Guest guest Posted March 14, 2002 Report Share Posted March 14, 2002 In a message dated 3/14/02 6:33:02 PM Pacific Standard Time, sharynn@... writes: << http://www.homestead.com/siliconecity/files/chemical.htm >> Sharyn this is so interesting. I have never had implants but I have been exposed to alot of chemicals. I worked for my aunt and uncle in their Dry Cleaning Business from the time I was 5yrs old (didn't actually work then, but was around all the chemicals.) I worked around the plastic that is used to shrink wrap and the fumes were awful, did that for 9 years, right before I was diagnosed with RP. Also live in agrilculture region and am around pesticides all the time (crop dusting etc) My house is built on an old Almond Orchard which has tons of chemicals in the soil. Wonder if any of these are the same that you have listed or maybe just chemicals in general play a part. Thank you so much for sharing. hugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2002 Report Share Posted March 14, 2002 << http://www.homestead.com/siliconecity/files/chemical.htm well, Sharyn, I use to work in surgery and helped install those implants all the time. Although I don't have them I did work around them and helped to put them into patients. it does make you wonder, I think we all have been around something similar to cause this weird illness, what? I'm not sure of? The benzene it listed was in a glue I did a lot of work with right before I became ill with RP. I did a lot of jewelry with Austrian crystals and a certain benzene glue. I hope we can find a clue and a solution one day soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2002 Report Share Posted March 15, 2002 Sorta makes you really wonder just how safe these chemicals. The Lofol (Formaldehyde) is the one chemical that got to me. Nothing like being embaulmed <sp>while still alive..huh??? The thing that really gets me is they have said in a lot of the older report that silicone does no harm. Now after reading this chemical list and the more detailed list about each chemical and what can happen there is no way in hell anyone can tell me silcone is safe. You know when I had to have that biopcy on my ear the anistiziologist <sp> (the guy who knocks you out) told me that raw or liquid silicone does cause harm. Now on the other hand he said solid silcone does not have the ability to migrate throughout the body. This makes a hell of a lot of sence if you ask me. Doesn't it you???? I know you said you helped put those implants in, but Lu did you ever see any that removed many years later. I mean it would make you sick to see what happens to them. I just get so upset when I hear of a young woman getting implants and hear them say, " well the FDA said they were save and after all they are saline and not silicone " . Wonder how educated one has to be to know that, sure, those implants don't contain the silicone gel...However the dang sells are made out of silicone and they breakdown to. And God forbid after a few years those implants rupture...Saline doesn't last forever either and with the body temp the saline solution can and does grow bactiera and " fungus " . Can you imange what happen within the body if that is released. I heard it's worse than the silicone. Sorry to go on like this. Just makes me wonder where this will end. And what can be done when they finally figure out what is making people like us sick and other like the SBI women. When my daughter was in elementary school her school had a motto. It has stuck with me all of thes years and it was this: " KNOWLEDGE IS THE ESSENCE OF LIFE " To me this statement says it all. This is why I search the web for anything that may give a clue to RP and other auto immune illnesses. hugs Sharyn > In a message dated 03/15/2002 12:01:34 AM Central Standard Time, > RCColloran@a... writes: > > > > In a message dated 3/14/02 6:33:02 PM Pacific Standard Time, > > sharynn@b... writes: > > > > << > > http://www.homestead.com/siliconecity/files/chemical.htm > > > > > > well, Sharyn, > I use to work in surgery and helped install those implants all the time. > Although I don't have them I did work around them and helped to put them into > patients. it does make you wonder, I think we all have been around something > similar to cause this weird illness, what? I'm not sure of? The benzene it > listed was in a glue I did a lot of work with right before I became ill with > RP. I did a lot of jewelry with Austrian crystals and a certain benzene glue. > I hope we can find a clue and a solution one day soon. > Lu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2002 Report Share Posted March 15, 2002 "KNOWLEDGE IS THE ESSENCE OF LIFE" To me this statement says it all. This is why I search the web for anything that may give a clue to RP and other auto immune illnesses. hugs Sharyn Your right on target Sharyn, we all need to encourage more research and we all need to search for anything and everything that might be a clue. I'm hoping one day soon we will know the answer. You take care, Lu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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