Fw: Please support Betty ... poor results from saline explant ...

[Guest guest]

> Ilena, please post

>

> Dear Betty,

> This note comes to you with true sincerity and with some tough love as

well.

> I hope that one day you can grow and develope emotionally and spiritually

to

> the extent that you will see yourself as more than what you look like.

You

> are so much more than silly old looks my sister. You are a valuable

person

> who is capable of giving extraordinary amounts of love to the world--those

> around you and to those who love you. Telling you that 'it's what's

inside

> that counts' sounds like a mundane proverbial insight. Your mindset right

> now tells you that you are mostly what you look like. The truth is, that

you

> cannot ever give all of the valuable things inside of you as long as you

> think in this way. When you can have a chest as you do, and still hold

> yourself in high esteem, then you are on your way to true happiness-(which

is

> where it's all at). As long as you hold such importance in your breasts,

you

> will not be able to see yourself as much else.

> No one can 'warn' you about your own situation--no one could know. Our

> situations vary tremendously-I have no breasts, and I have grown so much

in

> this reality. I've learned what things are important in this life through

> this maturity, and breasts are not one of them. Every day I feel alittle

> better, and consequently I am able to give more. I am no longer living in

my

> 'selfish little world of ego', since I am rising above my pettiness.

Grasp

> the opportunity to grow inside yourself in a way that was not possible

> before, and I guarantee you that you will be happy for the first time in

your

> life. Because I made the choice to get them out, I no longer feel like a

> fake. I feel a freedom that I can't explain. Give yourself alittle time

to

> adjust to the change, leaving some room in your heart for new meaningful

> changes. From my own heart sister, and with love, save your anger for the

> appropriate target. We all know who that is. My best to you, Kate

[Guest guest]

In the nearly three years that I have been involved in the breast implant

issue, this is the first time that I have seen a letter like this after

explant.....hopefully Betty will come to terms with her self image....

Patty

----- Original Message -----

From: by way of ilena rose <Bettyboop08270@...>

Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 10:05 AM

Subject: Please support Betty ... poor results from saline explant ...

> Please post this

>

> Yes, the biggest mistake that I ever made was getting SALINE implants, but

I

> feel like the second biggest mistake was getting them taken out...on top

of

> having cfs..1 and a half years after implants...was it even my implants..I

> will never know...but all I know is that my surgeon TOTALLY did not

prepare

> me psycologically for what I am going through, knowone prepared me!!! If I

> knew, I would of really thought about this, and prepared myself..So now I

am

> twice as sick, because I am emotionally sick to my stomach, and clinaclly

> depressed, beyond belief.....from looking at my deformed, disgusting

breasts

> or whatever they are supposed to be....*yeah I know the senerio..It could

be

> worse people are sicker than you..at least your not dead ECT>>ECT>>> wish

I

> never took them out....Everyone was emailing me BEFORE the surgery saying

> their breasts look fine after explant...then after I had them out..then

the

> email horror stories came out..How they are deformed ect.....When people

> email me about explantation, I am going to tell them like it is..and think

> that everyone else should do the same......Pepare themselves!!! Tell them

> like it is.....Just needed to vent a little......this really suckS!!!!!

> Bettyboop08270@...

[Guest guest]

Dear Betty

First Let me say Im so Sorry for how you are feeling these days.

My heart really goes out to you. For I know what its like to look in

the mirror and be sick at what you see. But Like Patty said, you need

to go beyond the reflection in the mirror, and see whats really

inside. Im sure there is a Beautiful women looking back at you, that

is saying " Betty you made the right decision, if you want your health

back " I know we all cant speak for you. But looking at myself in a

mirror isnt a pretty site to my eyes either. I have one Beautiful

breast and the other one is small nice and perky, but Im totally off

balance as far as appearance goes. Im sorry you feel like you were

mislead by explanting the implants. I fortunantly had a great

experience as far as explanting goes. Of course I only had one to

remove instead of two. I also have a great Plastic Surgeon. Who also

told me.. " Debe, you wont be satisfied with your body unless you get

another implant put in your body, so that you can look balanced. Well

I told my P.S. " Oh Well, I'll deal with that issue later. The most

important thing to me at the time was being able to walk again. And 6

years later, Im doing just that! YIPPEE *WALKING* So for me, the

best thing I have ever done for myself was removing that time bomb.

And yes Im lopsided as ever. But I Thank God Everyday for giving me a

chance to see if I improved after removal. I have, and Im proof. You

are in my prayers Betty, for God to show you what a Beautiful person

you are without plastic... And I wish you a quick recovery. God Bless

you and all my other Silicone Sisters!

Debe

> > Ilena, please post

> >

> > Dear Betty,

> > This note comes to you with true sincerity and with some tough

love as

> well.

> > I hope that one day you can grow and develope emotionally and

spiritually

> to

> > the extent that you will see yourself as more than what you look

like.

> You

> > are so much more than silly old looks my sister. You are a

valuable

> person

> > who is capable of giving extraordinary amounts of love to the

world--those

> > around you and to those who love you. Telling you that 'it's

what's

> inside

> > that counts' sounds like a mundane proverbial insight. Your

mindset right

> > now tells you that you are mostly what you look like. The truth

is, that

> you

> > cannot ever give all of the valuable things inside of you as long

as you

> > think in this way. When you can have a chest as you do, and still

hold

> > yourself in high esteem, then you are on your way to true

happiness-(which

> is

> > where it's all at). As long as you hold such importance in your

breasts,

> you

> > will not be able to see yourself as much else.

> > No one can 'warn' you about your own situation--no one could know.

Our

> > situations vary tremendously-I have no breasts, and I have grown

so much

> in

> > this reality. I've learned what things are important in this life

through

> > this maturity, and breasts are not one of them. Every day I feel

alittle

> > better, and consequently I am able to give more. I am no longer

living in

> my

> > 'selfish little world of ego', since I am rising above my

pettiness.

> Grasp

> > the opportunity to grow inside yourself in a way that was not

possible

> > before, and I guarantee you that you will be happy for the first

time in

> your

> > life. Because I made the choice to get them out, I no longer feel

like a

> > fake. I feel a freedom that I can't explain. Give yourself

alittle time

> to

> > adjust to the change, leaving some room in your heart for new

meaningful

> > changes. From my own heart sister, and with love, save your anger

for the

> > appropriate target. We all know who that is. My best to you,

Kate