Breast augmentation for a teenager? We have heard nothing to indicate the procedure was for anything other than vanity. So sorry, but…… It’s not nice to fool “Mother Nature”………

So…is it politically correct to ask why this bright young TEENAGER was getting a breast job in the first place? And, I assume her parents were okay with it? It mis-guided priorities like this that makes America weep.

If you actually read this article, it was not the breast augmentation that killed her. It was a response to the anesthesia. malignant hyperthermia runs in my family also, and I am always careful to tell the doctors about the condition prior to any surgury. It could have easily been happened during a wisdom tooth extraction.

This was presented as a result of the breast augmentation, because the news media is against the topic. What a sham

I have to agree with J. I have little sympathy. I assume she full well knew the risks. She had made the choice that looking better was more important than the possibility of dieing.

What was a girl so young doing having this type of surgery in the first place? If it was necessary then that is one thing ,but if it was just for better looks then it makes you wonder.

The fact remains, Richard, if she had chosen to live with her body, instead of making radical changes, she would probably still be alive……

anesthesia, for breast inplants, dumb ass.

It would be of interest to know who was providing the anesthetic care for this young woman’s surgery. In many of these outpatient surgery centers, anesthetic care, especially for plastic surgery, is provided by the surgeon himself, assisted by one or more nurses, none of whom have any extensive training in the management of the patient under deep sedation or general anesthesia. It’s difficult to believe that any fully trained anesthesiologist or CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist) using the proper monitoring equipment, which would undoubtedly include some means of monitoring the patient’s temperature, would not have been the first to recognize that this young woman’s temperature was increasing rapidly, an early indicator of the onset of MH (malignant hyperpyrexia). The fact that it was the surgeon who first noticed this leads me to believe that this was possibly one of those cases where the surgeon was doing his own anesthesia with only poorly trained personnel doing the monitoring. Obviously, I have no first had knowledge of this but since it is stated that Dantrolene was not administered until after the patient had been transferred to the main hospital, the probability that someone fully trained in anesthesia care - either an anesthesiologist or a CRNA - was in charge of the anesthetic management of this patient diminishes greatly.

Not sure what is more sad - her death or her desire for titties…

This just reiterates that no surgery is without risks. Cosmetic surgery for the sake of cosmetic surgery is sad.

Another sad thing is that the girl was probably quite attactive to begin with. We are a society that cannot be content.

Well, Dr. Gaither Everett, that still doesn’t answer the question of why an underage girl is getting implants other than to line the doctor’s pockets and create another self-indulgent bimbo.

I feel for the family, but the parents never should have signed off on this.

There are some more in-depth articles about this tragedy on other sites. While I agree that it is generally a bad idea to allow a teen to have plastic surgery, this girl had an inverted nipple. I have a beautiful young daughter that happens to have inverted nipples. Although it’s only cosmetic, this condition can affect the child’s self image. I suppose it bothers them because they see it every day, and although we tell her that it makes absolutley no difference to us or anyone that will ever care about her, any parent will tell you that their kids make up thier own minds about stuff, despite what you say. If she came to me as a young adult and wanted to have that corrected, I would probably allow it, even though I would not consider it absolutely necessary. For my daughter, it’s not about augmenting her breasts but instead it is about fixing what she considers to be a defect that bothers her. In the case of this young woman, the condition that killed her is very rare, but is also treatable when it is recognized in time. The young lady probably should not have died. Her anethesiologist will have to explain why he failed to administer the antidote in time to save her.

It wasn’t augmentation — but a reconstructive procedure that, as part of the correction, included implants. It was corrective surgery for inverted nipples and assymetry — didn’t you read the whole article? It didn’t say she was vain and was wanting giant breasts or anything like that!! She was a young woman — had probably been self-conscious about the condition ever since she had started to develop. Looking forward to meeting someone and getting married and wanting to be the best she could be — like everyone wants to! She didn’t commit a sin and I can’t believe your judgmental attitudes. She was someone’s daughter who died — unnecessarily it sounds like. Someone didn’t do their job, which is to keep the patient alive! It’s very sad for her family and those who loved her.

