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The Shocking Truth About Breast Implant Illness I Andi Lew DSH #1346

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Discover "The Shocking Truth About Breast Implant Illness 😱" and how it’s impacting lives worldwide. Tune in to this unmissable episode of Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly as wellness expert, author, and coach Andy reveals her personal battle with breast implant illness and the groundbreaking insights from her latest book, *Treasure Chest*. 💔✨ From life-threatening symptoms like inflammation and anxiety to the hidden truths about the explant industry, Andy shares her powerful journey back to health and empowerment. 💪 Learn why she’s on a mission to expose the risks of cosmetic procedures, embrace natural beauty, and inspire others to take control of their wellness. 🌿 But that’s not all—Andi also dives into her fascinating career as an author of 10 books, her experiences as a dating and lifestyle coach, and how she’s helping people worldwide reclaim their health. Packed with valuable insights on health, relationships, and mindful living, this episode is a must-watch! 💡 Don’t miss out—watch now and subscribe for more insider secrets! 📺 Join the conversation and stay tuned for more eye-opening stories on the Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly. 🚀🔔 #holistichealth #breastimplantdetox #cosmeticsafety #integrativemedicine #inflammatorysyndrome CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 01:05 - Exposing the Explant Industry 04:59 - Most Tested EMF Solution 05:51 - Getting Help When You Can't Afford It 09:19 - Dangers of Cosmetic Surgeries 13:35 - Importance of Natural Births 17:00 - Self-Judgment and Self-Perception 18:14 - Navigating Dating Apps 21:40 - Dating in LA: Insights and Experiences 23:29 - Age Gaps in Relationships 25:25 - Dealing with Ghosting in Dating 33:07 - Prevention is the Cure: Health Insights 34:54 - Understanding Innate Intelligence 37:56 - Recommended Books for Personal Growth 39:35 - Closing Thoughts and Reflections APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [email protected] GUEST: Andi Lew https://www.instagram.com/andi.lew/?hl=en https://andilew.com/product/instalovers-book/ SPONSORS: AIRES TECH: https://airestech.com/ LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/ #trump #aries #weeklyhoroscope #neptuneinaries #saturninaries The views and opinions expressed by guests on Digital Social Hour are solely those of the individuals appearing on the podcast and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the host, Sean Kelly, or the Digital Social Hour team. While we encourage open and honest conversations, Sean Kelly is not legally responsible for any statements, claims, or opinions made by guests during the show. Listeners are encouraged to form their own opinions and consult professionals for advice where appropriate. Content on this podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only and should not be considered legal, medical, financial, or professional advice.

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Chapter 1: Who is Andi Lew and what is her background?

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All right, guys. Andy from Australia, down under. Let's go. I know, I know. Look, I'm from Australia, but I've been living in Los Angeles for almost three years. I came on this extraordinary talent visa because of my work as a wellness expert and dating and lifestyle coach.

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And I think, you know, being called extraordinarily talented is amazing because, I mean, if the government thinks that you need to be here above everyone else, then I guess it was a gift. So I packed up two suitcases, my son and a bag of Lego and just started a new life. Happy to be in Vegas finally to be on your show, Sean. Yeah. Yeah. We've been trying to make this happen for a while.

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Yeah. And here we are. So magic.

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Chapter 2: What is Breast Implant Illness and how did Andi's experience shape her book Treasure Chest?

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Yeah. We're going to dive into all your books. You got a lot. Four books. Just drop Treasure Chest, right?

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Yeah. Actually, Treasure Chest is my 10th book. It's about exposing explants and empowering you. I couldn't bring all of them. I'd need a suitcase. And it's kind of like every time I birth another book, I'm like, why am I doing this again? But then I have an idea on how to help culture as a visionary, a researcher and an author. And then, you know, we write something else.

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And so what's really present and important right now in terms of health and wellness is removing inflammatory drivers. That's what Treasured Chest is about. You know, it's about exposing the explant industry, which is removing breast implants. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It was just, it was one of those things. I was almost dying. In fact, I was dying. My, you know, body was slowly shutting down.

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The natural detoxification pathways weren't working anymore the way they should and the way our bodies designed. And so I had to address the trauma of the reason why I did this in the first place. And a lot of other people had came to me and said, you know what, I did this for trauma reasons too.

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So it's interesting the movement that it's created in people reading the book and realising sort of their why. But, you know, things like hair loss was happening. So rapid hair loss is a symptom. Sudden food intolerances.

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You have a laundry list of symptoms like anxiety, inflammation, depression, feelings of death even as the body can't, you know, expel this foreign body from the body, if you like. It creates what's called MCAS or mast cell activation syndrome. And that's basically the mast cells or the mast cells are the immune cells and they start attacking each other because they're

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They want to expel that foreign body within the body. So, you know, I had all of these symptoms and more loss of libido, dry eyes, inability to sweat. And I started joining the dots. And eventually I realized I needed to explant. And it was, you know, that getting ready to shed moment where you have to do the deep work before you embrace your organic state again was wonderful. It was really hard.

