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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!
Glenda's Story after Breast Cancer & Breast Implants 
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