A S. Africa Sister's Story ... P

[Guest guest]

~~~ I don't think this email is still good ... I'm going to try to

locate this wonderful friend again. Thought her story was quite

relevant. ~~~

LINDA PANKHURST pankyinc@...

THIS IS MY STORY:

17 YRS AGO I WAS IMPLANTED WITH SALINE IMPLANTS WHICH DEFLATED A

MONTH LATER. I INSISTED THAT THESE BE REPLACED WITH SILICONE GEL

BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT THE RISK OF THEM DEFLATING AGAIN.

NO ONE EXPLAINED THE DANGERS OF EITHER SALINE OR SILICONE AND I WAS

COMPLETELY INNOCENT AT THAT STAGE. WE DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE

INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE TODAY, ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH AFRICA, WHERE I

BELIEVE THE TRUTH COULD BE HIDDEN MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN IN ANY OTHER

FIRST WORLD COUNTRY.

I HAVE ALWAYS PRIDED MYSELF AS AN EXTREMELY FIT AND HEALTHY PERSON.

HOWEVER, MY HEALTH STARTED TO DETERIORATE ABOUT A YEAR AFTER

IMPLANTING WITH SILICONE. AT THAT TIME I DID NOT MAKE ANY CONNECTION

TO THE IMPLANTS.

OVER A PERIOD OF ABOUT 15 YEARS, I VISITED DOCTORS AND SKIN

SPECIALISTS BECAUSE I WAS DEALING WITH CHRONIC URTICARIA AND CANDIDA

ALBICANS AMONG OTHER THINGS. EVENTUALLY AFTER TREATING SYMPTOMS ONLY

FOR MANY YEARS, I BEGAN TO SEEK THE ASSISTANCE OF NATUROPATHS. THIS

IS WHERE I DISCOVERED THAT I HAD HEAVY METALS IN MY SYSTEM (STOOL

TESTS DONE). I BEGAN A SERIES OF DETOXIFICATION PROGRAMS SUCH AS

LIVER FLUSHES, FRUIT DIETS, COLON CLEANSING ETC. ALL THIS TIME I

UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO CONTINUE WITH ANTI-HISTAMINE (CELESTAMINE &

ZYRTEC) BECAUSE THIS CONDITION BECAME LIFE THREATENING.

I PERSEVERED WITH THE SILICONE IMPLANTS EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE ROCK

HARD AND DESPITE MY GROWING FEELINGS THAT THERE COULD BE A

CONNECTION BETWEEN MY ILL HEALTH AND THE IMPLANTS. I WAS SUFFERING

FROM EXTREME FATIGUE AT THIS TIME AS WELL AND ATTRIBUTED THIS TO THE

STRESS OF GOING THROUGH AN ACADEMIC DEGREE.

IT WAS 18 MONTHS AGO WHEN I TOOK THE ADVICE OF A PLASTIC SURGEON TO

HAVE THESE " ROCK IN A SOCK " IMPLANTS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH THE

LATEST SILICONE TEXTURED IMPLANTS. I WAS ASSURED THAT TECHNOLOGY HAD

IMPROVED VASTLY OVER THE PAST 16 YRS AND THAT PROCEDURES HAD CHANGED

AS WELL AS THE EXPERTISE IN PERFORMING THE PROCEDURE. AGAIN I WAS

NOT GIVEN AN HONEST STORY ABOUT THE DANGERS OF SILICONE AND WAS

ASSURED THAT ONLY A MINUTE PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN SEEM TO HAVE A

PROBLEM AND THAT I MAY BE ONE OF THE SENSITIVE ONES.

I WAS ALSO ASSURED THAT THE CHANCES OF THIS OCCURRING NOW WERE VERY

REMOTE BECAUSE OF THE ADVANCEMENTS MADE WITH IMPLANTS OVER THE

YEARS. I THEN COMMITTED TO HAVING THE NEW IMPLANTS.