Kids often convince us to go along with things we aren’t sold on. I don’t blame the parents; they will beat themselves up enough. I just feel so sorry for the whole family.

No sympathy? It doesn’t matter why she and her parents made this decision. She is still dead.
Maybe you’ve never done anything dumb…

Well, I am also curious to find out who provided the care for this young woman. Although I agree with the physician who commented earlier, I disagree with his assessment that a CRNA will provide a similar level of care to an Anesthesiologist. In addition, malignant hyperpyrexia is often a late and ominous sign of malignant hyperthermia, not an early indicator. Early indicators are often non-specific, such as very rapidly escalating end tidal carbon dioxide levels, tachycardia, skin mottling, and labile blood pressures, and because these indicators are non-specific, this process is very difficult to diagnose. Have a physician who spent twelve years training take care of you, not an amateur. I feel terrible for this unfortunate young woman and her family.

In response to Susan — Alabama….

Amen!

One of the saddest things here is how many people, on this comment page included, seem to be practically saying this girl deserved what happened. This is tragic. Do you people also feel that a person who goes out and buys a lavish sports car to flaunt their public status deserves to die in a car accident? Everyone makes decisions at some level or another out of vanity. Show some respect.

Anyway you look at it, it was elective surgery. She died needlessly. Blame her, blame her parents, blame the doctor. Each had a hand in it. This wasn’t an impacted wisdom tooth, it was a vanity issue. Sad, and entirely preventable. 18 year olds may be “legal”, but they are for the most part still not ready to make the correct decisions, but the parents should have known better.

I feel sorry for the family, but when any kind of surgery is being performed you are well advised of the circumstances that it may bring.

That’s the beauty of the USA AT, we have the right to say what we want. She may have not deserved what happened to her, but neither do I feel pity for her. There are so many other worthwhile causes that are truly sad, a spoiled little florida girl dieing because she wanted to have a “perfect rack” isn’t one of them.
Am I insensitve? Most likely. I’m ashamed I’ve wasted the time and brain cells even looking at this story. Maybe this will prevent some other person from getting elective surgery for something so insignificant however.

“Do you people also feel that a person who goes out and buys a lavish sports car to flaunt their public status deserves to die in a car accident?”

If that person gets carried away and drives said lavish sports car carelessly, then yes, he deserves to die in a car accident.

Someone tell me: is an inverted nipple a medical condition? If it isn’t, then this surgery wasn’t necessary. Most people wouldn’t even know that you have an inverted nipple unless you specifically tell them. Unless, of course, I’m missing something here.

Unfortunately her life ended as it did, but never the less my prayers go out to the family. We should be happy with who we are, and what we look like. Just being able to wake up another day and getting through it should be a blessing. Life is the most wonderful gift one could receive, and should not be taken for granted. Live as is.

May she rest in Peace!

The bottom line is that this is a tragic situation no matter how you look at it. In response to MA about the sports car analogy: I believe you may have missed the point. Although the analogy is extreme, the point is valid. That point, in my opinion anyway, is that no matter how uncessesary or personaly vain something may be, death is a pretty harsh thing to say someone deserves because it if. What you drive and how you drive it are separate issues. My two cents…

For those who are critical of the parents or the girl, unless you are living with the same condition, you are really not qualified to judge. It may sound like she was involved in caring for a trivial condition to you, but I’m sure that the girl and her parents did not make the decision to undergo surgery lightly. Of course, no one expects a tragic outcome from something that is usually very safe. It’s just that this one thing turned out to be a mistake, for which she paid with her life.

When it comes right down to it, there were probably a hundred things that she did every day that were potentially more dangerous. If she had died in a car wreck, should the parents be criticized for allowing her to do such a dangerous activity? It is definately not necessary to drive a car. Many people live their whole lives without doing that, including my aunt and my mother-in-law. Yet we allow our kids to get on the road with these deadly machines every day. How irresponsible is that?!

