Should I send a letter to the FDA complaining about my implants??

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I just realized that even though I have been feeling crummy and

tired for almost 5 yrs. (explanted for 2 now)I have never reported

my complaint about my implants to anyone besides my dozens of Dr.s

and you! Wouldn't it help if I send in my pathologist report from

Dr. Blais along with my med. reports about Fibro to some kind of

goverment agency?? I would hope that someone would be interested.

After I got my implants out and some of my symptoms did go away, I

wanted to send letters to all the Dr.s (UCLA and the Mayo Clinic

etc.)who had told me NOT to have them removed but I ended up

worrying that my name might be black-listed somehow. Since I am

still on meds. from a Dr. I didn't want to take any chances. Isn't

that sad? I am taking an assortment of pain meds. and would love to

get of of them.

Let me know if any of you have ever reported your illness to anyone.

Thanks....Loce, Daryl

> > I want to talk about something that is not often discussed in BI

> forums. What I want to

> > discuss is pain meds. The reason I am bringing this up is

because I

> > know that many of us have pain from connective tissue disease or

> other

> > illnesses. Very often, doctors will prescribe pain medications

> such as percocet, or darvocet

> > or worse (oxycodone). A year ago, I was prescribed oxycodone,

and

> realized that I did

> > not want to continue taking them - they were simply too

addictive.

> At that time, plaquenil

> > was not doing enough to relieve the pain. But there came a point

> that the 'cure' was

> > worse than the pain. Thank God I was able to see it -- and stop

it.

> >

> > My friend Ann took percocet for chronic pain. Ann was my age,

and

> she and I

> > had much in common. I loved her kindness, her wit and her

> intelligence. She had two

> > teenage children, and a loving husband. A few months ago, I

became

> alarmed at how

> > depressed she seemed, and many pills she was taking. I tried to

> talk her into going into

> > treatment (rehab). She finally agreed to go into a 5

day 'detox'.

> I picked her up at her

> > house, and grabbed her favorite pillow, an overnight bag, and we

> drove to the clinic. When

> > we arrived, we were met by a nurse who was very understanding

and

> helped put Ann at

> > ease. Ann stayed the 5 days, then went home. I saw Ann a few

> times after that, but I

> > was busy studying for the bar exam, and didn't see a lot of her.

> >

> > Ann told me we would celebrate when I passed the exam - go to

> lunch and splurge

> > on Starbucks frappucino. So today I decided to call her, to

share

> with her my good

> > news. Her husband answered the phone. When I asked for her, he

> paused...

> > and told me that Ann had died. Ann had apparently decided to

take

> pain meds

> > again... and one day she took too many.

> >

> > I am very sad today. I know I should not be so selfish, but I

> feel cheated. I looked

> > forward to having that lunch with Ann. I wanted to share with

her

> my joy and anticipation

> > of working again. But now I can never do that. I can only

imagine

> what her family is going

> > through. There was little I could say to her husband, except

how

> sorry I was for his loss.

> > He lost his wife, and their teenage children lost their mother.

I

> lost a friend.

> >

> > Please please be careful of medications. I don't want to lose

> another friend.