Getting the word to 's site

January 5, 2008

I just wish we could be more effective for women like you who have

been on 's site. How can we make women believe us before they

totally toss our warnings aside?

I've seen how they pounce on women who are sick....as if we are

trying to spoil their fun!!! We are only trying to save women from

the agony we have been through, but it seems we reach so few...

But I am thankful that God has blessed this support group the way He

has. We ARE making a difference and helping women get their life

back! Now if we could only reach them before they make the tragic

mistake!

Patty

>

> " It is frustrating that when I was looking into getting impants

(which

> was about 5 yrs), I never came across very many negative website.

It's

> not like I woke up one day and decided to go get them. I

researched

> and talked to several PS. Apparently I was not looking in the

right

> place. Now, I will admit that I was looking for more of the

> recommended surgeons and photo's of cosmetic results. I also

looked

> for personal stories. This lead me to s Website where there

> seemed to be about all the info anyone could use when considering

> getting them. I did try to look into getting sick afterwards or

> related illnesses with implants. Never once did I come across

anything

> that made me feel like they would make me and others sick. It

seemed

> the main concern with implants is a low rate of infection, capsular

> contractors and a low chance of a few other problems. Nothing ever

> seemed like a red flag to me. "

>

> Wow Beth, I can so relate to what you said. I researched heavily

for a

> year before getting mine. I also frequented 's website. She

> seemed to project a sense that the website was " balanced " but it

was

> far from it. I can remember women posting on the forum trying to

warn

> others that the implants were dangerous. The women on the forum

would

> just pounce on them and say how they were crazy. Unfortunately I

> believed them. I thought there was just a handful of women who had

> problems and that they were just blaming their own health problems

on

> their implants - and that if the implants did have anything to do

w/it,

> it's b/c they were silicon, not saline. Like you, I wanted to

believe

> they were ok so I know that I gravitated towards all the positive

> information. I read and read stories of women who were happy with

> their implants. That's what gave me the courage to go through with

it

> myself.

>

> I did read the FDA literature (that was actually available at the

> time). All I found, too, were risks of infection, cc, etc. I

remember

> printing out pages of information and my husband and I would sit

> reading through it all, weighing what we thought were " all " the

pros

> and cons. It seemed like a reasonable risk to take. Based on the

info

> that was readily available to me, the benefits seemed to outweigh

the

> risks. I wish I had been more diligent and had had more of an open

> mind to really hear what " those women " were saying. Little did I

know

> that a few years later I'd be one of them! ) Well, I'd much

rather

> be on this side of the issue than still over there in la-la land!

>

> Thanks again to all of you for having the guts to voice the truth!

You

> DO make a difference!

>

January 5, 2008