Patty

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Hi Patty,

I have to agree with you. Especially since I've undergone two bilateral mactectomy's. I remember my first office visit with the p/s. It had already been two yr's since my bilateral mastectomy and I explained to him, that I would not even consider this if I thought there could be any future complications. It was hard enough to accept the amputation of my breasts, but to be reconstructed, just to end up losing them again would be extremely difficult for me to adjust too, both physically and mentally.

Now here I am, with so much anger in my heart, I can hardly stand it. BREAST IMPLANTS are not a necessity! They are not life sustaining! And they're not healthy!

Hugs..........

Patty <fdp@...> wrote:

But, Dr. Kolb, breast implants are NOT NEEDED, even in some reconstructive surgeries. So, banning breast implants for the sake of cosmetic augmentation is entirely defendable. There is just no medical necessity here, and that is factual. It is societal issue that women perceive the need for implants after breast cancer, not a medical one.

Scientific research can still be conducted while allowing lifesaving implants, such as the pacemaker and VP shunts that you describe, but on the score of breast implants, I heartily disagree. On the issue of learning why silicone devices cause immune problems and correcting this, I heartily agree, but not with breast implants. The field of medicine should be about saving lives, not complicating them.

Patty

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

From: Dr. Kolb

Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 9:07 PM

Subject: Re:

The difference here is that cigarettes are not beneficial and implants are sometimes the only answer to some reconstructive problems so you have to weigh risks versus benefits. What about the silicone in VP shunts and on pacemakers and other implantable devices for which we have no other substitute. Banning implants is not the answer. Learning why these devices cause immune problems and correcting this is more intelligent. .

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

From: Patty

Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 10:49 AM

Subject: Re:

These statements are so true!

Patty

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

From: Heer

Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 7:25 AM

Subject:

Yesterday you posted about how Dr Feng still puts in implants and I wanted to add to you that in my own silly analogy I look at implants just like cigarettes, we all know someone probably who smoked and died from cancer right? And we all know someone probably who smoked till they were 90 and never got cancer, implants are like that in many many ways, not all smokers get sick right away and not all smokers get cancer, some just get bronchitis everyyear or an ugly cough, or bad skin, yellow teeth, age bad, have scratchy voices or loose there vocal chords and some end up with emphysema that kills them slowly over time. Not everyone gets sick a year or two after they start smoking, yet no one disputes the fact that cigarettes are deadly right? It is right there on the side of the box, surgeon generals warning, and yet you can purchase these for around $ 3 bucks at any 7-11, so if you think about it the fact that the government says implants are safe and sells them and they come with lots of warnings, and the fact that PS's still put them in, is just like the fact that they still sell cigarettes, at the corner store, the government is not going to stop people from killing themselves in this country or in most countries, I realize this may seem like a silly analogy but to me there is allot of commonality in this story.

Love,

PS Alcohol is also proven to cause sclerosis and other liver disease, it too has warnings, so things are not always safe that are legal and acceptable.