One thing is certain, people die every day as a result of both necessary and elective surgery. No surgery is entirely routine or without risk. We weigh the odds and decide if they are acceptable. In her case, the odds were very reasonable.

For those that simply say, nobode should undergo elective surgery, that’s a personal decision that you are free to make, but don’t criticize thos who make a different decision from you. For that matter, who decides what is elective? Many operations are considered medically necessary today when they were not 25 years ago. For example, gastric bypasses are now considered necessary when the patient is morbidly obese. 20 years ago, these people were simply told to go on a diet. Am I saying that this girl’s operation was necessary? No, but I am pointing out that the definition of necessary continues to evolve. An inverted nipple can be considered a significant medical condition because it can prevent mothers from breast feeding their children. Considering the emphasis that our society puts on breast feeding, in another 10 years, inverted nipple correction might be considered necessary.

As a first year medical student, I find it appalling that a patient could still die from malignant hyperthermia. This is a condition that we learned about in our first 6 months of education, including the treatment of dantrolene and the physiological reasons behind the problem. Any anesthesiologist should be able to handle this without any difficulty. True, there are always risks during anesthesia, but this girl was in perfect health prior to her surgery. I can possibly cope with the recent news of Kanye West’s mother dying during surgery due to her poor health, but if the assumptions about cause of death are correct, someone really dropped the ball here.

I just left her funeral a few hours ago, which was held in a Cathloic church & now I wish all of you would just go rot in hell - thanks for making me feel this way - I was a good Catholic until I read these comments!

You people do not know her, her family or any of her friends yet you think your experts -

Don’t be jealous because your kids are low-lifes and won’t amount to anything, it is far easier for you to lay blame on her parents & Steph - she could afford it, she wanted it and she was 18 - it was her choice. Did she deserve to die? NO!

So go kiss your worthless families tonight & pray that they become even 1% of what Stepahnie was. Also pray that they never go through anything like this because it will be posted on websites & other people like all of you will make stupid, sensless comments.

Teenagers don’t need fake breasts–period. There is no medical necessity for artificial breasts. This was pure vanity. And sometimes vanity kills. Just ask author Olivia Goldsmith who died of complications from an elective neck lift. It comes with the territory. If you are so consumed with altering your body physically for vanity’s sake, you better be prepared for vanity’s death. I say it’s just a candidate for a Darwin Award. Maybe other parents will start acting like parents after reading this story.

What a poorly written story and terrible choice for a headline. I have read this story in other places and those articles pointed out that she was having this surgery to correct deformities in her breasts.

While this was still elective surgery, it was not a typical augmentation. It was done because her breasts were clearly different sizes and she had an inverted nipple. This is not as simple as the story writer made it out to be.

“An inverted nipple can be considered a significant medical condition because it can prevent mothers from breast feeding their children.”

Yes, because breastfeeding her future children was probably what the cheerleader in the story worried about when she decided to go through the surgery.

I basically agree with uga’d, I’m not feelin’ much sympathy here. People die everyday, and if I want to feel sorry for people I’ve never really met, I’d pick those who actually deserve out pity. Children starving, raped, or mutilated is a tragedy. A middle-class teenage girl died as a(n indirect) result of a cosmetic surgery is just idiocy.

I’m sure her breasts are perfect now that she’s in heaven. May she rest in peace.

She did not die from breast augmentation. She died from the anesthesia. There is a difference.

Okay, yes I think it’s ridiculous that a teenager was getting this procedure done but Richard M. in San Diego is right, it was the anesthesia reaction that killed her. So all you other people who are criticizing her, don’t say things unless you actually know what you’re talking about. She could have died from emergency heart surgery and you’d all feel bad for her.

and another thing, she wasn’t doing this for “vanity”, she was doing it because she had an inverted nipple. My cousin had an inverted nipple and that prevented her from being able to breast feed…again, don’t judge unless you know all the facts.

