Re: Livid With Anger! Re: Ricki Lake Show 12-28-00

[Guest guest]

Well now, I do indeed believe we all should contribute " The Truth " in

response to this show. I will also copy Rosie O'Donnell, Montel &

Oprah Winfrey with my message!

Thanks for the Info, Lany,

MM

Martha Murdock, Director

National Silicone Implant Foundation

Dallas, Texas Headquarters

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

From: lany (by way of ilena rose) <lany25@...>

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Date: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 3:24 AM

Subject: Livid With Anger! Re: Ricki Lake Show 12-28-00

>Dear Ladies,

>Tonight, as I was writing a letter to answer a lady's questions about

>her poor health due to her breast implants, I was flipping through the

>TV channels, as I usually do while online, and I came across The Ricki

>Lake Show. I seldom ever watch her show because her topics are usually

>quite shallow: " I was a Nerd in Highschool...Look at me Now!, " " You're

>the Father of my Baby and I'll Prove it, " and and other subjects that

>usually appeal to a younger age group which is exactly why I am so upset

>right now.

>

>The title to her show today was, " I Hate the Size of My Breasts. " It

>was an update from a previous program and was showing results from the

>augmentation surgeries of some very young girls...I would guess in their

>late teens to very early twenties. Her guest speaker was Dr. Alan

>Engler, plastic surgeon and author of the book, " Body Sculpture. "

>The show sickened me. Here I was writing to a lady who was terrified

>about losing her health from the effects of her breast implants, and

>Ricki Lake was praising the wonderful work Dr. Engler had done by

>implantng these young girls with the very same kind of implants.

>

>She made statements such as:

>(To one of the young girls who had augmentation surgery:) " WOW!, you

>look so FANTASTIC, NOW!! Do you notice guys looking at you differently

>now? "

>

>When a female audience member asked the panel why they would have an

>unnecessary surgery since they had augmentation for cosmetic reasons,

>and not to replace a lost breast, Ricki Lake interjected: " They had it

>done for the same reasons someone would wear braces or have a mole

>removed. "

>

>When another audience member asked the panel if they were concerned

>about the side-effects she had heard of, like infection...one of the

>girls on the panel, said she was a little concerned about getting a

>leak, Ricki interrupted and said, let's ask the doctor what he

>thinks....and, the doctor said: " rupture or leaks these days is VERY

>RARE. It was more common THIRTY years ago, but now is a very rare

>occurrence. If they were to leak or rupture, the saline water would

>simply be absorbed by the body and an new implant would be used as a

>replacement. "

>No mention of algae, mold, fungi, bacteria, or toxic chemicals.

>Absolutely no mention was made of any of the health risks involved,

>either.

>

>When one mother saw her daughter's results after her augmentation for

>the first time...she jumped up and hugged her daughter, saying, " oh, you

>look so wonderful. " She was choked up and was crying with happiness.

>Obviously, she was very pleased with her daughter's new ample bustline.

>

>What really got to me was when Ricki Lake plugged the doctor's book, and

>told him: " What a great line of work you're in! You can sleep well at

>night, because you've done a great thing for these girls. I nearly

>choked.

>

>They showed an augmentation surgery being performed on one of the girls

>on the panel by Dr. Engler, with the breasts blurred by the camera.

>When Ricki asked the young girl how the surgery was, the girl told her

>that she had no regrets at all, she had researched breast implants, and

>was completely pleased with her results. She told the audience that

>they surgery was a very easy process and she only required a Tylenol

>afterward...she said she was vomiting after the surgery, and Ricki

>quickly said, " oh, that was just from the anesthesia, right? " The girl

>shook her head in agreement.

>

>I could not believe that this show was being aired in this day and age

>after all of the adverse reports that have been made from women who have

>had implants, and with all of the work all of us have done trying to get

>the truth out over the past several years. It appalled me that the show

>had such a positive attitude about breast implants. I could not count

>all of the wonderful adjectives that were used to describe them.

>Absolutely nothing negative was brought up, and when the audience

>members did mention a few things, Ricki quickly defended the implants.

