COALITION OF SILICONE SURVIVORS

April, 1997

Dear Silicone Survivors and Friends:

The Reno conference went very well! Around 180 people attended. We enjoyed seeing old friends and meeting new ones! The speakers were excellent! Our thanks to all those who come at their own expense to help us educate our survivors. A special thank you to John and Colleen Swanson for taking 3 flights (arriving in the middle of the night) and being there for all of us. They also had to take 3 flights to get back home. This is above and beyond the call of duty!! A special thanks also to Geoffrey White of White and Meany of Reno for all their help and also to Lisa Foster of the firm of Kruse & Parker for their help with PR. There were some wonderful media articles that really helped get the consumers out to the conference and helped to educate many who are not breast implant survivors to the danger of these products..

Many corporations (U.S. West, AT&T, etc.) have matching donation grants. If you (spouse, family, friend) work for a company with this program, they will match your donation to COSS or other 501-C-3 tax-exempt organization. Check it out and make a donation today!! We all need your help to survive! Wouldn't it be cool if someone worked for breast implant manufacturer's and they had to send us matching funds?!!! I would laugh for weeks!!!

UPCOMING EVENTS: Conference: Cincinnati, OH, Saturday, April 19th, 8 AM to 5:30 PM $45 person, $80 couple, $125 professionals (if pre-registered) lunch not included. $10 more at door. Visa, MC for pre-registration. Call (217) 352-8220 or fax registration request to (217) 352-8229. Checks are payable to TDN. Site: The Regal Cincinnati Hotel, 150 W. Fifth St., Cincinnati (800) 876-2100, rooms reserved under Toxic Discovery Network. Speakers: Drs. Arthur Brawer, Rheumatologist; Lu-Jean Feng, Pl. Surgeon; Henry Jenny, Pl. Surg. & Author. Also: Jama Russano, CATS; Sybil Goldrich, CTN; Eric Kennedy, Atty., Sandy McDougal & Kathy Keithley-Johnson, Founders, TDN. Meet the speakers 6-8 PM at The Regal Hotel on Friday evening, April 18th.

There will be a conference in Atlanta, GA on Saturday, June 21. Hotel pending, speakers confirmed: Dr. Campbell, Dr. Ostermeyer, Dr. Shanklin, Dr. Smalley + Jama Russano & Sybil Goldrich. Cost: Same as Cincinnati conference (TDN) and registrations can be sent to the same place.

Vancouver, BC Conference: June 6-8th, Univ. of British Columbia, Gage Towers, Vancouver. Friday evening: Welcoming address, entertainment, informal get-together (food and beverages) 6-10 PM. Saturday session: 10 AM-4 PM, Lorna Taylor, keynote speaker and Drs. Nachman Brautbar, Logan Stanfield, Robert Guidoin + Jama Russano of CATS. Evening session: 6-9 PM, workshops for women. Sunday AM: 10-12:30 brunch & physician panel, moderated by Dr. Penny Ballem. Local physicians: Drs. Milton Baker, Denise Pugash & Urve Kuusk. Costwill be minimal. Limited to 125 registrants: they can stay at Gage Residences. Call (604) 875-2013 to inquire about this conference. June is creeping up on us, so don't wait to register.

Shreveport, LA is tentatively planning a conference for May 24th. A San Francisco conference is being planned for July 19 or 26. Watch for more information. We are hoping to get a San Diego/S. LA (Orange Cty.?) conference together for August. A Spokane-Couer d' Alene conference is in the planning stages for late Summer. Chicago is looking at the third week of September for a possible conference. Watch for more information! The first week in October may bring a conference in or around Philadelphia. As you know, there has never been a conference in this area. Portland, OR is in the dreaming-of-it stage, but would like to get one together.

For all conferences, it is best to make flight and hotel reservations early. I generally buy my tickets at least two months in advance so that I never have to pay a premium for tickets. Tickets purchased at least 3 weeks in advance are usually more economical. I call my travel agent daily (drives her nuts) to see if there are any bargains as airlines offer one day specials to fill certain flights.

