Re: Fwd: More Drug / Silicone Industry Propaganda...Shari

[Guest guest]

Well said Shari!!!

I would like to reply to that article, where did it come from? Can

someone find a link to send something back to the writer?

Pam

> well that really ticks me off - they just don't have a clue as to

why the

> implants are linked to suicide, do they? Maybe they need to get

off the low self

> esteem kick and realize that they are cuasing more suicides because

of women

> just like us who are sick and can't find anyone to believe/help

them. The

> part about people who get implants having more " risky " lifestyles

is insulting.

> where do they get this crap? sheeesh. i just feel sorry for the

sick women

> who don't find groups like ours that can help support them and feel

as they

> have no resort but to take their own lives. I may have been in

those shes too

> had I not found the group when I did and realized that I am not

crazy and the

> implants are evil. Sorry - I just had to vent a little.

>

> I am just so very glad that the media is picking up on our problems

like with

> Kacey and all of her appearances - the more exposure we get the

more people

> will get educated and stop printing that crap. I am hoping that

Colleen and I

> get to share our stories with MTV and maybe open the door for more

media

> exposure to get as many people interested as possible and maybe

something will

> happen to stop the lies of these doctors.

> love

> shari

[Guest guest]

Great job Shari!! Bravo!

Pam

> my response...

>

> In reference to the segment in the Chicago Tribune - False alarms

and the

> need

> to know, by Kotulak.

>

> To whom it may concern:

>

> I have read the above referenced article and was appalled by the

contents in

> reference to the statements made about the connection with breast

implants and

> suicide. I am not sure where the research came from that this

psychologist

> came up with but by the statements made, I am assuming that it was

from studies

> funded by the implant manufacturers. I do believe that there is a

link to

> suicide based on the large number of women who get the implants

then become

> extremely ill. I am one of the victims myself but was lucky enough

to find many

> other women to contact to have a support circle. Many, Many people

will and

> have become sick from their implants with various illnesses and are

in a

> tremendous amount of pain. The lack of support by many doctors in

the medical field

> doesn't help. We become sicker and sicker and you don't know why -

you see

> doctor after doctor who assure you that nothing is wrong but you

hurt worse and

> worse and it is a downward spiral. You are unable to work and have

mounting

> medical bills. I was lucky enough to have several doctors in my

area that are

> believers - many women are not that lucky. The suggestion that

women who get

> implants " lead risky lifestyles " was extremely insulting. I am a

wife and

> mother and lead a very normal " unrisky " life. Most of the women I

have been in

> contact with are also mothers and grandmothers and also lead normal

lifestyles.

> Where that came from I can only guess was from the implant mfgs

trying to

> protect their money makers. We get implants for various reasons

and we agree to

> it as our doctors have assured us that they are completely safe and

harmless.

> When we get sick these doctors no longer want to deal with us as

was my

> experience. They are making a large amount of money off of

unsuspecting people

> that trust them, and many people are suffering and dying as a

result. We are not

> all " risky " , psychotic women suffering from a mental disorder or

low self

> esteem. We are average people who want to look nice based on

broken promises

> made by the people we are supposed to trust most.

>

> I found you article incredibly insulting to say the least, to all

of the

> women like myself who are suffering and disabled as a result of

implants. I also

> feel that with the popularity of these surgeries along with the

dishonesty of

> the doctors performing them that eventually everyone will have this

epidemic

> touch their lives in one way or another. Eventually a mother,

sister or

> girlfriend, etc., will also become a victim as it is inevitable. I

wonder what type

> of article you will post then?

>

> Shari from Florida