People, you need to read a whole article. This poster is being very irresponsible and should have mentioned that this was corrective surgery, not pure vanity (a regular breast implant). She cannot possibly be criticized for wanting surgery for mis-aligned breasts and inverted nipples. Idiots.

First Year medical student is appalled? Wait until your no longer wet behind the ears before judging.

Rather than throw stones at anyone, I will send my prayers to Stephanie that her soul is in peace in Heaven.

I also new Stephanie. A lot of you have no regard for human life. She did not know she was going to have a reaction to the medicine. I wonder if you feel the same way about cosmetic surgury with all the stars. Didn’t Ashley Tisdale just have a nose job and the countless numbers of face lifts. This could have happened to anyone. There are thousands of surgurys a day. And as someone else stated it could have just as easily happened with a tooth extraction.

This woman did not deserve to die, how dare you? God decides who dies. I am a pre-med student and I want to say that inverted nipples can be a medical condition. While I do feel this woman wanted this surgery to look better-it is none of our business, but inverted nipples can cause problems with nursing- implants are not a great solution for this, however you can nurse with them.-She wanted to look normal like every other American woman. Stop blaming the parents for signing off on this-They didn’t have to sign anything. At age 18 one can get whatever surgery he or she wishes with no additional signatures-

How about it Tim?

An anesthesiologist, not a CRNA.

It is a difficult thing to diagnose “early” enough, but both CRNA and Anesthesiologista are equally trained in it’s detection.

Sad for more reasons than her death.

This post is highly misleading. The surgery was a corrective procedure, not a plain augmentation, as indicated by the full article.

That’s so incredibly sad, does anyone know if she was in pain when she died?? She seems so sweet; hmmm I’m gona write about this on my blog!

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This was not some girl getting double D’s. I am a male but understand a female can see inverted nipples as a deformity and be very insecure about them. Admit your mistakes about all of your vanity comments and move on. I have never posted a response on a story until this one when I saw the ridiculous statements. Idiots.

Honestly the people making negitive remarks need to shutup and putting her into the category as oh she was just a “cheerleader”. I too am a cheerleader and cheered with her. She is not what all of you are making her out to be. Girls are self concious and regardless the reason if it was for personal reasons it was her and her parents deicision. What happened was sad and nobody can go back, but the least you all can do is feel sorry and stop saying horrible things.

It is amazing how many people are so quick to judge. She did nothing wrong. My heart goes out to her family. It sounds like we lost someone who would have made a difference in a world where people are so ruthless.

Obviously, some of you have never lived in or around Boca. Plastic surgery is no big deal there. Plus, she didn’t die of the plastic surgery, she died of anesthesia.

stephanie was one of my best friends. reading some of your comments are truely making me sick . you people didnt know stephanie nor do you know what kind of person she is. how dare u take her death and turn it into some sort of media rmapage for everyone to have an opinion about. not only was stephanie one of the most amazing people i have ever know she touched more peoples lives than any of you could ever imagine. all i can do is sit here and pity what pathetic lives those of you who are making rude comments have that you can make this about something she was doing for corrective surgury. you all discust me. for those of you who are leaving nice thougths for the family and friends thank you. i wish that you all got to know her to see what an amzing person shge truely was and not steriotype her to be the suck up beautiful cheerleader that probably picked on u when u were in highschool bc while she was beautiful, she was the farthest thing from stuck up. let stephanie rest in peace and leave her alone.

SHE DIDN’T DIE FROM THE BREAST AUGMENTATION.

Did most of you people even read the article?

You must all think you’re so big, but the reality is that anyone can sit at their computer and type shit about someone they don’t know.

Someone who is dead.

Rest In Peace.

this makes one put things into perspective…never the less, a tragic loss
Godspeed

We only have lessons to learn. Let’s love more our inner selves than our physical. I’m very sorry for the family. This girl is too young die and she doesn’t deserve to die that way. as a matter of fact, nobody does. This incident should be a wake-up call for anybody who still considers cosmetic surgery. we have to remember, this type of surgery is not covered by insurance companies.