LEGAL INFORMATION: Re: MDL, Mentor & Bioplasty Settlements: Unless your attorney has a signed lien for a doctor bill or surgery (meaning he/she actually paid the bill or a lien was placed on your settlement), they are only allowed to take 10% of your settlement. If you have a lien signed by you to any doctor, the attorney is allowed to pay that lien before you receive any $$. Any amount under $10,000 can only have a 10% fee subtracted from it for costs and attorney fees. It does not matter if you owe the attorney $10,000, only 10% (I repeat, ten percent) can be deducted from these settlements. If your attorney has subtracted more than this, send a copy of their accounting to Ann Cochran, Claims Administrator, MDL 926, P.O. Box 56666, Houston, TX 77256. Include a letter addressing your concerns also with the accounting. If your attorney refuses to give you an accounting (yes, this is happening), send a letter with the attorney's name, address, phone number with your complaint to your state attorney bar association and to the MDL address above (if they took more than 10% of your settlement of under $10,000). If any attorney fails to give you an accounting of their expenses (for any settlement), file a complaint with the state bar association. This is not ethical and not allowed. Check your MDL documents for the limits that attorneys are allowed to subtract for expenses from the amount you received or will receive. There are strict limits! I think 23% is the highest amount and that is for women receiving $100,000. They cannot take that much from settlements of $50,000 or $20,000. Don't be victimized by your attorney by allowing them to deduct more than is allowed by law (MDL settlement). As I stated, liens are different. If your attorney actually paid for a doctor or hospital bill, he/she is allowed to deduct that amount. It is only fair that attorney's recoup $$ they actually paid for medical expenses (when there is a lien). If attorney's paid for expensive tests thinking that you would get a larger settlement or that you would go to court, that is not generally part of a lien for medical expenses & probably not something the attorney can charge over the percentage allowed by the MDL. If the expenses were for other things such as implant evaluation, etc., they are not allowed to deduct these expenses from your MDL settlement (over the % allowed).

We are still trying to find out about the $379 Mentor checks. It appears that even the attorneys are not in agreement as to whether to cash these or not. If your attorney says it is OK, follow that attorney's advice. If you have more information, please send it to me!

A judge in San Antonio gave a directed verdict for Baxter Healthcare citing Daubert vs. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. as the reason testimony by Plaintiff's witnesses was not admissable. This will be appealed.

As you may know, the class action suit is starting in Louisiana. Jury selection finished March 31. The judge appears to only like to work only a few hours a day so this case may take months. As we receive information, we will pass it along. Dow has been spreading their PR far and wide trying (we assume) to influence jurors and the general public that they are the good guys and that we are all wet with our claims! They have spent so much money in PR that they could have probably paid for explantation for every woman who cannot afford to have her implants removed. But.....I guess their hearts are just not in it for the benefit of the public! They just seem to want to influence us, not help us! Should I be surprised??!!

Cox Uphoff (CUI) breast implant survivors may have a second opportunity to file a class action suit. Don't miss out. Opt-out of the class action when you receive your status letter to prevent your statute from running out. There may be a new class action against the companies responsible for these implants. If you don't opt out, your statute begins running in 30 days instead of 6 mos. If you have already filed a suit in court prior to the class action, this may not apply.

MEDICAL INFORMATION: (BCDS) B-Complex Deficiency Syndrome: What is it and how do we treat it? If you answer yes to 3 of the following 10 questions, you may have this syndrome. 1) Do you always feel hungry or have an excessive appetite? 2) Does your heart palpitate or skip beats? 3) Do you have bouts of depression? 4) Do you suffer from chronic headaches? 5) Have you been diagnosed as being hypoglycemic? 6) Do you crave sweets? 7) Do you have trouble sleeping? 8) Are you easily exhausted or chronically fatigued? 9) Do you feel overwhelmed and unable to cope with life? 10) Do you have a recurring feeling something dreadful is about to happen?

This is called a copycat disease because it mimics a wide range of other aliments. It is often missed because it is not looked for by most doctors. Sleeping pills worsen the condition. If you have these symptoms, try an all natural B-Complex twice a day for several months and see if your symptoms subside. Ask your alternative medical practitioner or a health food store representative for the most bio-available B-Complex supplement. Heart problems often are related to B-Complex Deficiency Syndrome and drugs that treat heart disease can mask the symptoms of BCDS.

20,000 people reportedly have this copycat disease. Doctor's often think they are hypochondriacs because of their complaints. Blood tests often show nothing (where have we heard this before?) and therefore it is assumed that it is all in the patient's head! (I think I heard that somewhere before also!) This information comes from Health Alert. To subscribe to this very informative bulletin, call (800) 944-6465. It is $39 for 12 issues and $77 for 24 issues and there are many free books that come with your subscription.

