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Honey, This is old, but I think that wrote this...love....Me

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

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

> <undisclosed-recipients:>

> Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 1:07 PM

>

> > Dear Mr. Milloy:

> >

> > I'm responding to the article that you wrote about the return of

> > silicone breast implants. It was posted recently by our support

> group.

> >

> > I'm astounded! In your article, you have insulted thousands of women

> and

> > doctors who have done some excellent research on this topic. How can

> you

> >

> > comment on breast implants? If you have not experienced the pain and

> > suffering firsthand, you should keep your opinion to yourself. If,

> > however, you had

> > done the research properly your opinion would be quite different.

> People

> > like you, who claim to be well educated, make me angry. Your resume

> > shows

> > several degrees, and yet your research skills are quite obviously at

> the

> > junior-high school level. It seems to me that you are what we call a

> > " recliner

> > researcher. " What do you do? Do you sit with your cell phone, and

> just

> > take instructions from the manufacturers of these devices? How can

> you

> > in your right

> > mind know what the women are going through? You, and your kind, are

> > simply prostituting yourselves to the manufacturers. I imagine that

> they

> > will reward

> > you and your so-called institute handsomely for your efforts!

> >

> > I have been a support person for ten years and I have done my own

> > research. We have boxes of peer-reviewed material that shows that

> > silicone/saline

> > breast implants were never fit to be surgically implanted into the

> human

> > body. The real junk science here is that perpetrated on the public

> by

> > the

> > manufacturers. All these so-called research articles have been

> bought

> > and paid for by them...there isn't a single one that isn't tainted

> with

> > manufacturer

> > money! How can this sort of scurrilous research compare with forty

> years

> > of genuine research that shows unequivocally that all breast

> implants

> > are deadly!

> > You mention the Institute of Medicine's " comprehensive 1999 review "

> of

> > breast implants. This report was just as tainted as the

> > manufacturer-bought

> > research. One of the medical experts on the panel--a Canadian, too,

> I'm

> > sad to have to say--had been a paid consultant of Bristol-Myers

> > Squibb's!

> >

> > You might be feeling very pleased with yourself in your " adjunct

> > scholar " position, swaggering about as one of the institute's prime

> > " hitmen " . Well,

> > consider--just for a second or two--that hundreds of thousands of

> women

> > worldwide, and many men too, think that you are an idiot, as thick

> as a

> > plank, and

> > can't see beyond the end of your nose to merely parrot the

> > manufacturers' propaganda and publish it for all to see. You are a

> > victim as well, but

> > unfortunately you are a willing one...and probably a well-paid one!

> >

> > I would love to have you come to our home, and we will compare the

> > research that you have done with mine. Yours will be seriously

> lacking.

> > While you are

> > here, you will see firsthand my disfigurement and how very sick I am

> > from the ruptured breast implants.

> >

> > Are you man enough to take on this task? Even the manufacturers have

> > agreed that breast implants have a high rupture rate, can cause

> severe

> > disfigurement, and have an effect on the immune system. Is this junk

> > science too?

> >

> > We know that you know the real truth; however, when you are part of

> the

> > " old boys' club, " you wouldn't dare to disagree with them, would

> you? It

> > takes a real

> > man to stand up for his own opinion...and not just the opinion of

> his

> > peers. And I'm convinced, too, that you would never have the courage

> to

> > debate breast

> > implants in a public forum with any of the scientists and

> medical

> > researchers who you slam from the safety of your institute office!

> >

> > Saddened and sickened by your article....

> >

> > Lea

> > Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

> >

> >

>

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Another great post..Lea

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> Honey, This is old, but I think that wrote this...love....Me.Lea

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

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

>> <undisclosed-recipients:>

>> Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 1:07 PM

>

>>

>> > Dear Mr. Milloy:

>> >

>> > I'm responding to the article that you wrote about the return of

>> > silicone breast implants. It was posted recently by our support

>> group.

>> >

>> > I'm astounded! In your article, you have insulted thousands of women

>> and

>> > doctors who have done some excellent research on this topic. How can

>> you

>> >

>> > comment on breast implants? If you have not experienced the pain and

>> > suffering firsthand, you should keep your opinion to yourself. If,

>> > however, you had

>> > done the research properly your opinion would be quite different.

>> People

>> > like you, who claim to be well educated, make me angry. Your resume

>> > shows

>> > several degrees, and yet your research skills are quite obviously at

>> the

>> > junior-high school level. It seems to me that you are what we call a

>> > " recliner

>> > researcher. " What do you do? Do you sit with your cell phone, and

>> just

>> > take instructions from the manufacturers of these devices? How can

>> you

>> > in your right

>> > mind know what the women are going through? You, and your kind, are

>> > simply prostituting yourselves to the manufacturers. I imagine that

>> they

>> > will reward

>> > you and your so-called institute handsomely for your efforts!

>> >

>> > I have been a support person for ten years and I have done my own

>> > research. We have boxes of peer-reviewed material that shows that

>> > silicone/saline

>> > breast implants were never fit to be surgically implanted into the

>> human

>> > body. The real junk science here is that perpetrated on the public

>> by

>> > the

>> > manufacturers. All these so-called research articles have been

>> bought

>> > and paid for by them...there isn't a single one that isn't tainted

>> with

>> > manufacturer

>> > money! How can this sort of scurrilous research compare with forty

>> years

>> > of genuine research that shows unequivocally that all breast

>> implants

>> > are deadly!

>> > You mention the Institute of Medicine's " comprehensive 1999 review "

>> of

>> > breast implants. This report was just as tainted as the

>> > manufacturer-bought

>> > research. One of the medical experts on the panel--a Canadian, too,

>> I'm

>> > sad to have to say--had been a paid consultant of Bristol-Myers

>> > Squibb's!

>> >

>> > You might be feeling very pleased with yourself in your " adjunct

>> > scholar " position, swaggering about as one of the institute's prime

>> > " hitmen " . Well,

>> > consider--just for a second or two--that hundreds of thousands of

>> women

>> > worldwide, and many men too, think that you are an idiot, as thick

>> as a

>> > plank, and

>> > can't see beyond the end of your nose to merely parrot the

>> > manufacturers' propaganda and publish it for all to see. You are a

>> > victim as well, but

>> > unfortunately you are a willing one...and probably a well-paid one!

>> >

>> > I would love to have you come to our home, and we will compare the

>> > research that you have done with mine. Yours will be seriously

>> lacking.

>> > While you are

>> > here, you will see firsthand my disfigurement and how very sick I am

>> > from the ruptured breast implants.

>> >

>> > Are you man enough to take on this task? Even the manufacturers have

>> > agreed that breast implants have a high rupture rate, can cause

>> severe

>> > disfigurement, and have an effect on the immune system. Is this junk

>> > science too?

>> >

>> > We know that you know the real truth; however, when you are part of

>> the

>> > " old boys' club, " you wouldn't dare to disagree with them, would

>> you? It

>> > takes a real

>> > man to stand up for his own opinion...and not just the opinion of

>> his

>> > peers. And I'm convinced, too, that you would never have the courage

>> to

>> > debate breast

>> > implants in a public forum with any of the scientists and

>> medical

>> > researchers who you slam from the safety of your institute office!

>> >

>> > Saddened and sickened by your article....

>> >

>> > Lea

>> > Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

>> >

>> >

>>

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>> This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it

>> is addressed, and may contain confidential, personal, and or

>> privileged

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>> subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed.

>> ---

>>

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