Re: JT3 Bews Rewind to 1992: FDA bans silicone breast implants

January 5, 2008

In a message dated 1/5/08 4:12:40 PM, saxony01@... writes:

requirement that the companies complete 10-year studies on women who have already received the implants to study leaks, as well as begin new decade-long studies of the safety of the devices in 40,000 women."

This is such crap... What should be done are studies of the women who are ALREADY having implant problems to determine what exactly is going on and see if anything could be done to improve their health care-BEFORE they start putting them into other women's bodies and "POSSIBLY" causing more problems....

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January 5, 2008

In a message dated 1/5/08 4:12:40 PM, saxony01@... writes:

requirement that the companies complete 10-year studies on women who have already received the implants to study leaks, as well as begin new decade-long studies of the safety of the devices in 40,000 women."

This is such crap... What should be done are studies of the women who are ALREADY having implant problems to determine what exactly is going on and see if anything could be done to improve their health care-BEFORE they start putting them into other women's bodies and "POSSIBLY" causing more problems....

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January 5, 2008

I have read women on the pro-implant boards telling people they are part of those studies. Should I do a post there and ask who is in these studies, and find out what kind of follow-up is being done?I thought of something this morning. If people ask doctors, "Do you have any patients whose breast implants caused them illness?" and they say "No." then we're asking the wrong question. We need to ask doctors, "Do you have any patients who believe their breast implants have cause them illness?" or "Do you have any patients who have reported additional illness after getting breast implants?" That way, we take out what the doctor believes. (in the first question, if the doctor doesn't believe implants cause

illness, he'll automatically answer no) So we need to phrase our questions right.That said, has anyone on this board reported implant illness/ symptoms/ etc. to their implanting surgeons and been dismissed by them? Because what if we could then find another woman on this board, in the same geographical area, go to that surgeon for a breast implant consult and ask the second two questions above. Then we'd know if these surgeons were flat out lying, or answering the questions according to their own beliefs. The second two questions don't leave room for what the PS believes- just facts of "has anyone reported this to you or not?" If they would lie in that situation, and someone on this board has evidence of having reported the problem to him/her, could we do something with that? Show someone that PSs are keeping information from new patients?Just a thought. I think too much on the weekends. JT3 Bews Rewind to 1992: FDA bans silicone breast implants

"USA Today reported in 2006, "The twin approvals came with conditions, including a requirement that the companies complete 10-year studies on women who have already received the implants to study leaks, as well as begin new decade-long studies of the safety of the devices in 40,000 women."

I wonder if anyone knows of ANYONE who is part of any of these studies?

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January 5, 2008

I have read women on the pro-implant boards telling people they are part of those studies. Should I do a post there and ask who is in these studies, and find out what kind of follow-up is being done?I thought of something this morning. If people ask doctors, "Do you have any patients whose breast implants caused them illness?" and they say "No." then we're asking the wrong question. We need to ask doctors, "Do you have any patients who believe their breast implants have cause them illness?" or "Do you have any patients who have reported additional illness after getting breast implants?" That way, we take out what the doctor believes. (in the first question, if the doctor doesn't believe implants cause

illness, he'll automatically answer no) So we need to phrase our questions right.That said, has anyone on this board reported implant illness/ symptoms/ etc. to their implanting surgeons and been dismissed by them? Because what if we could then find another woman on this board, in the same geographical area, go to that surgeon for a breast implant consult and ask the second two questions above. Then we'd know if these surgeons were flat out lying, or answering the questions according to their own beliefs. The second two questions don't leave room for what the PS believes- just facts of "has anyone reported this to you or not?" If they would lie in that situation, and someone on this board has evidence of having reported the problem to him/her, could we do something with that? Show someone that PSs are keeping information from new patients?Just a thought. I think too much on the weekends. JT3 Bews Rewind to 1992: FDA bans silicone breast implants

"USA Today reported in 2006, "The twin approvals came with conditions, including a requirement that the companies complete 10-year studies on women who have already received the implants to study leaks, as well as begin new decade-long studies of the safety of the devices in 40,000 women."

I wonder if anyone knows of ANYONE who is part of any of these studies?

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January 5, 2008

I reported my implant illness to my implanting surgeon, and he

basically tried to shoot down everything I said. I took him Lynda

Roth's answers to all my questions, and he laughed at the answers.

So, I definitely told my surgeon. I do remember asking him at the

consultation for implants if anyone removed their implants for any

reason. His answer was that they removed them " because they didn't

like them. " I was like, " HUH?? "

You're right though, we need to ask the question correctly.

Patty

>

> I have read women on the pro-implant boards telling people they are

part of those studies. Should I do a post there and ask who is in

these studies, and find out what kind of follow-up is being done?

>

> I thought of something this morning. If people ask doctors, " Do you

have any patients whose breast implants caused them illness? " and

they say " No. " then we're asking the wrong question. We need to ask

doctors, " Do you have any patients who believe their breast implants

have cause them illness? " or " Do you have any patients who have

reported additional illness after getting breast implants? " That way,

we take out what the doctor believes. (in the first question, if the

doctor doesn't believe implants cause illness, he'll automatically

answer no) So we need to phrase our questions right.

>

> That said, has anyone on this board reported implant illness/

symptoms/ etc. to their implanting surgeons and been dismissed by

them? Because what if we could then find another woman on this

board, in the same geographical area, go to that surgeon for a breast

implant consult and ask the second two questions above. Then we'd

know if these surgeons were flat out lying, or answering the

questions according to their own beliefs. The second two questions

don't leave room for what the PS believes- just facts of " has anyone

reported this to you or not? " If they would lie in that situation,

and someone on this board has evidence of having reported the problem

to him/her, could we do something with that? Show someone that PSs

are keeping information from new patients?

>

> Just a thought. I think too much on the weekends.

>

> JT3 Bews Rewind to 1992: FDA bans silicone

breast implants

>

> " USA Today reported in 2006, " The twin approvals came with

conditions, including a requirement that the companies complete 10-

year studies on women who have already received the implants to study

leaks, as well as begin new decade-long studies of the safety of the

devices in 40,000 women. "

>

> I wonder if anyone knows of ANYONE who is part of any of these

studies?

>

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