The Mayo Clinic released a study showing that women who had reconstruction has less satisfactory results from implants than did women who chose cosmetic augmentation. I truly am not surprised, as putting implants under the chest wall seems to be a prescription for disaster. Not only are they closer to the lungs, but the pectoral muscle contracts and would undoubtedly cause them to wear out faster. Besides that, when a woman has had her immune system attacked by breast cancer, why should she be exposed to a foreign object that would also damage her immune system? It seems a little insane to me.

From Health Alert, Winter, 1997. Are you taking any of these dangerous drugs? Aldomet, Ativan, Bentyl, Catapres, Dalmane, Darvocet, Darvon, Donnatal, Dyrenium, Elavil (imipramine), Feldene, Halcion, Indocin, Librax, Lomotil, Persantine, Restoril, Tigran, Valium, or Xanax? These 20 drugs top Health Alert's Watch List of the 150 medicines with the worst side effects. They contain extremely powerful chemicals that can produce devastating side effects, especially in older users, such as: dizziness, memory loss, fainting, irregular heart beats, and shortness of breath. Despite such dangerous side effects, doctors continue to prescribe these drugs often. Each year Americans spend more than $1 billion on just the drugs listed above. If you are taking any of these drugs, don't stop cold turkey. You must gradually replace these toxic time bombs with safer alternatives. Check with your alternative medical practitioner. To subscribe to Health Alert (& get a free copy of Cures That Kill, Cures That Heal), (800) 944-6465. This book provides information on natural cures.

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE: B Vitamins (especially folic acid) can reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes by 40% Make sure they are natural and not artificial or synthetic. Potassium and bioflavonoids protect artery walls against damage from high blood pressure. Synthetic antioxidants may not protect you against free radical damage, so make sure they are all natural. Psoriasis and eczema may be reduced by eliminating chlorine from bathing water and adding raw flax oil to the diet. 30,000 Americans die every year as a result of the trans-fatty acids in margarine. Eat butter and cook with extra-virgin olive oil. Cut your consumption of fats way down and use natural ones. Organically grown fruits and vegetables have higher nutritional contents. Synthetic vitamins can have hidden side effects, much like prescription drugs. Always check the label and be sure your vitamins are natural. Often indigestion is the result of too little acid, not too much. This is often true as we grow older. In this case, in the long run, antacids will make the problem worse. NSAID's can have a harmful effect on strep bacteria, transforming them into more virulent strains.

By the time your blood calcium shows a low calcium count, the calcium in your bones and other parts of your body is dangerously low. Contrary to popular belief (including some doctors) kidney stones and gall stones come from a lack of calcium, not an abundance of it. Calcium in these stones is directly robbed from your bones.

Acupuncture and TENS units work on the same principle. Both stimulate the body to block pain signals to the brain by use of the body's electrical pathways.

High levels of cholesterol in the body often mean that you have a calcium deficiency. The cholesterol that is blocking your arteries patches them so they cannot leak. They spring holes because of mineral deficiencies (most frequently calcium). Cholesterol patches these holes to save your life.

If foods can cause harm to your health (fats, sugars, overeating etc.), why is it so difficult to believe that diet and nutrition can heal your body? Even physicians seem to fail to catch this simple logic!! Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine said " All food is medicine, and the best food is the best medicine!" Hippocrates knew that prescribing garlic and onions helped cure cancer. In China, where they eat tons of garlic and onions, stomach cancer is almost non-existent. Certain extracts of both garlic and onions have proven to be antibacterial, antifungal, and anti-thrombotic (help to prevent blood clots).

" Calcium deficiency is the universal property of all cancer cells." The Role of Calcium in Biological Systems Vol. 1, 1985 CRC Press. " The calcium ion regulation of intracellular messages has broad implications in the treatment of disease." The Calcium Signal, Ernesto Carofoli & John Penniston, Nov. 1987, Scientific American. " Considering the wide variety of calcium binding proteins in the cell, the potential targets of calcium related disorders are enormous." Calcium Binding Proteins, Marvin P. Thompson, 1988, CRC Press. Calcium is critical in DNA synthesis & DNA is the building blocks of life. With our malabsorption problems, getting enough calcium is crucial. " The association between milk drinking and lowered heart attack risk is clear." Dr. Ann Feheley. It did not matter whether the milk was whole, reduced fat or skim. The calcium protected the body from the harmful effects of the natural fat! Heart disease could probably be reduced 10-fold by adequate calcium intake.