MY BREASTS BEGAN TO HARDEN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. I WAS ADVISED TO

MASSAGE THEM TWICE DAILY WHICH I FOLLOWED RELIGIOUSLY FOR ABOUT 8

MONTHS. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT I COULD LIVE WITH THIS HARDNESS BECAUSE

IT WAS NOT THAT BAD. AS SOON AS I SLOWED DOWN WITH THE DAILY

MASSAGES, MY BREASTS BEGAN TO HARDEN AGAIN. BY THIS TIME, I WAS ALSO

DEALING WITH EXTREME FATIGUE AND MUSCLE AND JOINT PAINS. THIS WENT

ON FOR MONTHS BEFORE MY HEALTH TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORSE. THE MUSCLE

AND JOINT PAINS BECAME MORE FREQUENT AND MORE SEVERE AS WELL AS MY

LEFT BREAST PAINING, SWELLING AND BECOMING RED AND HOT. I HAD AN

ULTRASOUND DONE WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT I HAD A RUPTURE. MY PLASTIC

SURGEON DID NOT BELIEVE ME WHEN I REPORTED THIS BECAUSE I HAD ONLY

HAD THEM IN FOR A YEAR. HE IS FROM ANOTHER CITY SO I WENT AHEAD AND

HAD TWO INDEPENDENT PLASTIC SURGEONS EXAMINE ME. AGAIN THEY BOTH

REPORTED RUPTURE LIKE SYMPTOMS.

I THEN HAD A MAMMOGRAM DONE AND THE REPORT WAS " RUPTURE " . WHEN I

REPORTED MY FINDINGS, TO MY PS OVER THE 'PHONE, I WAS TOLD THAT

THESE REPORTS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE INACCURATE. A FEW WEEKS LATER

(EARLY FEBRUARY THIS YEAR) I SCHEDULED TO HAVE THE IMPLANTS REMOVED.

MY PLASTIC SURGEON WAS PLEASED TO RETURN " MY IMPLANTS " TO ME AND

SAID " SEE THEY ARE IN TACT " . BE THIS AS IT MAY...

I WILL NEVER LOOK BACK ON MY DECISION TO EXPLANT. MY HEALTH

CONTINUES TO IMPROVE WITH EVERY DETOXIFICATION PROGRAMS THAT I

FOLLOW. I AM STILL SUFFERING WITH CHRONIC CONSTIPATION AND CANDIDA

AS WELL AS NUMBNESS IN MY FEET AND TOES WHICH MANIFESTS AS PAIN

DURING STRETCHING EXERCISES. I AM DETERMINED NOT BE A VICTIM AND I

CONSIDER MYSELF ONE OF THE LUCKIER ONES HEALTH-WISE.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE MOST TO SEE NOW IS GROWING AWARENESS OF THE

DANGERS OF SILICONE ESPECIALLY AMONGST THE PEOPLE WHO COUNT SUCH AS

THE MANUFACTURERS, DOCTORS, PLASTIC SURGEONS, GOVERNING BODIES AND

THE GOVERNMENTS WORLD WIDE.

LINDA PANKHURST (SOUTH AFRICA)

[Guest guest]

>

> ~~~ I don't think this email is still good ... I'm going to try to

> locate this wonderful friend again. Thought her story was quite

> relevant. ~~~

>

Thanks " Colibrimama " , trying to locate her as I type this, always

good to support each other, whether across continents or across the

street !

Fiona

[Guest guest]

Dearest Ladies:

I was going through my old mail because I seem to miss so much. I found this

story that I want to share, I'm sure many of you have read it. This lady has

written such a great story and I wonder if she is still okay.

Sending love to all....Lea

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A S. Africa Sister's Story ... P

>

>

> ~~~ I don't think this email is still good ... I'm going to try to

> locate this wonderful friend again. Thought her story was quite

> relevant. ~~~

>

> LINDA PANKHURST pankyinc@...

>

> THIS IS MY STORY:

>

> 17 YRS AGO I WAS IMPLANTED WITH SALINE IMPLANTS WHICH DEFLATED A

> MONTH LATER. I INSISTED THAT THESE BE REPLACED WITH SILICONE GEL

> BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT THE RISK OF THEM DEFLATING AGAIN.

