my
>> declining health could be related to my breast implants! I look back
>> now and remember the chest pains, the pain between my shoulders, the
>> hardened,painful tight breasts, and the leg pain. In 1991, after many
>> years of pain and suffering, I read an article in the Redbook magazine
>> about breast implants and all the problems they were causing. I could
>> not believe what I was reading. This woman's story matched mine in
>> every way. This was the answer to all my health problems. I could not
>> wait for my husband to get home, so I could tell him. I would just
>> have the implants removed, and then I would be back to normal. WRONG
>> AGAIN! THE DAMAGE WAS ALREADY DONE! After the surgery to remove the
>> implants, my specialist said that I had neurological damage (nerve
>> damage), tested positive for lupus and MS,polyneuropathy, and that the
>> chronic fatigue would probably not get any better. He said that I
>> would need to have chemotherapy to stop the damage to my immune
>> system. I could not believe this! How could I have been so stupid, to
>> believe in our government, our medical profession, and what was going
>> to happen to my body? Would I even live very long? I shed more
>> tears,and showed more anger toward everyone involved in this hideous
>> scandal than I have ever felt before. It has been nearly 6 years since
>> my implants were removed. I am still very ill. I have had chemo twice
>> with prednisone IV. I have been in the hospital about 20 times, not
>> counting the numerous trips to the emergency rooms. I have been
>> disabled for 5 years now, and not able to work. I can't even clean our
>> house, or do most of the things I could before. Much of my time is
>> spent in bed, due to the chronic, severe headaches and pain. I still
>> have the fatigue, the headaches,numbness and tingling of my body, the
>> muscle and joint pain everyday. Also memory loss, abnormal blood
>> tests, edema, asceptic meninigitis about 4 times,and in April was
>> diagnosed with Raynaud's Disease. I have met so many courageous, sweet
>> women over the years, either in the hospital or through support
>> groups. We share so much. We cry together, and share our stories. We
>> all know of someone who has died from this disease, and we will always
>> remember them. We are bound to each other through our sufferings and
>> trials. Most of us are financially broke. It took me 4 years to get my
>> SS disability, and some of the women still have not gotten theirs. It
>> is a crying shame, that some husbands could not stay with their wives
>> through it all. Now these women are all alone and broke. Many women
>> can't even afford to get their implants removed. Since they no longer
>> work-no insurance! This is all so real, we have no more pride in our
>> appearance as the nice-looking women we once were(our breasts are gone
>> and we are left with horrible scars. We are at the bottom, but we will
>> not give up or stop fighting for our cause. So now, I suggest to the
>> manufacturers that they stop their lies, and quit spending so much
>> money on falsified studies such as Mayo, Harvard, and Johns Hopkins.
>> Stop the false advertising. Let both sides be told to the media. Face
>> the truth like a man; pay us for the damages, pain,suffering and our
>> shortened life expectancy. Tell us you are sorry, and that you realize
>> now that you made a grave mistake. Also, vow to never allow something
>> like this to ever happen again, even if you have a new product which
>> can bring in lots of money! PEOPLE WILL SOON LEARN THE WHOLE WICKED
>> STORY, AND THERE WILL BE NOTHING THAT YOU CAN DO TO STOP THE TRUTH
>> AGAIN!! THE TRUTH WILL PREVAIL!!! May Update: I spent most of the
>> month very sick with severe edema, that would not go down, and then I
>> began having chest pains. I was then put in the hospital for a week to
>> remove the fluid around my lungs and heart. I was then diagnosed with
>> Congestive Heart Failure. I have been told I need to have a heart
>> catherization to see exactly how much damage is done. I will see
>> another cardiologist this week, the first week in June. I would also
>> like to ask for your prayers as we women are fighting an even bigger
>> battle against Dow and the character assasinations against us. Again,
>> please pray that God will allow the whole truth to be known, that we
>> can tell our stories to the media and that good will finally overcome
>> evil. I have made four television interviews and a newspaper article
>> was written also. We must tell our stories and insist that we women be
>> the source of the studies so that we will get the correct results of
>> tests!!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart...
>>
>> If you would like to just talk, or share your feelings and/or
>> problems, just e-mail me. I am a strong Christian, I have a big heart,
>> and will listen! I pray that the Lord will bless you, and yours!
>
> hello, i have recently been dx with breast cancer in my left breast
> and have decided on a double mastectomy. i want to live and not worry
> about the other breast. i am 51yrs young and now my thoughts are to
> have or not to have reconstructive surgery.help!!!!!!!!! saline
> implants or not i just don't know gayelynnb1@gmail.com
>

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> On Oct 28, 11:56 am, Ilena Rose <B...@mundo.com> wrote:
>> http://www.geocities.com/heartland/h.../silicone.html
>>
>> for more ... go to:
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>
> hello, i have recently been dx with breast cancer in my left breast
> and have decided on a double mastectomy. i want to live and not worry
> about the other breast. i am 51yrs young and now my thoughts are to
> have or not to have reconstructive surgery.help!!!!!!!!! saline
> implants or not i just don't know gayelynnb1@gmail.com
>
Some of the reconstructive surgery techniques have significant problems,
too. You might visit http://bca.ns.ca/forum/ and see what the experience of
people there has been. My wife opted for bilateral mastectomy and thought
initially that she would use prostheses rather than undergo reconstruction
or implants. She later decided she was content with neither. It is a
little hard to find clothes that drape right, but she loves shopping as much
as actually buying anyway. That may not be the right choice for you, but
think about it.