I probably have no right to say anything but...

[Guest guest]

I am sort of new on this forum and was invited by to

contribute. I don't know any of you very well, and I am not on any

" sides " so maybe I can be a little objective here. Hopefully, I will

not hurt anyone's feelings.

First of all, I am NOT attacking any single person here, so don't

anyone think I am talking about YOU or singling anyone out here.

Every single person here is IMPORTANT and all of you have wonderful

qualities and talents to contribute to this issue and to other women

who are so confused, hurting and seeking support.

Dr. Kolb is one Dr., in a sea of MANY, who is valuable to the women

seeking explantation and help. She has helped in supporting and

helping and lending credibility to countless women who felt no one

cared or was listening. I would venture to say that she has literally

saved MANY LIVES by being open and vocal and lending her skills to

help women be freed from the nightmare of implants. Just as many

women here have suffered and gone through mental anguish over

implants, there other women who go through yet another kind of hell

because their bodies did not develop into a womanly form, or they

were born with deformities, assymety or had cancer and lost their

breasts. For whatever reason, women go through TERRIBLE anguish and

torment when they feel they are unacceptible or less of a women

without perfect breasts. Dr. Kolb serves her patients, and she

understands BOTH sides of the issue. At least she DOES understand

BOTH SIDES. That is NOT the case with MOST other plastic surgeons.

Some women KNOW the risks and complications of implants and still

feel it is worth the risks. Some have NO real problems. Some have a

few problems but their agony with their breasts was SO GREAT, they

feel any discomfort or cost is worth it. That is THEIR CHOICE. Dr.

Kolb allows women to CHOSE and does her best to serve them well and

do her best.

We may not all agree with everything everyone says. There will

always be differences of opinions, but we MUST try very hard to stay

unified. Sometimes we don't all say things the right way. Sometimes

we offend others and we didn't mean to do that.

Before long there is an uproar and things are said by people in the

heat of emotion. NONE of you are crazy. NONE of you have evil

motives and intents. ALL of you are PRECIOUS and IMPORTANT.

I have been around support groups and doing internet research, sought

support and information for YEARS. Many times, I had to stay

detached in order to stay positive. It is easy to be negative when

passions run so high.

Do all of you realize how IMPORTANT this issue is? Do you have any

idea how serious this next wave of implant victims may be? We think

we have been victims and we are many. I think we have only seen the

tip of the iceberg, and the next wave of implant victims may be

disastrous. Many are hardly more than children and we have no idea

what they will all be like in 10 or 20 years. No one knows what

their finances will be like in 5 years, and many could be

experiencing major problems with CC, ruptures, illnesses, pain,

allergy problems, deformities, assymetry, double bubble, bottoming

out, symmastia and the myriad of problems that are already rampant on

the PRO implant forums.

How can we help these women if they come to our forums and we are

only fighting with each other? Where will they go? Where will they

find surgeons who understand?

Somehow, we must find some common ground and work together. This

thing is so much bigger than us.

There are some forums who have been pulled down for TOS violations

and the only thing they did was bash a professional on their forum.

It only takes one complaint. We also have a forum, and we have posted

rules on ours because we would rather be very careful not to offend

and not violate TOS regulations than to risk taking down another

important service to our implant sisters. I would hate for another

forum to lose credibility or end in dissension and we are ALL NEEDED.

We all have our place and purpose.

The most important thing for women who are having problems with

implants, is to FIND HELP, FIND a surgeon who understands and will

EXPLANT them successfully, and find support and love from others. It

is very frightening to be explanted and the entire experience is

traumatic. Surgery is not small thing.

Even if this Dr. has a blight on his past, we all PRAY and HOPE that

each and every woman's surgery is successful. I happen to think that

God can use and guide ANY DOCTOR we go to. If we finally find help

and get a surgeon who helps us, we tend to view our surgeon as our

savior from this hell we have been living in. That's OK! I honestly

hope each and every board certified surgeon in the USA will learn to

explant, REPAIR and HELP the women who need explanted. We need ALL OF

THEM. I hope they will come to see the NEED for their talent and

gifts. Sometimes we don't always know everything about our Drs. In

fact, how can we even be sure that their " before and after " photos

are THEIR SURGICAL PATIENTS? We place our trust in these people, and

in the end, it is just up to the grace of God.

Having said all this, it is good to be educated and learn how to find

out the truth about the Drs. we are researching. Not knowing any of

you, I just CHOSE to believe that ALL OF YOU had PURE motives.

I personally need ALL OF YOU, and I want to be effective in helping

others. I refuse to take sides and just beg all of you to keep the

LOVE and FORGIVENESS in your hearts, the PURPOSE of this forum in

your minds, and try very hard to agree to disagree at times. We have

a terrorists who are doing a fine job of trying to destroy us--only

unified people can get anything accomplished and only people who are

not divided STAND the test of time.

Truly, I hope I did not offend one person here. My heart is pure and

I only want to help others find their way in this implant journey. If

we are branded as militant, fighting women, we cannot be effective.