The medical establishment has been wrong about our need for vitamins. Now they are trying to tell us that we do not need minerals. The sad truth is that the medical community will be the beneficiary of our ignorance because all of us who do not receive the essential minerals we need will be their patients many more times than those of us who supplement our mineral intake to insure that we have what our body needs. People in geographic regions that have an abundance of minerals in their soil and water are seldom ill. Their bodies use what they need and discharge the rest. So do ours! Science rigorously denied the existence of germs until it was proven. Science denied that all life is composed of atoms until it was proven (about 100 years later). Science does not have a very good track record of accepting new ideas. Let's keep that in mind!

Much of this information is from Death by Diet, by Robert Barefoot (1996). Robert Barefoot is one of only about 100 Silica Chemists in the world. You can order audio tapes of his talks at the Boise Conference for $6.00 (Coral Calcium-2 tape set) and $3.00 (The Calcium Factor) from John Wagner, 812 Pueblo Street, Boise, ID 83702-4245.

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS: Q. Why do women who want to get well go back to the same type of doctors who made them sick? I am amazed that so many women will flock to doctors and take pill after pill and believe these doctors when they tell them that this is helping them! Don't they get the picture? A. Did you notice that also? I've been saying that for years! So many people buy into Allopathic Medicine without analyzing this whole situation thoroughly. Some people are so hooked into this system that they will never get past it. We must learn to accept other people's ideas and thoughts even if we do not agree. I personally know women who will die because of all the prescriptions they are taking and there is nothing I can do to prevent it. I don't know anyone who is taking a lot of prescription drugs who is getting better. Some women just seem to think that they cannot live without them. Q. Just what are the doctors treating the women for, anyway? It seems to me that they are just treating symptoms, not the cause of the problems!! A. BINGO! If you treat symptoms, you will not solve the problem! But as I recently saw on TV, we are a nation that thinks every little pain and ache must be treated! Propaganda that the company's put out has been effective. Have a sore leg, take an aspirin or try a rub-in treatment. Never look at the cause and try to figure out why you have pain, just treat the symptom! We sell so many over-the-counter drugs that it is unbelievable!! They all are toxic so what are we doing to our bodies? If we could just sit back and look at what we are doing we would be shocked at all the garbage we take!! But, getting back to the doctors who prescribe pill after pill to treat symptoms, that is just what they are trained to do! To avoid this, go to doctors who really look for the problem and then work to solve it, not cover it up! That's why I hardly ever go to a doctor! I generally refuse to take pills unless I can see that they are solving a problem, not covering it up or treating symptoms!!

INFORMATION AVAILABLE: For a very informative documentary on breast implants and silicone problems, order REVEALED by Baxter Gentry, (800) 977-0977 or send $39.95 + $4.50 S&H to Baxter Gentry, 3006 Bee Caves Road #A-240, Austin, TX 78746. This video-taped documentary is broadcast quality so it can be shown on TV if someone wants to buy the broadcast rights ($200).

PERSONAL COMMUNICATION: I have often wondered just how to describe my condition, and I finally found the word I was searching for. I feel better, but I don't have stamina. I cannot keep up a pace that I easily could do 7 years ago. I find that I have strength that I didn't have several years ago (91-94), but I just don't have the stamina to get things done that I used to. I feel better but am not the same person physically. When I try to push myself I have more physical problems, more fatigue & more pain. I guess that is the real difference. I can do almost anything if I pace myself and allow plenty of time for rest! Doing anything for two days in a row is difficult, for three days it is nearly impossible. Will it ever be like it was?? Will I ever be the same? 7 years ago I was working out at the gym for 90 minutes 3 x week and walking 2-3 miles the other days. Now I walk for about 30 minutes, sometimes longer, but I don't think I could work out for half an hour without an hour's rest. I wonder, at age 55, if one can ever recover the stamina? I have done everything I know to get the nutrients I need & have a positive attitude about healing.

Patricia Charleboix would like to hear from you if you had your implants placed by Dr. Nathaniel Tippit (Las Vegas MGM Hotel, 1970 through 1984. Contact her toll free @ (888) 221-8657 or write her @ 6640 Elkhorn Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89131-2408. Nevada revoked his license. What brands did he use?

Shirlee Schwam would like to know if you have had any dealings with (or know of anyone who has had any dealings with) Dr. Stephen Colen (784 Park Ave., N.Y., N.Y.) or his attorney. Call collect at (718) 375-6234 or write to her ASAP at 1644 E. 33rd St., Brooklyn, NY 11234.