>

> NO ONE EXPLAINED THE DANGERS OF EITHER SALINE OR SILICONE AND I WAS

> COMPLETELY INNOCENT AT THAT STAGE. WE DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE

> INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE TODAY, ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH AFRICA, WHERE I

> BELIEVE THE TRUTH COULD BE HIDDEN MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN IN ANY OTHER

> FIRST WORLD COUNTRY.

>

> I HAVE ALWAYS PRIDED MYSELF AS AN EXTREMELY FIT AND HEALTHY PERSON.

> HOWEVER, MY HEALTH STARTED TO DETERIORATE ABOUT A YEAR AFTER

> IMPLANTING WITH SILICONE. AT THAT TIME I DID NOT MAKE ANY CONNECTION

> TO THE IMPLANTS.

>

> OVER A PERIOD OF ABOUT 15 YEARS, I VISITED DOCTORS AND SKIN

> SPECIALISTS BECAUSE I WAS DEALING WITH CHRONIC URTICARIA AND CANDIDA

> ALBICANS AMONG OTHER THINGS. EVENTUALLY AFTER TREATING SYMPTOMS ONLY

> FOR MANY YEARS, I BEGAN TO SEEK THE ASSISTANCE OF NATUROPATHS. THIS

> IS WHERE I DISCOVERED THAT I HAD HEAVY METALS IN MY SYSTEM (STOOL

> TESTS DONE). I BEGAN A SERIES OF DETOXIFICATION PROGRAMS SUCH AS

> LIVER FLUSHES, FRUIT DIETS, COLON CLEANSING ETC. ALL THIS TIME I

> UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO CONTINUE WITH ANTI-HISTAMINE (CELESTAMINE &

> ZYRTEC) BECAUSE THIS CONDITION BECAME LIFE THREATENING.

>

> I PERSEVERED WITH THE SILICONE IMPLANTS EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE ROCK

> HARD AND DESPITE MY GROWING FEELINGS THAT THERE COULD BE A

> CONNECTION BETWEEN MY ILL HEALTH AND THE IMPLANTS. I WAS SUFFERING

> FROM EXTREME FATIGUE AT THIS TIME AS WELL AND ATTRIBUTED THIS TO THE

> STRESS OF GOING THROUGH AN ACADEMIC DEGREE.

>

> IT WAS 18 MONTHS AGO WHEN I TOOK THE ADVICE OF A PLASTIC SURGEON TO

> HAVE THESE " ROCK IN A SOCK " IMPLANTS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH THE

> LATEST SILICONE TEXTURED IMPLANTS. I WAS ASSURED THAT TECHNOLOGY HAD

> IMPROVED VASTLY OVER THE PAST 16 YRS AND THAT PROCEDURES HAD CHANGED

> AS WELL AS THE EXPERTISE IN PERFORMING THE PROCEDURE. AGAIN I WAS

> NOT GIVEN AN HONEST STORY ABOUT THE DANGERS OF SILICONE AND WAS

> ASSURED THAT ONLY A MINUTE PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN SEEM TO HAVE A

> PROBLEM AND THAT I MAY BE ONE OF THE SENSITIVE ONES.

>

> I WAS ALSO ASSURED THAT THE CHANCES OF THIS OCCURRING NOW WERE VERY

> REMOTE BECAUSE OF THE ADVANCEMENTS MADE WITH IMPLANTS OVER THE

> YEARS. I THEN COMMITTED TO HAVING THE NEW IMPLANTS.

