Fw: Please welcome silicone chin implant survivor ... Rosser

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God bless her....there are other victims out there besides us breast implant

victims! Let's please welcome and invite her to be a part of our

group, shall we? You can write her at mountainmerv@...

----- Original Message -----

From: " ilena rose " <ilena2000@...>

<mountainmerv@...>

Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 9:11 AM

Subject: Please welcome silicone chin implant survivor ... Rosser

> Thank you for writing ... I am passing on your important message ... you

are

> right on.

>

> Ilena

> www.BreastImplantAwareness.org

>

>

> Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 16:47:20 -0500

> From: " Rosser " <mountainmerv@...>

> Subject: chin implant

> ilena@...

>

>

>

>

> Hello Ilena,

>

> My name is Rosser Furr, ( Rosser is my first name) I am an

implant

> survivor. However, my implant was a silicone chin implant. Yet it caused

my

> over 10 years of debilitating ill health (including two cancers) and

almost

> destroyed my life.

> I was implanted in 1985-86 and explanted in 1998

>

> These past three years have been years of recovery and increasing well

> being. Often I have thought of speaking out against implants, yet nothing

is

> ever said about other implants besides breast. I know there are others

with

> failed implants, such as mine that are not the " hot topic " .

>

> My health prevented me from looking beyond just the thinking stage. But

now,

> I am working part time with a small organization and I have just staring

my

> own business, I am still on SSDI and hope some day to get off. I think my

> health may hold up and stay steady from here on out. Once again I am

> thinking about speaking out, but this time I have the good health and

> wherewithal to actually do it.

>

> My question is, is there a place for someone like me out in the community

of

> silicone survivors? And how do I get started?

>

> Thank you for your time.

>

> Rosser