Silicone breast implants

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Hello,

I have been reading your web page regarding the Safety of Silicone Impants with interest.

I would like to inform you that I am a victim of Silicone Implants and have many health issues directly relating the the implantation of these things.

I have attached an important document which verifies my concerns for all women considering such a procedure.

How can you advertise Implants and state that they are SAFE.

You are encouraging women to meddle with their lives. Not even a warning!!!! JUST SAFE YOU SAY. How can you say that they have been used Safely in the US for over 40 years when there has been many court cases against manufacturers detailing various problems and health issues for these poor women. There have been deaths for goodness sake. Please wake up.

Perhaps you should think on............................

A warning about the POSSIBLE side effects and I am being kind here, would not go amiss perhaps. Maybe you have been mis-informed???? Perhaps you are unaware???? but there ARE definate Health Issuses here.

I for one am ill due to the effect of Silicone entering my body.

I cannot begin to list the ailments I am now suffering and I KNOW for certain that it is due to these things which are due for explantation shortly. They are currently leaking and have been for 5 years and the damage it has done to my body is untold.

I am actually going to fight this. Along with many others.

Please listen and be aware.

Why would the FDA in the US in 2000 state that Silicone Impants be used only for re-construction purposes only,if they were not aware of the problems??? Also, I understand that currently, they are trying to IMPROVE their implants by addressing the capsular that they are contained in to prevent leakage??? This will still not assure me that they are SAFE.

Too late for me.

Please help other helpless women be aware of the dangers instead of implying there are none.

Thank you for reading this.

Lambert.

Home ⁄ About ⁄ Subscribe ⁄ NewsAgent ⁄ Feedback Email address:Password: THE WIRESEmail Print Scoop > Science and Technology > Article SEARCH ScoopsParliamentPoliticsWorldBusinessSci-TechComputing and Internet Science Scientific Ethics GMOs / BiotechTechnology CultureEducationRegionalHealthFeaturesArchivesScience and Technology WireNZ Software Company Takes Barter Mainstream17 Feb | XO LimitedTechnology leads to faster detection of terrorism17 Feb | ZygemScientists Plan Aerial Laser Survey of Lahar Path17 Feb | GNS ScienceLCT Reports Positive Meetings With FDA And Medsafe16 Feb | Living Cell TechnologiesClover Root Weevil found in the South Island16 Feb | Biosecurity NZShine a spotlight on this bold initiative15 Feb | World Wildlife FundFarms and orchards can get rid hazardous waste14 Feb | Environment Bay of Plenty Steve Wozniak arrives this week to take on NZ14 Feb | Segway New ZealandMulti-million dollar licensing deals signed14 Feb | Industrial ResearchNature Biotechnology backs Phylomer Technology13 Feb | PhylogicaWTO Forcing Unsafe GE Food on Consumers13 Feb | GE Free NZmTLD Announces Launch Dates for dotmobi Domain13 Feb | Mobile Top Level DomainWhangarei District Council Vs WTO 10 Feb | Soil and Health Association Hot air misses the Global Warming point10 Feb | ECONZStrengthened IP Protection for Device Makers10 Feb | Microsoft Corporation USAWeighing up the risks of breast implantsMonday, 19 June 2000, 3:23 pmPress Release: University of Wellington Women deciding to get breast implants weigh up risks of two kinds: possible health risks of having the implants, and perceived social risks of not having them. This is a key finding of a study by researchers at University’s Health Services Research Centre.Researchers Bridget Rowsell, ine Norris, Kath and Weenink wanted to understand how people cope when they are not sure, or become unsure, about the safety of a medical device that they are using or have used. Their interest was in how women think about the risks of breast implants, and how they make sense of conflicting information both before and/or after they decide to go ahead.The researchers interviewed 23 women and found they mostly fell into two groups.The first group comprised women who had opted for breast implants because they were dissatisfied with the size or shape of their own breasts. These women wanted to meet social and cultural expectations, and to feel "more like other women".The women in the other group had had mastectomies, and for them getting breast implants tended to be an assumed part of the recovery process which meant they did not have a daily reminder of their illness.What the groups had in common was that the women perceived risks in not having breast implants - risks to their identity - and these had to be weighed against their appreciation of the risks associated with implants in order to understand how they coped with risk.Not surprisingly, the women relied heavily on the information their doctors or surgeons gave them about the risks of breast implants. The research team found that the women in the study had somewhat conflicting expectations of their doctors. They wanted to be fully informed, treated with respect and seen as competent to receive all the information -- yet they also had a need for the doctor to be an expert authority who would provide reassurance and relieve uncertainty. The issue of breast implants, where there is disagreement about safety, may have highlighted this conflict of expectations. ADVERTISEMENTSome women were not aware of any risks when they decided to have implants and only heard about the possibility of problems later. 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[Guest guest]

. . . plese let us know if you get a response.

.. .. I've written many letters like this with no

response! . . .

They're jerks!

Rogene

[Guest guest]

Yeah, there jerks all right. They sent it back twice!!!

My sister is ringing them in the morning to get a fax number!!

There is more than one way to skin a cat.

I may even just send the same letter to each and everyone of the jerks advertising these things on the web. Should get a response one way or another.

-- Re: Silicone breast implants

. . . plese let us know if you get a response... .. I've written many letters like this with noresponse! . . . They're jerks!Rogene

[Guest guest]

Hi Ladies,

This girl wrote to me last year and I replied but didn't hear from her until recently. Rogene wrote to her but we don't know if she received our e mails. I was wondering if anyone could offer her any advice and wether Sue or Diane in UK could also help regarding surgeons,

Love

amanda.

-- Re: Silicone Breast Implants

Dear ,

I think you emailed me a few weeks ago regarding implants.

I have had my thyroid removed and my synptoms have worstened i am having severe joint pains and my hands are swollen twice the size i sleep all day and now cant get dressed or get out of bed unaided or do things with my son.The good news is my dad has offered to lend me the money to removed my implants.I was wondering if you know a good surgeon in the uk who can make a good job of removing as much of the implant as possilble.

kind regards