This is sad news, and my condolences go to Stephanie’s family and friends.

I hope that someday it will be a routine practice to have patients undergo genetic screening in order to identify such risks to anaesthesia.

In her defense…she was a very young girl living in a world where image is everything. She grew up in an environment where perfection was the ultimate goal and sadly, she paid for it. I feel extremeley bad for her, her friends, and her family. I don’t care what anyone says…no one deserves to die at such a young age. And it sounds like she was a great person. She touched so many peoples’ lives in her 18 short years of life. Although I think that it is crucial that we circulate a better awareness of what could potentially happen during cosmetic surgery, I think that we should all just let her rest in peace.

What they don’t tell you is that she went in to fix an inverted areola, not to enlarge her breasts.

Goes to show how people love to jump to conclusions.

i wonder how many of you would be feeling if it were your daughter. reading the article before posting a nitwit comment would be most appreciated! she was a young lady that had wanted to do something about an inverted nipple, and feel better about herself. how many people out there have had the same thing done? nothing to do with vanity, just feeling good about herself! it never ceases to amaze me how many judgemental MORONS there are out there. get over yourself, think about how vain you may be, and SHUTTY!!!!

all this politically incorrect stuff is garbage. People should have to take tests for common sense, honestly if you daughter comes up to you and says she wants implants for her birthday….are you that crazy to let her do it?

It’s not the kids faults anymore, its the parents of a society that accepts such lewd behavior. Frustrating, but at least its slimming down the gene pool.

Pure win…..

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I just saw more pictures of Stephanie Kuleba on the net, and I now understand why she went through the surgery at all. It’s hard not to feel self-conscious about your breasts when your favorite clothes barely cover them like they are supposed to. Earlier I didn’t want to jump into any conclusion because she looked like the nice girl next door - decent and presentable - but apparently not even a near-straight-A student could rise above that cheerleader stereotype. I’m almost tempted to point and laugh, but of course there’s the whole PC thing going on. If she were still alive, I would bet my life that not everyone likes her as much as her friends likes to believe. Call me a jerk, but I wish she didn’t make it to the news where people are treating her as a martyr.

If she were my daughter, she easily would never be in that position. My daughter might die from cancer or a car accident and I would be sad, but my daughter would never go to a hospital and waste that much money just to improve her self-image. If my daughter went against all odds and had the surgery without my consent and ended up dead, I would be sad still - but for a very different reason. In fact, right now I feel a similar sense of sadness for the dead girl and her parents.

As for the poster above me, I do think that people shouldn’t be allowed to have kids unless they pass the common sense test. However, Stephanie Kuleba was eighteen year old, legally an adult. She had eighteen years to develop common sense of her own (and what with her near-straight-A record, she should be intellectually capable to do so), and it is unfair to lay all the blame on her parents or, worse, society.

I have a daughter that suffered from inverted nipples and believe me it was a very sensitive subject for her. She had a similar procedure (albeit without implants) and I can tell you first hand, her whole demeanor about herself, her appearance, her self confidence improved 1000 percent.

Yes, we were worried about the possible side effects of an operation but were more worried about her longterm self esteem.

Today, she is a happy and healthy mother of three (all of whom breast fed). Runs marathons, still looks great in a bikini and not embarrassed to wear one.

My thoughts and prayers go out to her family.

Whats wrong with all of you people?? She could have been equally affected by any other operation involving anesthesia . I, unlike any of you, had the privilege of knowing Stephanie. And i have to say that she must have been one of the nicest girls I have ever known. She was an amazing, careful, warm hearted person who never wished pain upon anyone. She truly did not deserve any of this. What hurts me more about this event is the fact that out of all these comments posted on this site are against her and I could only find ONE comment supporting her. All of you should know better. I sat next to her in school and I know that you know nothing about her. In fact your most likely know just as much about her as you do my grandmother who lives in Austria.

Just because this, I hope your mothers die tomorrow so that everyone can mock her reason of death. see how you like it

Steph RIP

Read the article people befor you judge….she was 18 she didnt need her parents consent

yikes.

