Re: Read something today that got me thinking.....

[Guest guest]

They make no apology for the PRO implant site. They have TOLD me they do NOT

want

anything negative about implants on that site. They get PAID for promoting

breast

implants by plastic surgeons who advertise there.

>

> OK, so I occasionally read the pro-implant sites just to see if

> anyone has any questions about explant, or if I can direct anyone

> who's having problems somewhere else. I figure if it's really a

> site to help people make informed decisions (which we know it's

> not), then all viewpoints should be allowed (but we know they

> aren't). I read a post today from someone who was researching

> implants, and she was concerned because she read that a 20 year old

> study said that implants caused brain cancer. Well, she was accused

> of being a " troll " , someone who really wasn't looking into implants

> but instead was one of those freaks who was anti-implant and was

> just looking to make trouble. Someone who responds quite frequently

> and considers herself to be very well informed on implants told her

> that 20 years ago, implants were made of polyurethane, so therefore

> the study was outdated. Could be the study was outdated, however

> it's a shame that people with legitimate concerns on a pro-implant

> site have to end up defending themselves for even asking the

> question. It's also a shame that the report on the Cancer Society's

> page is 20 years old, and that none of the people who are sick have

> been studied. I'm sitting here typing this message with my sore

> fingers, looking at the screen with my blurred vision, and feeling

> really sad for those who will end up in the same boat as us because

> they went to a site that feeds the machine, looking for honest

> information, and instead ended up having to defend themselves for

> doing the research that the pro-implant site supposedly recommends.

>

> Sis

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Sis,

I know what you mean . . . They have people whose job

it is to shoot down any negative comments about breast

implants . . . They are the ones who make the trouble

should someone they think is negative shows up.

For a time, some implants had a polyurethane foam

covering. The idea was that the woman's tissues would

grow into the foam instead of making a hard capsule. .

.. . Unfortunately, there wasn't adequate testing. By

the time they realised that the foam was literally

disolving into the woman - along with chemicals known

to cause cancer - many women already had them. Our Lea

is one of them.

These women do tend to be sicker than most. Cancer is

only one of the problem - not necessarily brain cancer

though. Many have been diagnosed with MGUS - a

precusor to multiple myeloma - a particularly deadly

cancer.

They have found that the rate of brain cancer among

women with breast implants is about three times of

that of other plastic surgery patients. I don't know

if they isolated which type of implant the women had.

.. . Suicide rate is almost four times that of other

plastic surgery patients. . . Ever wonder why? . . .

Couldn't be the treatment we receive from doctors who

deny that we are sick, could it ?

I hope you'll keep going to those sites! . . . But be

careful! . . . They have messed up my computer more

than once! They talked my ISP into canceling my

service because I sent an " unsolicited " email to

someone who said she was having problems with her

implants! . . .

Last April, I received a message saying they were

conducting a poll on whether or not breast implants

should be approved . . . I feel for it . . . When I

went there, they managed to delete a critical file

from my computer!

I've been thrilled to watch your progress! . . . Keep

working on getting better! You'll get there - one step

at a time!

Hugs and prayers,

Rogene