>

>I thought that this surely had to be a rerun from several years ago, but

>when I went to her site: www.ricki.com I found that it was, indeed,

>today's show. I felt both discouraged and angry at the same time. I

>felt that all the hours I have spent trying to educate other ladies, and

>all of the letters I have written about the horrors of implants had done

>nothing and that it was going to be impossible to ever get the truth out

>to the public, especially when shows like this continue to

>air...especially ones aimed at a younger viewing audience. I felt like

>giving up...for a second. Then, I got angry, and realized I had to

>fight this, too. That's why I am writing to all of you. We need to

>write to her show and let her know how she has made a poisonous, toxic

>medical device seem very appealing and safe to her viewers, and that she

>is now responsible for the girls/women who will now be implanted from

>being swayed by all of her bragging and gushing about how beautiful the

>girls looked now that they had implants. I guess they weren't beautiful

>before they had their breasts enlarged.

>

>I watched for her advertisers, but I had only caught the last half of

>the show, and there were some of those lusty " call me " phone girls

>advertising phone sex. I didn't catch any major advertisers, but I will

>next time, and plan to boycott their products. I'm sure my meager

>boycott will not even be noticed, but if everyone boycotted them and let

>the show and advertisers know this, it would make them take notice...if

>enough of us did it. We can't just remain silent about programs like

>this...just like with Stossel and all of the others, we have to let them

>know that they are just as guilty of murder as the manufacturers and

>plastic surgeons if they continue to support this type of programming.

>

>We should insist that they produce programs that tell what has happened

>to us (and our children), reveal the truths we know, like the chemical

>composition of the gel and shells, and the diseases caused from breast

>implants be aired in all fairness to the women of their viewing audience

>who are being influenced by their programs.

>

>Ricki Lake's web site has a place on it entitled: " Give a shout to the

>show, " where you can write to the show and tell her (or her producers)

>what you think of their programs. I think everyone should write to her

>and let her know just what implants do to the human body and that her

>programming should be aimed at the dangers of implants...not how

>wonderful they are...if she is truly trying to do a service to her

>viewers. I seriously doubt she is because it's all about money, and I

>guess our reality is not a money-making proposition...especially when it

>comes to her advertisers that support her show.

>

>Here is part of what the link from today's show said:

>UPDATE: I HATE MY BREAST SIZE! YOU SAY YOU'LL LEAVE ME IF I HAVE SURGERY

>. . . WELL, THERE'S THE DOOR!

>On today's instant update, the breast augmentations are unveiled. For

>those women who went through with the surgery, we'll find out whether or

>not their mates are out looking for new dates. Ricki gets the low down

>on how the post-op girls feel about their new images.

>Watch a clip of this show!

>Select speed: 56K | 100K | 300K

>

>www.ricki.com Look for the small-printed box, " Give a shout to the

>show, " and give them a SHOUT!

>

>Some of us were just talking about contacting everyone we could think of

>and blasting the airwaves with our stories and with the truth in an

>effort to receive the justice we deserve and to protect future implant

>candidates from becoming the manufacturers' and plastic surgeons' prey.

>

>Dr. Alan Engler, who Ricki Lake could not praise enough, has a web site,

>too. It's

>www.bodysculpture.com . I think he could use a few letters from us,

>too.

>

>I'm going to write a generic letter that summarizes what has happened to

>me and how I feel about implants and send it to every single address I

>can find in an effort to do what good I can, no matter how little of a

>difference it may make. If we all do this, just maybe, we might be able

>to make a difference. If we continue to remain silent, or start

> " slacking " and turning a deaf ear to these programs...they are going to

>further convince more of the public and members of the medical community

>that implants are fantastic looking, appealing, and completely safe with

>virtually no complications or side-effects.

>

>Please include The Ricki Lake Show when you send out your letters. And,

> isn't any better!!

>

>I would really love to hear what all of you think about this and whether

>or not you agree with me. Please let me know.

>Do you think we have a chance of defeating them at all? Do you think

>our voices will be heard? Or, are we up against something so much

>larger than we are that we don't stand a chance of making a difference?

>

>I must close, as I still have many more ladies to write, updates that

>need to be made to my web site, and lots of research to do. And,

>somewhere in there I have to try to get some rest.

>

>I love you all dearly and hope you are staying warm and avoiding

>flare-ups in this cold weather.

>

>I look forward to hearing your opinions about this and whether or not

>you think we should start another letter-writing campaign.

>

>God bless each of you,

>Lany

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

> I posted my story and told Ricki lake what I think of her show and

> did it with class of course!

So glad that you did this, ! I would love to have seen what you

wrote!

If any of you think about it when you are posting comments to other public

groups, and don't mind sharing your thoughts with the group, go ahead and

post a courtesy copy (cc) to us here!

Patty