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I cried rivers. But then, like others, as soon as I woke up from that operating table, I was like, I'm free. I feel so much better. And so many symptoms go away. Now, six surgeons and an MRI said I was fine. But when I got woken up from that surgery table...

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my professor, the surgeon, who I chose to fly all the way to Australia from America to do it with him because he explants, he does an implant, and he does the data to support that this is real. A lot of the surgeons are kind of saying, well, BII doesn't exist. Breast implant illness isn't an official diagnosis yet.

Chapter 3: How does the explant surgery work and why is it so important?

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Are we not only doing this to ourselves, but hiding the information? And so, you know, the government and the Maha group, Make America Healthy Again, are really key in this time right now to understand what we need to do to help people who are silently suffering.

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I love that. Yeah, there's so many women that feel the need to get cosmetic procedures, whether it's breasts or butt implants, right? It's concerning the health risks of all these surgeries.

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And the BBL operation is actually, it's similar, but having BBL is even more dangerous. Not only have we got the inflammatory driver already there creating the cytokine storm, but now you've got extra pressure as you're sitting down on something that's not designed to have that sort of weight.

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And then you've even got, you know, heat that's being produced by sitting down and the implant's not designed to withstand heat and certainly not even in a sauna where women are thinking, I can't sweat anymore. My natural detoxification pathways are shutting down. I need to sweat to detox whatever is in me.

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But that's when a woman starts to get what's called contracture, where the implant starts to look deformed because it's desperately wanting to come out of its body. It's got nowhere to go. And I'm like smiling because I'm so relieved that I didn't die. you know, and that now I feel called on this mission, if you like, to help save others. Wow. You've done a lot of research on bras too, right?

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On which one? On women's bras and how they're toxic.

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You know, it's funny that you use the word toxic and, you know, we can label things as toxic and dangerous and all those sorts of things, but ultimately it's what we also make it mean. The only way that I would say that a bra would be, you know, dangerous would be when we're wearing underwire. Underwire is not healthy for you because it cuts off circulation.

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But the most dangerous time to wear an underwire bra is when you're pregnant or breastfeeding. Women have, you know, milk ducts and they can get blocked from having pressure like underwire bra, you know, putting that on their sensitive parts. And that's when a woman can develop what's called mastitis. This is also a life-threatening illness.

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I mean, women end up with intense fevers and hospitalized from having mastitis. And yet they're not all told that they shouldn't be wearing bras. Perhaps they're told when they're breastfeeding, but they shouldn't be wearing it when they're even pregnant, when that milk is starting to produce. And so what's also weird about mastitis is that that can happen when you're not feeding on demand.

Chapter 4: What are the dangers of cosmetic surgeries like breast implants and BBL?

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And then they'd have to go and sterilize it again. And when everybody would leave, she would turn to the mother and go, are you with me? We're going to do this now, you know, take control of that birth. Because as soon as the baby's out, it's everything on their terms, you know, vitamin K injections, You know, we have cutting the cord immediately.

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And there's still rich nutrition in that cord and that pulse. As you know, the stem cells, we're supposed to have what's called a lotus birth. You're supposed to actually wrap up that

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you know, womb, the uterus with the muslin, the cloth, something cotton and natural, organic, allow mum and bub to continue to be connected until those two humans decide it's time to cut the cord and eventually it falls away. And then most people just bury that into, you know, a tree and then it produces the most beautiful fruit. Really?

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Yeah, you think about how we're supposed to live and that constant, you know, giving back to the earth and being connected to the earth. Wow, I didn't know it could turn into a fruit. Well, just the nutrition that comes from that part of our body helps the soil to be more fertile. Oh, got it. Yes. I should have explained myself a bit better.

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No, that's cool though. I'm leaning towards a natural birth when I have kids. Oh, I'm so glad you're even thinking about that. Yeah. Well, hospitals just scare me. The number of C-sections going on right now. Yes. And how is, you know, the choice to have natural birds or home birds in Australia, in America rather?

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It's pretty easy. Yeah. You could, I mean, it probably costs more because insurance doesn't cover it, but I'm lucky to be in the position where I could do that. So yeah, I'm going to do that.

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I think the key is to appoint a really good midwife, even if you are going to be in the hospital system, because then you can have like, whether it's a doula or some sort of support person that wants to encourage the natural birth. But yeah, again, this is all in my books and in my coaching.

Chapter 5: Why is natural birth important and what are common misconceptions?

