Guest guest Posted April 15, 2003 Report Share Posted April 15, 2003 Please write to if you have any experience with this! Her address is: smcaneeley@... ----- Original Message ----- From: " McAneeley " <smcaneeley@...> <fdp@...> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 12:01 PM Subject: re meme implants > Patty > > I feel like a veteran survivor of a great experiment. I have had two > sets of implants and finally had them removed a long time ago. Now- 10 > years later, they are haunting me with residual silicone in axilla lypmh > nodes.Does anyone who had them removed have residual silicone in the > lymph nodes and what are you to do about that? > > I no longer am current with research any recommendations? > > , Canada > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 revealed what she has been dealing with since implants, wanted to share this with all of you. I hope you have had a chance to write her. ----- Original Message ----- From: " " <smcaneeley@...> " ~*Patty*~ " <fdp@...> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 4:46 PM Subject: Re: re meme implants > Patty thank you for the note. Yes, I had a lot of health problem during > the time that I had implants. I will not nor can not ascribe health > issues to implants only since I have no way of knowing what issues > belong to what. Nor will I ever believe that a foreign substance in the > body, outside of the digestive system is okay. So what were the issues, > arthralgias, rolling electrical pains in my right leg, rashes of all > sorts, fatigue or waking 20 hours at a time, swelling, hives, brain fog, > depression, permanently swollen lymph nodes, etc. I don't think I can > even remember all of the health issues. I burned the files about 7 years > ago and decided to get on with my life. I thought I had put it all > behind me when I had them removed, along with most of my own breast > tissue. Presently I am unsure what belongs to that nightmare. I had a > massive lymph node swelling on one side recently, but it did go away > after a couple of months. What did not go away were about 9 lumps in the > axilla. I have a persistent cough, persistent arthralgias and polyps in > bladder and uterus. Related??? I don't know. I am going to go for a full > ct scan and try to locate whether there is silicone in lungs etc. i will > let you know how it goes then. I am sad that women continue to get > implants. There is nothing as painful as suffering the pergatory of not > knowing- knowing what is in your own body. > > > > > ~*Patty*~ wrote: > > > > Hi , > > I am sorry to hear about your situation. I, too, felt like an experiment! > > But your situation sounds a little different than mine. I have written to > > my group to ask them to write to you if they have any experience with what > > you are talking about regarding residual silicone. > > > > You should be hearing from several of the women, as I know several of them > > have had problems with residual silicone. I have heard of it coming out of > > the skin, and working its way through your body, hopefully to be excreted in > > some way. However, I have also heard that silicone does not like to leave > > the body very easily. I am certain that some of the women have had to have > > granulomas removed, or lumps of silicone that have hung around to make > > nuisance of themselves. > > > > Other than surgery to remove the silicone in your axilla lymph nodes, the > > only thing I can really suggest is to get into a very detailed and specific > > detoxing program in order to prompt your body into removing some of these > > toxins. > > > > I did want to ask, since you didn't mention, are you having any troubling > > symptoms as a result of this residual silicone? Were you ill from your > > implants? > > > > I will also invite you to join our saline support group, which has a number > > of women who also had silicone gel. I am sure you will find help there, > > including from our very knowledgeable plastic surgeon, Dr. Kolb. > > Dr.Lu Feng in Cleveland Ohio also is an excellent plastic surgeon who > > you may want to contact for more information regarding your situation. She > > deals with the effects of ruptured implants and the removal of loose > > silicone in a compassionate and skilled way. > > > > I wish you the best, and don't hesitate to ask more questions. There is > > plenty of information on the net now regarding the damage from silicone > > breast implants. I encourage you to look through the links that are posted > > on the saline support group. > > Blessings, > > Patty > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: " McAneeley " <smcaneeley@...> > > <fdp@...> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 12:01 PM > > Subject: re meme implants > > > > > Patty > > > > > > I feel like a veteran survivor of a great experiment. I have had two > > > sets of implants and finally had them removed a long time ago. Now- 10 > > > years later, they are haunting me with residual silicone in axilla lypmh > > > nodes.Does anyone who had them removed have residual silicone in the > > > lymph nodes and what are you to do about that? > > > > > > I no longer am current with research any recommendations? > > > > > > , Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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