Fw: Jussta's Transition is near

[Guest guest]

Martha Murdock, Director

National Silicone Implant Foundation

Dallas, Texas Headquarters

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From: " McGee (by way of ilena rose) " <gmcgee@...>

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Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 1:08 PM

Subject: Jussta's Transition is near

> Hi Ilena

>

> I'm Jussta's friend Greg. She asked me to contact you and give you an

update

> on what she's going through, so you can pass the info along to the

Silicone

> Survivors Group. She's not doing too well. One thing that she really

wants

> to come of all this is that, once and for all, silicone poisoning will be

> acknowledged as a reality. She thought you might know of a good doctor

with

> the best of credentials that might be interested in performing the

autopsy,

> on video, which we could then use to inform the medical community and the

> public. Can you light up your network and help find the right doctor for

> this task?

>

> Thanks. Following is a report on Jussta. Please feel free to distribute

> it to the group.

>

> We've been working on getting Jussta out of the God Forsaken Desert and

back

> near the coast so the cool sea breezes will make life more bearable. The

> pollen count in the Palm Springs area, coupled with the incessant dust and

> heat, have taken their toll on Jussta's health.

>

> Not that that needed any help. It looks as though silicone is about to

> claim another victim. You may already have been informed that Jussta has

> been diagnosed with Pulmonary Fibrosis. Her lung function is down to 60%

at

> last report. Very often she has spasmodic coughing fits that are

> uncontrollable. If you heard her voice today, you wouldn't recognize it.

> Every word is an effort to get out without setting off another coughing

fit.

> Even though she knows that cigarettes are deadly, often a good dose of

> nicotine is the only thing that will give her relief from the spasms.

> In the face of all this suffering, her primary physician, Dr.Robbins,

still

> denies that there is any such thing as silicone poisoning. So, at this

> point she's bypassing him. This makes it more difficult to get adequate

> medical care, because she has to go to the emergency room whenever the

pain

> goes past unbearable, and start the story over again with a new, wet

behind

> the ears doctor. On Teusday she called an ambulance and went to the

> emergency room at Eisenhower Medical Center. She stayed for 3 hours,

> obviously in great pain, coughing,sweating, having spasms. Never saw a

> doctor. Finally she called an ambulance and went home.

>

> Fortunately, she does have a good pulmonary specialist who has taken a

great

> interest in her condition: Dr. Mohammed Majarad. At his request, Jussta

> has recently had nuclear medicine injections followed by body scans.

> Although the injections of radioactive isotopes caused her a lot of

> discomfort, the results were illuminating. The purpose if the injection

was

> to show masses in the body that do not absorb the radioactive isotopes,

> which could be tumors or, in Jussta's case, siliconomas. From Jussta's

> report, when the technical staff viewed the scans, it was like a fire

drill.

> Supervisors were calling their supervisors. People were standing around

the

> scans in awe. They all thought the machines were malfunctioning or

> something, because Jussta's body was literally filled with masses. Her

> liver, her lungs, abdominal cavity...

>

> So, the prognosis is not good. Jussta needs your prayers as she

transitions

> to the next phase of her existence.

>

> :<) Greg

>

>