I have read every article I can find regarding this young lady. She may have been the most wonderful person in the world but she made a terrible risky decision. What woman in the world does NOT have assymetrical breasts? And i had 3 children with an inverted nipple and breast feed them all! I am 40 years old and honestly who sees your nipple to know you even have it? The wonder bras out there these days should cut down on breast implants tremendously! One article said that the friends said they didn’t even know she had the problem that they thought she was going in for implants! You just never know how to trust. Terrible and I feel for those parents but choices are ours to make and her and her mom made a BAD choice.
I sure hope this family is not able to get rich (excuse me richER) off the doctors. This is a risk explained prior to surgery. Your risk—Your choice.
And this nonsense is what keeps driving the malpractice insurance sky high and healthcare through the roof!

To those posting that she deserved it, or deserves no sympathy: You people are utterly revolting. It takes a truly warped person with a sick moral worldview to actually think that a person who undergoes cosmetic surgery deserves no sympathy if she dies, because they “knew the risks” or deserve to be punished for their alleged vanity.

Every one of us takes all sorts of risks every day- getting in a car wreck, slipping in the shower, being mugged if we leave the house. Thousands of people safely undergo cosmetic procedures every year; it’s not some wildly dangerous activity that only a fool could possibly engage in. Do people hit by cars deserve no sympathy, since they chose to take the risk of crossing the street? Do women who are raped or murdered while going out after dark deserve it because, after all, they voluntarily chose to take that risk by leaving the house when they could have stayed in?

What’s even more pathetic is the way some of you try to cloak your malice, envy, and sadism by talking about this tragedy as if it were righteous punishment for vanity or stupidity. I suspect a lot of this is sheer envy- she was pretty, socially successful, did well in school, and was going to go into medicine. Some people can’t forgive things like that. If you’re going to envious and cruel, that’s your right, but don’t insult my intelligence by acting like you’re morally superior to the person whose grave you’re spitting on.

I’d say that you should be ashamed of yourselves, but I’d probably be wasting my time. A capacity for shame requires a conscience, and many of you appear to have none. I can only hope that the anonymity of the internet is bringing out the worst in you, and that you aren’t this sociopathic in daily life. I know nothing about this girl beyond what’s in the article, and nothing about any of you beyond what you’ve posted here, but I’d still wager good money that her death was a greater loss to the world than any of yours would be.

What a pity that everyone is so busy flaming everyone else - on both sides of the discussion. There is so much needless posturing. I feel bad for the young lady and her family. She made a decision about a low-risk proceedure that just ended very badly. Those who would not have chosen the elective surgery: You’re right! Those who would have had the surgery: You’re also right! It is a personal decision and there is no answer that is right for everyone. You see, that’s what makes living in a free country great. We get to make decisions, good or bad, without someone else telling us what to do. I am very happy that we can all choose to be individuals and you all should be glad, too. I’m sorry to hear that this one happened to work out so badly for her and her family.

First, God Bless Stephanie, her family and friends in this difficult time. My prayers are with you all.
I had a reaction to anesthesia back in 91’. I remember waking up after the operation and the doctor asking me how I felt. I told him “like a truck hit me!” I had never been under before and didn’t know if this was normal. They took me back to my room. When the nurse was leaving the room, I remember her saying “it looked like you were fighting the anesthetic; we gave you more than we usually give.”
She came back and had to do a urine check before I left. It came out almost black. She put me back in bed and ran down the hall. Came back with another nurse and they rushed me back down to post-op.
The anesthesiologist met me there and said, “remember when I said there was a very slight chance of having a reaction? Well, you are having one”
I can’t remember off hand the name of the medication, but it sounds similar to what was mentioned above. It’s a powder. They had 5 people around me. Two were taking the vials and mixing water, I believe in the powder and one person was putting the medication in.
The anesthesiologist took a chart off the wall to read step by step what to do. He had never seen it before in 20 yrs.
When they did the treatment, I could not lift my head off the pillow. The muscle relaxants would hardly let me move.
Over to intensive care for a couple of days. They said after 48 hours of no symptoms, I should be fine. I made it to 47 hours and had a relapse.
The one thing that saved my life was that the hospital had the medication on hand and they were able to administer it quickly. I used up the supply in one city hospital and began to use the supply of another city nearby. They were prepared. I didn’t sue, even after I got billed for the extra anesthetic I was given.
Today, I still have doctors who don’t seem as concerned as they should when treating family members, including my son and daughter. This sets me off pretty quick. I have a card that I carry that explains what can be given and what not to give. It also says how to clean and anesthesia machine before it is used by someone who is MH susceptible.