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So if anyone's about to have a baby or, you know, having breastfeeding issues or anything, like I got taught by the best and I've been doing this for actually 31 years professionally. I know I look really good for my age. I'm 72. No, you're not. And I'm all natural. You're not 72. That'd be crazy. No, I'm not 72. But you thought I was what? I thought you were 38. Yeah. I'm actually 52 in July.

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No way. Yes. Oh my gosh. Thank you for the compliment. That's insane. Even with this unflattering lighting. Yeah. Yeah. That's incredible. Well done. I really walk my talk, Sean, and it shows. And like, again, if you want to talk about Botox injectables, those again are inflammatory drivers, which actually speed up, you know, the aging process itself and also it's muscle paralysis.

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So whilst I don't judge anyone for anything they do on their health journey, you know, I had to even forgive myself for what I did with the breast implants. Mm-hmm. I think it's all part of your journey, but it's important to at least be informed so you can make informed choices about what's actually happening with your body and then join the dots.

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Yeah. Yeah. The Botox stuff is nuts. I mean, you're in LA, you're probably seeing it daily out there with actors and actresses. Look, I think I've also seen a lot of this stuff going on in Vegas as well. Maybe they came from LA, but it is that we are looking at ourselves too much on a screen. We're not designed to actually look at our reflection that often, right? Yeah.

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First, we may have looked at ourselves in the reflection of a pool, a lake, a river when we're drinking the water perhaps, and then it turned into the development of mirrors. Yeah. And then now we're looking at selfies all the time and that's unnatural. So it's making us paranoid, you know. We're not supposed to judge ourselves.

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And the word treasured chest, those two words were intentional because I didn't say boobs, tits, jugs, you know, whatever. I'm using chest because that's what got us into this mess, right? It's what is behind the chest is your heart. So on the book cover I'm like holding my heart and saying, you know, you've got this. This is what is your beauty, you know. It's...

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Interesting because when a female fetus is being developed in the womb, those things that are actually making her breasts are immune cells. So we are so much more than what we've sexualized it all to be. Yeah. That's incredible. It's very intentional. You also wrote a book on dating, right? Was that a recent one?

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The dating book was about, I think I put it on tour about eight years ago and it was the most fun press tour I've ever done because everybody wants to learn about dating. And it was at a time where there was like hookup culture. Tinder, right? Tinder first came out and there was no sort of book of rules on how to date online.

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And so I started researching and I wrote one and I researched for four years. Researched, it was so much fun. Every time I would match with someone, they would say, oh, are you really writing a book? And can we go on a date so I can be in your book? And I was like, honey, you're already in my book. I've been screenshotting all of our conversations.

Chapter 6: What are key insights into online dating and how to navigate dating apps safely?

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There is some truth in that, that a lot of them are really focused on their jobs or they are living in la-la land. But, you know, I think it's interesting to know, I mean, what's Vegas dating like? I heard it's terrible. I feel like any major city will kind of have that kind of crowd.

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What about people that come to the major city, but they're not from that city in itself? I think you've always found a gem when you found someone like that. One in a needle in a haystack is what they call it. Yeah. Oh yeah. That's the type of person I would probably be attracted to.

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Yeah. So you're looking to find someone unique because you are unique. And I think we usually get attracted to those who are similar to ourselves or opposite to ourselves. And it's important to be aware of that because when it's similar to yourself, it feels familiar and you're wanting to match with that person on that same vibrational frequency. so that you can grow together in a healthy state.

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Or it could be something like trauma bonding. So it's very like familiar and it's all you know. So it's important to be aware of that. Sometimes when you're attracted to somebody who's completely opposite to you, it's also because that person perhaps is going to fill a void that you wished you had.

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So, you know, you might be attracted to someone that are really, I guess, empowered in their finances and you aren't. And that's because you wished that you could be that. Yeah. So whatever it is, it's just important to note what it is that you're attracted to and how that dynamic's working so that you can grow together.

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Absolutely. And since you look so young, that must affect the dynamics too, because my mother struggles with this. Does your mom look really young? She looks probably, she's 60. She just turned 60, but she looks 40s. Wow. So she said when she's dating guys in their 60s, it's tough. Because it's not an energy match, right? Yeah. Because they're out of shape too.

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They're not looking after themselves. Exactly. And so I definitely resonate with your mom. I have only up until now attracted men 20 years younger. Yeah.

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I think the, yeah, I think it's usually between 15 and 20 years younger, but I haven't dated for about three years to be honest with you. Yeah. Is it picky? I think I've been very focused on parenting my awesome child. He's now 15. So it's ready. It's time to get back on the dating shelf. You got any single friends for me, Sean?

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In their thirties? I might. We'll have to, maybe I'll set up a little speed dating for you or something. I'm sure you've got lots of followers. I'll have everyone sliding into my DMs now. I'm sure they will be. Yeah. Although having said that, I am open to dating older than me. If they do look after themselves, I've got a bit of a Kevin Costner crush type thing.

