Pam suffers from bad advise/practice of PS etc. etc. etc.
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 22:42:31 -0700
From:
PITIFUL24@aol.com (by way of ilena rose)To: Recipient List Suppressed:;
DEAR ILENA, PERSONALLY HAVE SEEN THE MANUFACTURERS PACKAGE INSERT THAT CAME WITH MY MCGHAN IMPLANTS I HAD INSERTED IN 1992. I HAD MY SILICONE IMPLANTS REMOVED BECAUSE I BECAME EXTREMELY ILL AND WAS FINALLY CONVINCED THAT IT WAS INDEED RELATED TO MY SILICONE IMPLANTS. THE SECOND PS INSISTED THAT I HAVE SALINE PUT BACK INTO MY BODY BECAUSE HE SAID THAT MY BREAST WOULD BE DEFORMED BECAUSE OF THE BREAST TISSUE LOSS I WOULD HAVE WHEN THE SILICONE IMPLANTS WERE REMOVED. ILENA, I PRESENTED THIS PLASTIC SURGEON WITH A DETAILED 3 PAGE LIST OF ALL OF MY CONFIRMED DIAGNOSIS'S AND TEST RESULTS AND HE TOLD ME THAT AFTER HE REMOVED THE SILICONE IMPLANTS THAT I WOULD FEEL LIKE A NEW WOMAN AND MY ILL HEALTH WOULD CERTAINLY IMPROVE. AFTER THE SURGERY MY BODY IMMEDIATELY REJECTED THE IMPLANTS AND MY BODY WAS COVERED IN RED BLOTCHES. HIS RESPONSE
WAS TO GO HOME AND TAKE SOME BENEDRYL AND I WOULD BE FINE. WELL I WAS NOT FINE. I BECAME WORSE. I STILL HAD ALL THE PROBLEMS I HAD BEFORE AND SOME ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS CAME ABOUT FROM THE SILICONE. NOT ONLY THAT, I STATED TO EVERYONE IN THAT HOSPITAL THAT I WANTED MY SILICONE IMPLANTS SENT TO DR.PIER BLAIS IN CANADA. THIS IDIOT PLASTIC SURGEON THRU THEM AWAY. ON THE OP REPORT HE CROSSED OUT MY REQUEST AND WROTE ERROR. CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS. I REALLY BECAME SICK AND MY ATTORNEY OBTAINED THE EXACT PACKAGE INSERT THAT MCGHAN INCLUDES WITH EACH SET OF IMPLANTS . THE INSERT WAS THE EXACT MATCH -- YR AND TYPE.
IN THE PACKAGE INSERT IT READS AND I QUOTE "DO NOT IMPLANT THESE IMPLANTS INTO WOMEN WHO HAVE SHOWN SIGNS OF -- IT LISTED EVERY SINGLE ILLNESS I HAD BEFORE I HAD THE SALINE PUT IT -- AS PATIENTS CONDITION MAY BE WORSENED. MY ATTORNEY OBTAINED THIS PACKAGE INSERT THROUGH AN OPERATING ROOM NURSE WHO DID HIM A FAVOR BY SNEAKING THIS INSERT OUT AND MAILED IT TO HIM. HE IN TURN SENT IT TO ME. IF PLASTIC SURGEONS WERE FORCED TO SHOW IMPLANT PATIENTS THIS PACKAGE INSERT I CAN BET THEY WOULD CHANGE THEIR MINDS. THE INSERTS ARE THROWN AWAY RIGHT IN THE OPERATING ROOM WHEN SURGEONS DO THEIR DIRTY WORK. THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS AS SURGEONS ARE NOT REQUIRED BY LAW TO SHOW PATIENTS THIS INSERT. I FINALLY HAD MY SALINE IMPLANTS REMOVED IN 1993 BY DOCTOR FENG IN CLEVELAND AND SHE COULD NOT BELIEVE THE PLASTIC SURGEON PUT THE SALINE IMPLANTS IN ME KNOWING ALL OF THE MEDICAL PROBLEMS I HAD. TO THIS DAY I SUFFER DAILY WITH A LIST OF ILLNESSES. THERE ARE SO MANY I CANNOT EVEN REMEMBER THEM. IF YOU RECEIVE MAIL FROM WOMEN CONSIDERING IMPLANTATION TELL THEM TO ASK THEIR DOCTOR TO PLEASE SHOW THEM A COPY OF THE PACKAGE INSERT SO THEY CAN MAKE A TRULLY INFORMED CONSENT TO BE IMPLANTED. THE PACKAGE INSERT PRETTY MUCH SPEAKS FOR ITSELF ON REIMPLANTATION. THANKS SO MUCH.
I ONLY WISH I COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE WOMEN TO TESTIFY IN FRONT OF THE FDA ON SALINE IMPLANTS. I COULD TELL THEM A STORY. I FORGOT TO TELL YOU THAT WHEN DR.FENG REMOVED THE SALINE IMPLANTS I WAS IN SURGERY FOR OVER 8HRS REMOVING THE SILICONE THAT WAS LEFT IN MY BODY. SHE HAD TO SCRAPE MY RIB CAGE FOR HOURS AND SHE ALSO FOUND A HOLE THE SIZE OF LEMMON. THROUGH THIS HOLE SHE COULD SEE MY LEFT LUNG AND HEART WITHOUT A PROBLEM. I HAVE TO AGAIN HAVE SURGERY TO TRY AND REPAIR THIS HOLE SO THAT IF I WERE IN AN ACCIDENT MY LUNG AND HEART WOULD BE PROTECTED. I ALSO BROKE MY STERNUM FROM WEAKENED BONES DUE TO PREDNISONE THERAPY-- FOR LUPUS. I WILL NEVER TAKE THAT AGAIN. THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO MY STORY THAT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO TELL IT ALL. IF I CAN HELP SOMEONE WITH QUESTIONS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO GIVE MY E-MAIL ADDRESS. THANKS SO MUCH. WITH HEALING LOVE,
PITIFUL24@AOL.COMDEAR ILENA,
YOU MAY PASS ALONG ANY INFORMATION I SENT TO YOU IN MY LAST LETTER. IF I CAN HELP ANYONE WHO IS NOT AWARE OF THE MANY PROBLEMS WE FACE I'D GLADLY DO SO. I ONLY WISH I'D FOUND YOUR SIGHT EARLIER BECAUSE I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCES WITH ANYONE. IT HELPS SO MUCH TO TALK TO PATIENTS THAT ARE IN THE SAME BOAT I AM IN. MY FAMILY IS VERY SUPPORTIVE BUT UNLESS YOU'VE BEEN THERE I GUESS PEOPLE EITHER DON'T UNDERSTAND OR THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT. THANKS AGAIN,
LOVE PAM