Fw: Implant Forum on Delphiforums

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From: " Kathi " <pureheart@...>

Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 12:23 AM

Subject: Implant Forum on Delphiforums

> Hi Kathi,

>

> I recently posted a message on a forum that is pro silicone implants and

> this is a one of the responses. I thought perhaps some of the silicone

> sisters on here might help me respond to this lady in regard to her

> information. I'm not as well versed or studied on silicone, I just know

> they are

> making me very sick and I still have them. No way to get them out due

> to no insurance and too sick to work .

>

> Anyway, thanks

> " Phyllis Mora " <pmora@...>

>

> Here is her post:

>

>

> From:

> Kathlene2_BIF_ASST_MANAGER (KATHLENE2)

>

> 7:00 pm

> To:

> CORRINE1955 unread

>

> (12 of 20)

>

>

>

> 3736.12 in reply to 3736.1

> Well everyone has said it all, I appreciate you concern for us girls,

> and i am sure they all feel the same. I am especially thankful in your

> words on research, as that is oh

> so very important!! I'm so sorry about your illnesses. I hope all is

> well now. I know in the beginning I was scared to death about silicone,

> hence I went will Saline.

> However I hadn't even done any research. But I have researched now.

> What mostly eased my mind was that..

> I have a personal friend who researched the Dow suit for her Master's

> in Public Health. In her Epidemiology (study of disease) class they were

> given the assignment to

> research and debate the safety of breast implants. She was to defend

> Dow. She was a skeptic about breast implants at the time (Spring 2000)so

> she felt her side was

> going to get creamed and lose. [with permission] This is what she

> writes about her research for that class:

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> I was sure that all research studies were going to bash implants.

> Boy was I wrong.

>

> Well, I studied law for a time and so I knew how to research this to

> look like it was going to court. I had visual overheads of cancer

> patients who had mastectomy's

> and women with congenital birth defects (one breast larger than the

> other) as examples of the women in need of mammary prosthetics.

>

> In addition, I dug up the actual word for word deposition of an

> Epidemiologist named Barbara Hulka who was among immunologists,

> rheumatoligists and radiologists

> who were part of a court appointed panel conducted last April of 1999

> in Alabama. Basically the best of the best from each of these 4 areas of

> study across the

> country were required to research every nook and crany of every study

> conducted pertaining to the breast implant. It was devised to once and

> for all get to the very

> bottom of the safety issue. Based upon the evidence that I found, the

> women who did get ill from silicone exposure were women who had cancer.

> It was the underlying

> cancer that made them sick not the implant itself. Saline was the

> same- neutral.

> So, what did this mean? The Epidemiologist on the stand was grilled

> for a week. Her summantion is as follows:

>

> " I did not find a reliable or consistant association between breast

> implants and any condition that we studied. "

> The conditions studied were:

> Systemic Lupus

> Scleroderma

> Dermatomyomyositis/polymyositis

> Sjogren's Syndrome

> Connective Tissue Disorder

> & other immune/rheumatic disorders

>

> So, based upon the preponderance of truth, hundreds of thousands of

> cases were thrown out of court due to this court appointed panel. Here

> in San Diego alone,

> thousands were dismissed. These 4 big guns in their field are the end

> all be all of the breast implant issue.

>

> What does this mean for us? Well, it means that Saline implants with

> the Silicone shell are neutral to the body. They do not harm nor really

> help, unless asthetically. It

> means ladies, that the big dumb hooplah about breast implants killing

> you was a bunch of crap. It was a way engrossed media hype.

>

> In all honesty, Dow is a company that created a product and wants to

> make money. You can't make money if you deliberatly intend to make an

> unsafe product to kill

> your patients, you will have no customers, the company will go

> bankrupt and their name will be marred for life.

> I don't believe this was the intent of Dow. They are the grandfather

> of the implants and they are still being made. Why? Because there is

> nothing wrong with them! Just

> a tid bit-the final monetary judgement did not make each woman a

> millionaire from Dow. At best each woman made away with 25k.

>

> I have a silicone buckel in my eye holding the retina together. That

> is solid silicone. I have had no complications or pain. I have had it

> since 96'. So I personally know

> the body accepts silicone. Furthermore, we have trace elements of

> Silicon already in our bodies that we have accumulated through the

> environment.

>

> All of this information can be found at your county courthouse. It is

> all public record.(except of course my buckel).

>

> So...who won the debate? I did, and when the semester was over, I made

> an appointment to get breast implants. I am 6 days new with my

> " chubbies " and am very

> secure in knowing I made a great decision with my would-be wedding

> money. I replaced one boob for two boobs and man, I'd do it over in a

> heart beat!

>

> Hope this eases all of your minds and you can sleep through the night.

> Now if you'll excuse me, I have four new bras from 's Secret to

> go play with!! Yippie!!

>

> Mushy Hugs to all,

> Sunshine

>