Who are all of you to judge her? You don’t even know why she had the surgery. It’s not breast augmentation that should make America weep. It’s judgemental holier than thou people like all of you that is shameful and fueling the media.

That’s what happens when librals get out of control.

What is shameful is the fact that this child went in for elective surgery and people are trying to say she had a birth defect??? so what if she did? look at all the people with real birth defects that are seen by all and aren’t coverd by clothing. I saw the pictures of her all over the internet and she looked just fine to me. you would never have been able to tell that her breast were uneven or that she had a nipple inverted, which by the way, every woman has breasts that are not even! no matter how sad and how much i feel or anyone else feels for this family it looks to be self image and that is fine if she didn’t like the way her breast looked and i am not saying she deserved to die but i am saying this was not medically necessary surgery and everyone needs to be careful and make that decision a little more carefully when deciding whether to go under the knife or not. I think alot of times people think oh well there is a risk but i am not likely to be the one anything happens to. And i don’t think people are judging her i just think they are giving their opinions. and everyone is entitled to that! God doesn’t value one person any less than another just because of the way they think!

It really doesn’t matter if she had a defect or not. It was her decision. Others might not consider it a defect, but that’s her personal call, not yours or mine. In our country, people are free to make their own decisions and it’s not for us to criticize them as long as they aren’t hurting anyone else, which she wasn’t. She didn’t use public funds to pay for the operation, so her decision was entirely up to her. Who are we to stand in judgement or to decide what is necessary? With thinking like that, we’d have big brother saving us from ourselves even more than they already meddle. Be sad for the outcome, but glad that she was free to make the decision on her own.

This isnt a matter of vanity or necessity. It was a rutiene opperation and she shouldnt have dies from it. This is the surgon’s fault.

Nothing routine about breast surgery. when you are putting something in the body such as implants then you can not say that is routine. not the surgeon’s fault he didn’t make her have the surgery and his reputation is very well known. God has numbered all our lives and no matter what, it was her time to go and nothing or no one could have stopped that. And for Kyle, looks to me like her decision did hurt others…..terribly.
and the definition of necessary is… being essential, indispensable, or requisite per dictionary.com. so you tell me if it was necessary for life… no it was not. she could have survived and functioned normally without the operation.
God is our defender and our time clock. The best we can do is live our lives in a manner pleasing to our Lord and it sounds like this young lady was a wonderful girl.

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We have a lot of conditions that are not life threatenting that are still considered necessary, so I’m sorry “that’s lame”, but you’re treading on a slippery slope. As I’ve said before, you are free to decide what is necessary in your case, but we must leave that same decision to each individual or we give up one of our prized liberties.

As for her actions hurting others, certainly her family and friends were hurt by her death, but so would they if she had been killed in a simple automobile accident. However, she did not impose a burden on society by her actions, which is what I was referring to.

Suppose we die in a car accident while doing something frivous like driving to a picnic? Are we irresponsible because our lives ended while doing something completely unnecessary? Using the argument of necessity and hurting others by our deaths, should we not therefore ban automobiles since they pose a significantly higher risk of injury or death than did the operation that this woman underwent? The fact is that we make exactly the same risk assessment every time we drive our car as this woman did when she elected to have the operation. The risk is fairly low, so we do it.

How can we criticize her for doing the exact same thing that we do in other ways every day?