To Crystal...& All: Crystal is WONDERFUL! media luncheon w/ Dr. Melmed

[Guest guest]

Hi Crystal!

I absolutely LOVED meeting you as well!!!!!

And for everyone else that reads this....CRYSTAL IS AWESOME!!! She

is a wonderfully encouraging addition to this group and I was so

excited to see her here!!!!!!!!!!! She's a smart, quick, passionate

woman and I have a feeling she's got some staying power for our

cause as well

Love ya girl,

Kacey

> Kacey,

> Hi! Just wanted to say I'm glad your back home... I hope your

flight home went well!! I also wanted to tell you how glad I am we

got a chance to meet!!! It's so much better to meet someone in

person, it all worked out so well. Your such a sweet and good

natured person. Not many would do all that you have done in such a

short amount of time! Your speaking out will change the lives of

many... I'm just one so far that has been effected by YOU!!!! Stay

strong... mentally & physically, you have a lot going on! If you

need my help w/ anything just let me know.

> Crystal

> Back from NY media luncheon w/ Dr.

Melmed

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> Hi all,

>

> I know I don't answer everyone all the time, but I do read your

> posts to me and I greatly appreciate them! You are all

wonderful,

> wonderful women! Also, I wanted to let you know that I receive

> hundreds of emails and I refer many of these women to this site

for

> more support and encouragement.

>

> Okay, so for the latest updates with media stuff:

>

> In New York, the National Center for Policy Research for Women

and

> Families (this is the organization that Dr. Diane Zuckerman

heads

> up) held it's annual media luncheon. The topic was

on " Dangerous

> Medicine " and I was in the company of amazingly intelligent

people!

> Among the speakers was Dr. Melmed, I, and a woman who was on the

FDA

> advisory pannel committe for silicone gel implants....she voted

NOT

> to approve them. Basically, the message of the lucheon was that

> silicone implants of any kind, can cause bad results.

>

> The media (there was about 20 different people there all from

> different magazines/newspapers) was extremely receptive to my

story

> (and everyone else's) and my MTV video, which they played before

I

> began my speech. I truly believe that everyone was impacted by

my

> prescence, as I was in tremendous pain that day, and the

reporter

> from Newsday even cut my chicken for me, as I was not able to do

it

> myself.

>

> I was honored and excited to be able to be a part of this, and I

> look forward to every opportunity to share my story that will

come

> out of this.

>

> I just wanted to let you all know the latest with our issue

>

> Take care everyone!

> Kacey

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