>

> MY BREASTS BEGAN TO HARDEN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. I WAS ADVISED TO

> MASSAGE THEM TWICE DAILY WHICH I FOLLOWED RELIGIOUSLY FOR ABOUT 8

> MONTHS. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT I COULD LIVE WITH THIS HARDNESS BECAUSE

> IT WAS NOT THAT BAD. AS SOON AS I SLOWED DOWN WITH THE DAILY

> MASSAGES, MY BREASTS BEGAN TO HARDEN AGAIN. BY THIS TIME, I WAS ALSO

> DEALING WITH EXTREME FATIGUE AND MUSCLE AND JOINT PAINS. THIS WENT

> ON FOR MONTHS BEFORE MY HEALTH TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORSE. THE MUSCLE

> AND JOINT PAINS BECAME MORE FREQUENT AND MORE SEVERE AS WELL AS MY

> LEFT BREAST PAINING, SWELLING AND BECOMING RED AND HOT. I HAD AN

> ULTRASOUND DONE WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT I HAD A RUPTURE. MY PLASTIC

> SURGEON DID NOT BELIEVE ME WHEN I REPORTED THIS BECAUSE I HAD ONLY

> HAD THEM IN FOR A YEAR. HE IS FROM ANOTHER CITY SO I WENT AHEAD AND

> HAD TWO INDEPENDENT PLASTIC SURGEONS EXAMINE ME. AGAIN THEY BOTH

> REPORTED RUPTURE LIKE SYMPTOMS.

>

> I THEN HAD A MAMMOGRAM DONE AND THE REPORT WAS " RUPTURE " . WHEN I

> REPORTED MY FINDINGS, TO MY PS OVER THE 'PHONE, I WAS TOLD THAT

> THESE REPORTS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE INACCURATE. A FEW WEEKS LATER

> (EARLY FEBRUARY THIS YEAR) I SCHEDULED TO HAVE THE IMPLANTS REMOVED.

> MY PLASTIC SURGEON WAS PLEASED TO RETURN " MY IMPLANTS " TO ME AND

> SAID " SEE THEY ARE IN TACT " . BE THIS AS IT MAY...

>

> I WILL NEVER LOOK BACK ON MY DECISION TO EXPLANT. MY HEALTH

> CONTINUES TO IMPROVE WITH EVERY DETOXIFICATION PROGRAMS THAT I

> FOLLOW. I AM STILL SUFFERING WITH CHRONIC CONSTIPATION AND CANDIDA

> AS WELL AS NUMBNESS IN MY FEET AND TOES WHICH MANIFESTS AS PAIN

> DURING STRETCHING EXERCISES. I AM DETERMINED NOT BE A VICTIM AND I

> CONSIDER MYSELF ONE OF THE LUCKIER ONES HEALTH-WISE.

>

> WHAT I WOULD LIKE MOST TO SEE NOW IS GROWING AWARENESS OF THE

> DANGERS OF SILICONE ESPECIALLY AMONGST THE PEOPLE WHO COUNT SUCH AS

> THE MANUFACTURERS, DOCTORS, PLASTIC SURGEONS, GOVERNING BODIES AND

> THE GOVERNMENTS WORLD WIDE.

>

> LINDA PANKHURST (SOUTH AFRICA)

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Opinions expressed are NOT meant to take the place of advice given by

> licensed health care professionals. Consult your physician or licensed

> health care professional before commencing any medical treatment.

>

> " Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians mislead you.

> Find out what the facts are, and make your own decisions about how to live

> a happy life and how to work for a better world. " - Linus ing,

> two-time Nobel Prize Winner (1954, Chemistry; 1963, Peace)

>

>

[Guest guest]

I haven't heard from Pankhurst in years either .

.. . The last I heard, they were on the verge of moving

to Australia.

--- Lea <devans@...> wrote:

> Dearest Ladies:

>

> I was going through my old mail because I seem to

> miss so much. I found this

> story that I want to share, I'm sure many of you

> have read it. This lady has

> written such a great story and I wonder if she is

> still okay.

>

> Sending love to all....Lea

>

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~```````````````````````

> A S. Africa Sister's Story

> ... P

>

>

> >

> >

> > ~~~ I don't think this email is still good ... I'm

> going to try to

> > locate this wonderful friend again. Thought her

> story was quite

> > relevant. ~~~

> >

> > LINDA PANKHURST pankyinc@...

> >

> > THIS IS MY STORY:

> >

> > 17 YRS AGO I WAS IMPLANTED WITH SALINE IMPLANTS

> WHICH DEFLATED A

> > MONTH LATER. I INSISTED THAT THESE BE REPLACED

> WITH SILICONE GEL

> > BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT THE RISK OF THEM DEFLATING

> AGAIN.