Chapter 7: How does dating culture differ between LA and Australia?

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Well, I'm glad to hear that you're not ageist because neither am I. I'm not. Ageism is a thing, right? Yeah. I've dated older. I've dated younger. But yeah, it doesn't matter to me because I feel like I'm pretty mature for my age. So I've always naturally been attracted to older people. Oh, really? Yeah. All my friends are in their 30s, 40s.

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Yeah. Interesting. I mean, it's been like this forever, but why are we highlighting it now? Because we can see it, you know, and if it triggers something in you, it's because it's something you haven't learned to love about yourself yet. Like maybe you wish you could find someone in that fashion. Like, I don't know, have a think about why it's so triggering for you. Yeah.

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But if you do slide into my DMs, I promise I won't ghost you. You've been ghosted before?

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You know, not so much me, but yes, there was one experience that I wrote about from experience and that was in one of my books called Where'd They Go? Where'd They Go? You know, literally that's what ghosting is about. Ghosting is about like disappearing off the face of the earth. The person never actually replies to your text messages, your phone calls, your emails. It can happen in business.

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It can happen in the friendship zone as well, not just the dating world. And ghosting can really haunt you. Yeah, it's happened to me a few times. It hurts. Right. And what was the part? Was it the not being able to get the closure? Yeah. Cause like I just started getting in my own head about like, why did that person ghost me? Yeah. And I never found out. So.

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So dealing with disappearance is one of my areas of expertise because I had a lot of wellness coaching clients that, you know, were coming forward to me and saying, this isn't emotional. This is a real thing. Like I feel really unwell as a result of not being able to get that closure and listen to you even talking about it now. It never really leaves you.

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So in the back of my book, I've got 50 ways to deal with disappearance. But I think you may not ever get closure. So the closure actually comes the majority of the time from you.

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But if you really, really want to get sort of some reply out of that person, the important thing to remember is that humour is always a good thing to use when you want to actually have a conversation with the person that's ghosted you. And that's because they probably don't want confrontation or they don't want to have the feeling of what that feels like.

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And I always say to my son when I'm parenting him, you know, it's always best to have the truth because it might hurt a little bit in the beginning, but we're always one sweaty palmed handshake away from being really truly unhappy because both people are going to be happy at the end of the day. So if we're giving you happiness, I'm going to be happy. It's good karma, right?

Chapter 8: What role does self-perception and self-judgment play in wellness and relationships?

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And I guess that's what the crusade is of all of my work, you know, in writing, in coaching and in educating is that, you know, we find ways to be well and merge the modern world, whether it's a modern dating world, the modern parenting world, the modern Ways we choose to eat or, you know, be exposed or don't be exposed to environmental toxic stressors like EMFs and the water in which we drink.

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And not everybody can afford to even have, you know, a complete home filtration service. How much did you spend on yours? Well, you know, I was hoping to work with an Australian company called Complete Home Filtration System, but you have to have a house. And they were going to start opening up ways to do that in America. And there are American companies do that, but I'm renting at the moment.

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Okay. I'm looking into mine right now. Yeah. I just got a house. Right. So I'm looking into different home filtration systems. Because I mean, it's not just the water we drink, it's the water that we bathe in as well and brush our teeth with and all of those things. And, you know, it's our birthright to have clean water, right?

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Except again, this is why I'm so grateful that we have Secretary Kennedy because he's been successful with environmental health issues, being an attorney and making America healthy again is giving us that birthright back, you know, looking at those issues that we didn't realize are making us sick.

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whether it's contaminated waters and parasites and chlorine and not just fluoride, but you look at the state of Utah, for example, and the new government's already made great headway with banning the fluoride that's in the water there. And I hope that the rest of the country starts to follow suit. Yeah, I hope so. Never quick enough though, is it?

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There's always birth control in the water too. So fluoride's just the first problem. Right. And on the notion of birth control, you know, I had a conversation recently with a friend and a coaching client about this, and it really does disrupt the entire system. It can take, you know, up to a year or two to get the body back into balance. Damn.

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I was privy to some American medical journals when I owned a clinic in Australia, and it was before the OCP came out, which is the oral contraceptive pill. Mm-hmm.

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And these peers were writing backwards and forwards to each other before we had online stuff. And they were giving that journal and sort of with all the news updates, hey, we've come up with this OCP, this oral contraceptive pill. We think it's going to be a great new product.

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And then the following journal the following week would write back in that letter, you know, oh, I don't think it's a good idea. It's going to disrupt all these hormones. It's going to create an imbalance. And, you know, we're going to have another issue. And then they wrote back and said, Actually, we've already thought of that.

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