Yes, I have heard the criticisms of the fact that I now am a distributor for some health products. It is interesting that some of the people who criticize me would buy the same products from others without criticizism but if someone who is involved in the silicone issue dare to try to make a living, we are fair game to talk about. We should be supporting each other's efforts, not criticizing them. Who better to do business with than one of our own? Who knows what products do for us better than someone who has had the same problems? Let's pull together, not stoop to petty criticisms. We all need to earn $$ to survive. I have dedicated over 6 years to this cause with no pay. I think I have earned the right to make a living! I would never deal with a product that I have not found helpful to myself and to other silicone survivors.

IMPORTANT: There is some erroneous information that hard Silastic implantable devices are not as dangerous as silicone or silicone shell saline-filled breast implants. They may take longer to have the significant problems that breast implant recipients have had (sometimes they do) but they are causing serious problems for many people. When they are in the head and neck area (because of the extreme amount of blood flow in those areas), they can cause many problems quickly. We have heard from many women and men who have had problems with silicone implantable devices including sheaths, penile implants, pectoral implants, testicular implants, joint replacements, brain shunts, Norplant birth control devices, etc. They are ALL having problems, so don't let any misguided people (including doctors) tell you that these devices are safe (or even much safer than soft silicone devices), because they are NOT!!!

BOOKS: Beyond Antibiotics, by Michael Schmidt, Lendon Smith and Keith Sehnert $16.95; Healing Childhood Ear Infections by Michael Schmidt, $12.95; Functional Dietetics By Mark Percival, D.C., N.D., $25.00; Guilt Free Indulgence by Mark Percival, $20.00; Infant Nutrition by Mark Percival, $12.95; Sinus Survival by Dr. Rob Ivker, $12.95; Tired of Being Tired (Chronic Fatigue) by Michael Schmidt, $14.95. Add $3.00 S&H for one book, $5.00 for 2 books and $2.00 for each additional book. Call Todd Nelson's office: (303) 449-1330 to order or mail order to 3285-30th St. Boulder, CO 80301..

PRODUCTS AVAILABLE: For a very informative packet of information on Coral Calcium (which is helping many people with muscle and joint problems, as well as many other problems) or Immunol 500 (to help rebuild your immune system), please contact Lynda at (303) 469-8242 or above address. Also for information on magnetics (which I think are the bees knees), contact Lynda. All these products are helping me and other B. I. (and other silicone) survivors (as well as other consumers) a great deal.

For information of Aloe Vera for urinary frequency, pain, Interstitial Cystitis, etc., contact Special Harvest for a copy of the recent study demonstrating that aloe vera (medical grade freeze-dried) can help with symptoms of these types of problems. Contact them by mail at P.O. Box 49552, Colorado Springs, CO 80949. Phone (800) 688-9977. They have a special on Freeze-dried aloe vera right now that is wonderful. If you take it every day for these symptoms, it is worth the price to get it this way. Mention COSS when you call. I have used this product and found it very helpful for bladder problems, pain, spasms of the urethra, bleeding from the urethra and frequency of urination. In fact, I hardly ever have those symptoms, thanks to this product.

If you, like me, have gained 40 pounds since you became ill with silicone/saline implant disease, try Key-to-Sun (Chitosan) to lose weight. My daughter lost 20 pounds in two months on this totally natural, safe, fiber product. It is about $33 for a month's supply and I can order it for you or mail it to you. You have nothing to lose but the weight!! You simply take this product one-half hour before any meal that contains fat products and it absorbs the fat and removes it from your body. Don't take it with any fat-soluble nutrients (such as evening primrose oil, garlic in oil, etc.) because it also absorbs them. I take it before I eat pizza (homemade and vegetarian) or when food contains fat that I know is bad for me (& I am eating it anyway).

Call NEEDS for a catalog of highly useful items for chemically sensitive persons. They have amazing products.

THIS MONTH'S POEM:

The Dilemma

by Lynda Roth

I tried to help her see
She wasn't all alone
I tried to help her cope
>From this end of the phone.

She said she was in pain
She'd been ill for years.
But the most difficult part
Was coping with her fears.

How can I go back?
There was nothing there!
If I have these removed
People will just stare!

Will my husband still love me
When I am flat again?
What will I tell my family?
What will I tell my friends?

I don't think I can face this!
What would it hurt to wait?
Can't I just have saline
Will my symptoms all abate?

I'll have to think it over
It's just too much to face
How can I have them out
Without something in their place?

I hear what you are saying
I'll have to think it through.
I know you must be right
I'm not sure what to do.

I'll face all this tomorrow
I have to find a way.
I won't forget your message
I'm too upset today.

LYNDA ROTH, EDITOR

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