> >

> > NO ONE EXPLAINED THE DANGERS OF EITHER SALINE OR

> SILICONE AND I WAS

> > COMPLETELY INNOCENT AT THAT STAGE. WE DID NOT HAVE

> ACCESS TO THE

> > INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE TODAY, ESPECIALLY IN

> SOUTH AFRICA, WHERE I

> > BELIEVE THE TRUTH COULD BE HIDDEN MORE EFFECTIVELY

> THAN IN ANY OTHER

> > FIRST WORLD COUNTRY.

> >

> > I HAVE ALWAYS PRIDED MYSELF AS AN EXTREMELY FIT

> AND HEALTHY PERSON.

> > HOWEVER, MY HEALTH STARTED TO DETERIORATE ABOUT A

> YEAR AFTER

> > IMPLANTING WITH SILICONE. AT THAT TIME I DID NOT

> MAKE ANY CONNECTION

> > TO THE IMPLANTS.

> >

> > OVER A PERIOD OF ABOUT 15 YEARS, I VISITED DOCTORS

> AND SKIN

> > SPECIALISTS BECAUSE I WAS DEALING WITH CHRONIC

> URTICARIA AND CANDIDA

> > ALBICANS AMONG OTHER THINGS. EVENTUALLY AFTER

> TREATING SYMPTOMS ONLY

> > FOR MANY YEARS, I BEGAN TO SEEK THE ASSISTANCE OF

> NATUROPATHS. THIS

> > IS WHERE I DISCOVERED THAT I HAD HEAVY METALS IN

> MY SYSTEM (STOOL

> > TESTS DONE). I BEGAN A SERIES OF DETOXIFICATION

> PROGRAMS SUCH AS

> > LIVER FLUSHES, FRUIT DIETS, COLON CLEANSING ETC.

> ALL THIS TIME I

> > UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO CONTINUE WITH ANTI-HISTAMINE

> (CELESTAMINE &

> > ZYRTEC) BECAUSE THIS CONDITION BECAME LIFE

> THREATENING.

> >

> > I PERSEVERED WITH THE SILICONE IMPLANTS EVEN

> THOUGH THEY WERE ROCK

> > HARD AND DESPITE MY GROWING FEELINGS THAT THERE

> COULD BE A

> > CONNECTION BETWEEN MY ILL HEALTH AND THE IMPLANTS.

> I WAS SUFFERING

> > FROM EXTREME FATIGUE AT THIS TIME AS WELL AND

> ATTRIBUTED THIS TO THE

> > STRESS OF GOING THROUGH AN ACADEMIC DEGREE.

> >

> > IT WAS 18 MONTHS AGO WHEN I TOOK THE ADVICE OF A

> PLASTIC SURGEON TO

> > HAVE THESE " ROCK IN A SOCK " IMPLANTS REMOVED AND

> REPLACED WITH THE

> > LATEST SILICONE TEXTURED IMPLANTS. I WAS ASSURED

> THAT TECHNOLOGY HAD

> > IMPROVED VASTLY OVER THE PAST 16 YRS AND THAT

> PROCEDURES HAD CHANGED

> > AS WELL AS THE EXPERTISE IN PERFORMING THE

> PROCEDURE. AGAIN I WAS

> > NOT GIVEN AN HONEST STORY ABOUT THE DANGERS OF

> SILICONE AND WAS

> > ASSURED THAT ONLY A MINUTE PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN

> SEEM TO HAVE A

> > PROBLEM AND THAT I MAY BE ONE OF THE SENSITIVE

> ONES.

> >

> > I WAS ALSO ASSURED THAT THE CHANCES OF THIS

> OCCURRING NOW WERE VERY

> > REMOTE BECAUSE OF THE ADVANCEMENTS MADE WITH

> IMPLANTS OVER THE

> > YEARS. I THEN COMMITTED TO HAVING THE NEW

> IMPLANTS.

