Re: Fw: The doctor wouldn't even see me because I have breast implants!

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My experience with many doctors has been pretty bad too in the past,

until I found Dr Melvin Britton in Palo Alto Ca he was a godsend,

while he wouldn't actually say for certain it was my implants, he

explained it like this, he sees so many people with my same issues

that don't have implants, that it is hard if not impossible for him

to actually say yes it was your implants, however, he told me he did

believe that in some cases there are some people who do react to

things such as breast implants and he felt I was probably one of them.

When I moved here to Idaho I thought about just going to a brand new

Dr and saying ya know I have all these symptoms bla bla but there is

not a lot of choice in rhuematologists here so I needed a referel and

naturally when Dr BRitton sent my medical info the fact that I had

implants was in there, so I am wondering how I will be treated by the

new Dr. I pretty much don't argue with them, since it doesn't matter

that much if they believe it was the implants or not at this point,

all that matters to me is that they take a look at my labs and

symptoms and take care of me accordingly because the care they give

to you is going to be the same anyhow and as long as they believe you

have an illness I don't think the cause is that important anymore. I

tell them, look I don't know for sure it was the implants either, but

if you look at how soon I got sick after getting them and how much

better I am now that they are out, it certainly makes you wonder

doesn't it?

Anyhow hang in there girl, I know how frustrating this is, I cannot

believe a Dr would talk to anyone that way, that is disgusting

In @y..., " Patty " <fdp@l...> wrote:

> We have to look hard for help here in Las Vegas...but I know there

are

> several who know the truth about breast implants....Dr. Morton

Hyson is a

> neurologist who defended us in front of the Nevada State

Legislature in

> April....his own wife was sickened by silicone gel breast implants,

so he

> knows...

> Also, Dr. Ivan Goldsmith is an internist who understands our

plight. You

> just have to see the right people!

> Patty

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: " Deb

> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 10:40 AM

> Subject: The doctor wouldn't even see me because I have breast

implants!

>

>

> > Hi Ilena,

> >

> > I have never in my life been refused to be seen by a doctor until

today!

> I

> > went to see Dr. Kim MD a board cert. rhemumatologist here

in Las

> > Vegas this morning at 7:30. I finally got into see him at 8:45

He said

> > that he has nothing to do with patients with breast implants, and

that

> there

> > is no evidence that breast implants cause problems in women, and

because I

> > am part of the tort he will not touch my case.

> >

> > I asked him if he could give me an exam and run some tests to at

least

> tell

> > me if I have any of the listed diseases and he said no. He said

cancel

> her

> > appointment and I will call her doctor and tell him that I have

nothing to

> > do with breast implant patients! He told me that there is no one

in his

> > specialty in Las Vegas that would see me. I left almost in

tears... but

> not

> > before I spoke to him softly and said, " Dr. there will come a day

when the

> > proof is in the pudding for women like me... and when this

happens a lot

> of

> > you doctors will be eating humble pie. "

> >

> > By the time I got home I was too angry to cry. I called MDL and

told them

> > what happened and they were not helpful as what I should do next

except

> that

> > she did say that I had enough documentation from my tests ordered

by my

> > neurologist to file a claim under the general connective tissue

symptoms.

> > What a blessing it was the day that I filled out the forms at the

> > neurologists office... I had brain fog and I forgot to mention

that I had

> > breast implants...

> >

> > Between fighting my insurance for explantation and fighting for

referals

> to

> > see doctors now being refused by this doctor I wonder if it is

wise to

> tell

> > your doctor that you have implants at all? Have others had this

same

> > problem?

> >

> > God help us all!

> > Deb Bjornson

> >

> >

> >