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- Reflections and Response.
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In 1992, this poem was accepted by Editor Robert Goldwyn, and published in “Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery”, a Journal from the USA. It was written by Grant Gwinup, M.D. from Orange, California. |
Reflections on the FDA’s Position on Augmentation Mammoplasty
Now my memory, I feel
Is sharper than steel
Especially after its jogged,
And I just can’t recall
Any woman at all
Good looking before she’s been
auged.
Thirty-six, thirty-eight
Numbers just don’t relate
Even if they are carefully logged
For they just don’t reveal
The sight or the feel
Or the shape of a woman
who’s auged.
Now, the old FDA
In its usual way
Has the issue completely befogged
For there sure is no answer
If lupus or cancer
Go up in a woman who’s auged.
And the lawyers adore
All the problems galore
And the courts are already back-logged
With the cases somehow
Most directed at Dow
By women with breasts that are auged.
When I read in the press
About this distress
My mind - - it is not at all clogged
I can’t get excited
In fact I’m delighted
Cause I’ve got a woman who’s auged
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Reprisal for an Editor’s Indiscretion by Jean Martin Co-Founder of Breast Implant Line of Canada
Tis a pity indeed
A page you should need
To compound an issue so clogged
With your misconception
You are an infection
To the women whose breasts are
auged.
If this Journal’s delighted
Over a woman who’s plighted
Your concept is seriously flawed
You thought it amusing
Didn’t think it abusing
To a woman whose breasts had
been auged.
And for those abuses
There are no excuses
(These numbers are not catalogued)
Some day you will choke
On the words that you spoke
Of your women who have breasts
that are auged.
And so I pray
For the FDA
You say have the issues
befogged
For you have become a part of
scum,
Reflecting on breasts that are auged.
You need to take the blame
For your part in this game
Apologize (or be verbally flogged)
For you chose to humiliate
And not rehabilitate
“A woman whose breasts were
ex-auged.” |
- Ball Game Over
by Jean Martin - Co-founder Breast Implant Line of Canada,
Summer 1992
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It was “ball game over” as I lay down at night
My body was tired and I had no fight.
The chest wall pain included my breast
The severity increased and there was no rest.
For I had become nauseous and weak from my side
But, I’d always wake up; I had not died.
Now it is “ball game over” for me and my breasts
Some pain has subsided and I’m getting some rest.
For the makers of implants there’s trouble ahead
Now, it’s “ball game over” for them instead!
- Dear Government
by Jean Martin
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I am writing you today,
For we need your expertise -
We’ve problems connecting our implants,
To the pain within our knees.
I HOPE that you will find –
A way to make it better;
This nightmare that befalls us,
Is the reason for this letter.
Dear Government, I ASK you ,
To reach within your heart –
For this silicone confusion,
Is tearing us apart.
Dear Government, I URGE you
To go beyond “The Issue”;
Don’t wait another 30 years
To see our point of view.
You send us to our doctors,
But our doctors don’t support –
The reasons for removal…
They “need” a proper report;
They tell us that our implants -
Are not the cause of pain.
You’ve left it up to us, dear Gov. –
“A decision with restrain.”
We search across “the Border” ,
For all the information –
That’s teaching us to understand
The silicone invasion.
(Just ‘tween you and me) dear Gov.,
Do you fudge a little bit?
Are you cross at the United States
Who pulled us out of orbit?
I hope you don’t waste dollars
On the research gone afore –
We know that silicone migrates;
It’s all been done before;
The result from macrophages,
Iis one of phagocytosis –
Like an immunological “Pac-Man”
Complexing our diagnosis.
So, I’m wondering, dear Government,
Could you speed up your aggression??
This war on “Our “Immune System”
Is making no regression.
I’m donating my body to science,
While I am still alive –
For I know that “YOU”, dear Gov.,
Will help us to survive;
P.S. I “hope” the above will stimulate –
MORE ATTENTION from within;
All the best in “this” endeavour;
Sincerely yours,
Jean Martin.
- For Their Country
by Jean Martin
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Can you look to the light side and have a little fun?
Are you ready for this? Can you smile at a pun?
Now the makers of silicone – THEY WERE VERY WISE
Did something for their country – CAN’T BE ALL BAD GUYS!<
Just look at the market as the retail increases –
More A size bras, tons of pads and prostheses,
Custom-made camisoles and pump-ups galore –
Specialists made money, pharmacists got richer
And there’s more…
Postal service increased and “Ma Bell” sure loved us
Ahh! No wonder they pulled out not making much fuss!!
- Dear Member
by Jean Martin
Dear Member,
Tho your year had been marred by hurt and frustration,
As you had to make choices with much degradation.
The silicone issue had caused you to ponder,
And the lack of direction had left you to wander.
But, you did not give up and you did not quit!
You sought more knowledge when hardest hit –
With the obstacle encounters that you had to face
When lack of support had become a disgrace!
So, you took on the task of exploring the views
Of researchers and documents and men in the news –
In a battle of wits versus hype and denials,
Statistics and research came out of the files.
What a political mess and a medical nightmare
With you as the victim! Did anyone care?
BREAST IMPLANT LINE OF CANADA you deserve to boast
For you’ve now helped Members from Coast to Coast!
Sincerely,
Jean Martin