> >

> > MY BREASTS BEGAN TO HARDEN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. I

> WAS ADVISED TO

> > MASSAGE THEM TWICE DAILY WHICH I FOLLOWED

> RELIGIOUSLY FOR ABOUT 8

> > MONTHS. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT I COULD LIVE WITH

> THIS HARDNESS BECAUSE

> > IT WAS NOT THAT BAD. AS SOON AS I SLOWED DOWN WITH

> THE DAILY

> > MASSAGES, MY BREASTS BEGAN TO HARDEN AGAIN. BY

> THIS TIME, I WAS ALSO

> > DEALING WITH EXTREME FATIGUE AND MUSCLE AND JOINT

> PAINS. THIS WENT

> > ON FOR MONTHS BEFORE MY HEALTH TOOK A TURN FOR THE

> WORSE. THE MUSCLE

> > AND JOINT PAINS BECAME MORE FREQUENT AND MORE

> SEVERE AS WELL AS MY

> > LEFT BREAST PAINING, SWELLING AND BECOMING RED AND

> HOT. I HAD AN

> > ULTRASOUND DONE WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT I HAD A

> RUPTURE. MY PLASTIC

> > SURGEON DID NOT BELIEVE ME WHEN I REPORTED THIS

> BECAUSE I HAD ONLY

> > HAD THEM IN FOR A YEAR. HE IS FROM ANOTHER CITY SO

> I WENT AHEAD AND

> > HAD TWO INDEPENDENT PLASTIC SURGEONS EXAMINE ME.

> AGAIN THEY BOTH

> > REPORTED RUPTURE LIKE SYMPTOMS.

> >

> > I THEN HAD A MAMMOGRAM DONE AND THE REPORT WAS

> " RUPTURE " . WHEN I

> > REPORTED MY FINDINGS, TO MY PS OVER THE 'PHONE, I

> WAS TOLD THAT

> > THESE REPORTS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE INACCURATE. A

> FEW WEEKS LATER

> > (EARLY FEBRUARY THIS YEAR) I SCHEDULED TO HAVE THE

> IMPLANTS REMOVED.

> > MY PLASTIC SURGEON WAS PLEASED TO RETURN " MY

> IMPLANTS " TO ME AND

> > SAID " SEE THEY ARE IN TACT " . BE THIS AS IT MAY...

> >

> > I WILL NEVER LOOK BACK ON MY DECISION TO EXPLANT.

> MY HEALTH

> > CONTINUES TO IMPROVE WITH EVERY DETOXIFICATION

> PROGRAMS THAT I

> > FOLLOW. I AM STILL SUFFERING WITH CHRONIC

> CONSTIPATION AND CANDIDA

> > AS WELL AS NUMBNESS IN MY FEET AND TOES WHICH

> MANIFESTS AS PAIN

> > DURING STRETCHING EXERCISES. I AM DETERMINED NOT

> BE A VICTIM AND I

> > CONSIDER MYSELF ONE OF THE LUCKIER ONES

> HEALTH-WISE.

> >

> > WHAT I WOULD LIKE MOST TO SEE NOW IS GROWING

> AWARENESS OF THE

> > DANGERS OF SILICONE ESPECIALLY AMONGST THE PEOPLE

> WHO COUNT SUCH AS

> > THE MANUFACTURERS, DOCTORS, PLASTIC SURGEONS,

> GOVERNING BODIES AND

> > THE GOVERNMENTS WORLD WIDE.

> >

> > LINDA PANKHURST (SOUTH AFRICA)

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Opinions expressed are NOT meant to take the place

> of advice given by

> > licensed health care professionals. Consult your

> physician or licensed

> > health care professional before commencing any

> medical treatment.

> >

> > " Do not let either the medical authorities or the

> politicians mislead you.

> > Find out what the facts are, and make your own

> decisions about how to live

> > a happy life and how to work for a better world. "

> - Linus ing,

> > two-time Nobel Prize Winner (1954, Chemistry;

> 1963, Peace)

> >

> >