Thank you and I will surely check the women's forum.

I agree with everything you had to say here. I do believe that women should not only have therapy but they should have silicone hypersensitivity testing and testing for other genetic factors before making a decision on breast aug. Not only are doctors hiding the truth about possible autoimmune related diseases and disorders from us but they are not testing us properly before doing this procedure. I think that every women should know all the facts before deciding on this. They should have the chemical list in front of them. I had none of that. I wasn't even told that the outer shell was silicone as my goal was to stay away from silicone! Many women are not told.

I can tell you that I had been through therapy most of my life due to depression and self esteem issues. It really didn't help me. When this is bred in you, it is difficult to change the mind set. I can tell you what made me want implants more than anything.....this isn't something that came to mind when I was young like the girls of today. It was something that I started to think about later in life because the magazines and tv blasted me with pictures of what the perfect woman should look like and I can tell you that none of them were flat chested. I do believe that had a huge impact on me. That and hearing over and over again, the term 'safe saline implants'. As many women know, there is nothing safe about them.

As for Anna Nicole Smith...I have heard that she had Lupus from her implants and she knew it. They were her status symbol and she was not willing to get rid of them. That is a tragic story. I have heard many stories about her. At one time I had no time for her but when all this developed and I started reading about her and her life, watching some older interviews, I realized this was a very troubled young lady that would rather die at a young age than get rid of the toxic bags that were really making her ill. She had commented many times that she knew she was going to die young. I don't believe that is a coincidence. I believe she knew she had Lupus from the implants and as you mentioned above about the old people with the hip and knee replacements, in the case of ANS again, there was not a correlation made between her death and the implants. This happens many times.

Another tragic story is that of PJ Brent. All you need to do is google her name. No, she was not famous but she suffered a great deal because of implants. She was not informed and her children also suffered. In her case though, the medical examiner found very high levels of platinum in her brain. I believe this is a big reason why women commit suicide. The chemicals in implants are a contributing factor and can cause severe depression. I already had been suffering with depression most of my life so when the implants made me ill, the depression became so severe, it was very difficult for me and my thoughts started to become erratic. I was not myself at all. I might have suffered from depression but I never had thoughts of suicide. The implants I believe did that.

So sorry for my long posts and spelling errors. I'm very passionate about this issue and try to educate as many women on the dangers as I possibly can.

Thank you and I'll check out the women's forum.