Fw: Parnell Implant Survivor Please Reply

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----- Original Message ----- From: ilena rose

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Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 7:40 AM

Subject: Re: Parnell Implant Survivor Please Reply

Hi ... thank you so much for writing.

I'm going to forward your very important message on to some women in our support system who can provide some sage advice for you.

My very best regards, please stay in touch.

Ilena

http://www.BreastImplantAwareness.org

bparnell@... ilena@... Subject: Parnell Implant Survivor Please Reply Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 01:09:37 -0700 (PDT)

After 5 child births and a abusive marriage I went to see a plastic surgin to help me restore my breast ,dignity,selfworth as well as selfesteme. He placed silicone implants on the outside of the muscel. These lasted 10 yrs. before they became odd shaped. I called just for a check up and once they looked at my chart and saw they were Dow Corning i was seen free of charge. He wanted to replace them due to fear of leakage and it was at the same time Down Corning was going through a lot of legal action. He replaced them with saline filled also under my very thin skin. They hug low.I could see and feel the implants as well as the discomfort of the weight. I have hardley any breast tissue at all and have always worn a 38C bra even though before the implants my bra was filled with empty skin. I was only 29 yrs. old at the time. After both implants I still kept the same bra size. Size was not a issue. Feeling and looking like a women was. In 200 I was seen by a differant surgen a nd!

was told the only way to go was a maxoplexcy.(please excuse my spelling) 4 1/2 hrs later. Several weeks of horriable pain and recovery I looked like instiens wife. The scarring was puckered as though you had pulled a string on a sweater. Tight agianst my ribs. Couldnt lift my arms due to this. My nipples I couldnt see looking down. They were facing my feet. Left breast was much larger than the right. I looked horriable. Not to mention my nipples were mow the size of dimes. To correct this I was brought back in 3 times to have the top of my nipples cut and lifted higher. The only result in these 3 surgery was more pain and no improvment at all so i refused any more operations. After only a few months I felt ill. Tired all the time. Depression and couldnt sleep. Muscel aches and the worst miagrains you could imagine. The headaches usuallt woke me from sleep and no matter what I took for them nothing helped. I had never suffered from miagrains ever before. All th is was c! ontributed to pre menopause since by this time I was 43. One year afte r tis surgery my symptoms became worse. Then I noticed my left breast swelling. My arm went numb and the miagrains were constant. The pressure of the swelling was so bad I felt like I couldnt breath. The swelling had reached my collar bone and I was in horriable pain and so scared. It tool 3 calls to my Drs. office and finally they got mad because I was insisting to be seen and told me to go to E.R. which I did. Xray and Cat Scan results was the implant had ruptured.I was shocked because I was told if that happened theywould just deflate and absorb in my body no problem. I was given pain meds and sent home. Few days passed and I ws finally seen by my Dr. which set a date for removal. She said my chest cavity must be retaining the fluid. And she would do my a favor and replace both implants to correct how awful I looked from her previous botched up surgery. I woke up to a big surprise. The implant hadent ruptuerd at all. It was full of black tar and black fuzzy hair y mold! I ! asked to see it. I asked her if she was surprised that I didnt gush all that fluid and she said I gushed alot of puss like fluid. I was terrified and never went back. i've been to several different Dr.s which all tellme how lucky I was that the CT Scan was read wrong. That I could have died from the infection because most antibiotics wouldnt have work since they didnt know what they would be treating and it was coming from inside the implant. Others tell me how lucky that it didnt rupture because that mold??? would have gone straight to my heart and killed me as though it was a blood clot. Why dont I feel lucky? I still look difigured in all. Have been told not to worry because my new husband is the only one to see me. And am I cured? I still dont feel good and theres not a Dr. Anywhere that wants to treat me after I explain everything.Everthing I have read states the implants should be removed when infection is present and not replaced for months until all presenc e of infe! ction is gone. She replaced them as soon as she took the mold filled i nfected breast. Now it will be a year this Sept. 11th.since the mold filled one was removed. I live in fear that something is wrong. What is growing inside me and will it kill me this time. I still have numbness and pain. And disfigurement. It will cost me several thousand dollors which I dont have to have them taken out and be left with looking like I'm 100 yrs old. Now I have no breast tissue. Is there any hope for me? Would you please reply and let me now what you think of my situation.I even hired a lawyer which was lucky to get my files and as of months of trying to get a response from my Dr. or help from any other Dr. he has also failed to help. I feel like a outcast and I cant find anyone to help me or give me direction. I want to know what went wrong and am I in danger now? Thank you for your time, Parnell

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