Re: New to site, my BA scheduled for 11/24

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

You are doing the right thing and that is researching BA and knowing all the facts. I wish I would have done that before I had my BA because things would have been alot different. Can I ask you WHY you are getting breast implants? I wish I could go back because I would cherish my uneven small breasts and get MORE SELF ESTEEM AND SELF CONFIDENCE and realize that VANITY is not as important as being REAL AND AUTHENTIC. I don't blame society or that people put so much stress on us to look better. I BLAME MYSELF FOR BUYING IN TO ALL OF THAT. I know I am a much stronger person and woman than that or at least I thought so. When you know WHO YOU ARE and you are a GOOD PERSON inside and you have faith in a higher power, it doesn't matter what you look like outside, YOU WILL LOOK BEAUTIFUL TO EVERYONE. Everyone that is authentic and real and good.

I got sick as everybody on this website has from implants. Saline implants have a SILICONE SHELL. Just the word silicone should make every woman's skin crawl if you were even breathing in the 80's and 90's.

I BEG YOU TO really really think about what you are doing because YOUR BODY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. I wish I could have by perky small uneven breasts back but they are gone for good.

You will make the right decision if you really research implants.

Teri

----- Original Message -----

From: nonstopmx6

Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 5:30 PM

Subject: New to site, my BA scheduled for 11/24

Hi, I haven't gotten a chance to search the site as much as I would like, but so far I am really glad to see the "other side" as I am used to hearing only positive feedback from breastimplants411.com. I feel I have done substantial research, but real experiences have more weight...please offer insight as to what went wrong as to cause needing implant removal...or if it was due to other reasons (non-health related)I have my pre-op appt. 10/30 and want to be very prepared to questions I should ask my PS. Thank you all so much!

[Guest guest]

Hi Teri,

Thank you for your reply, I am almost 21 yrs old...I have wanted implants since the age of 15 or so, I am not a petite person yet my breasts are. I feel extremely dis-portioned, not only am I small chested but I have been classified as "tuberous" - the breast tissue I do have is behind the nipple so I am also very unhappy with the way they look. I KNOW I SHOULD have confidence in my body and not care how others view me but I am to the point that I wear extremely padded bras/bathing suits and will never go bra-less (even though I don't need to wear a bra) even in my PJ's if my family/friends are around. I read "Patty's Story" and that does scare me. She mentioned that getting implants is like playing Russian Roulette, however in my mind, I guess I look at it like, well if I have to get them removed at least I took a chance, and I won't end up much worse than when I started. My boyfriend of 4 yrs, whom I live with, is very supportive but also is very concerned with the health

risks. I just feel that I was cheated in some way by my shape, I wish that I could just be happy with my health and other good features and not focus so much on my chest but I can't help it. We refinanced our house a few months ago to get the $ for the procedure, I already put my deposit down, I guess I will just pray for the best...I think I do blame it on society for making me so self-conscious, and BELIEVE ME I wish I didn't buy into it, but I can't change the way I think and feel. I don't even want to get big implants, just enough to feel proportioned. My freshman year of high school, my friends would tease me and call me the president of the "Itty bitty titty committee" horrible, huh? It's like my smallness has been implanted in my brain since about sixth grade, when girls started developing and I didn't...I am sure many that have had implants and then explants want to shake some sense into me, I don't want health problems due to vanity issues...but that "It won't happen

to me" hope is still in my mind.

Sincerely,

Teri <coolchickie@...> wrote:

Hi ,

You are doing the right thing and that is researching BA and knowing all the facts. I wish I would have done that before I had my BA because things would have been alot different. Can I ask you WHY you are getting breast implants? I wish I could go back because I would cherish my uneven small breasts and get MORE SELF ESTEEM AND SELF CONFIDENCE and realize that VANITY is not as important as being REAL AND AUTHENTIC. I don't blame society or that people put so much stress on us to look better. I BLAME MYSELF FOR BUYING IN TO ALL OF THAT. I know I am a much stronger person and woman than that or at least I thought so. When you know WHO YOU ARE and you are a GOOD PERSON inside and you have faith in a higher power, it doesn't matter what you look like outside, YOU WILL LOOK BEAUTIFUL TO EVERYONE. Everyone that is authentic and real and good.

I got sick as everybody on this website has from implants. Saline implants have a SILICONE SHELL. Just the word silicone should make every woman's skin crawl if you were even breathing in the 80's and 90's.

I BEG YOU TO really really think about what you are doing because YOUR BODY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. I wish I could have by perky small uneven breasts back but they are gone for good.

You will make the right decision if you really research implants.

Teri

----- Original Message -----

From: nonstopmx6

Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 5:30 PM

Subject: New to site, my BA scheduled for 11/24

Hi, I haven't gotten a chance to search the site as much as I would like, but so far I am really glad to see the "other side" as I am used to hearing only positive feedback from breastimplants411.com. I feel I have done substantial research, but real experiences have more weight...please offer insight as to what went wrong as to cause needing implant removal...or if it was due to other reasons (non-health related)I have my pre-op appt. 10/30 and want to be very prepared to questions I should ask my PS. Thank you all so much!

[Guest guest]

Dear , everyone on this sight has self esteem problems, and yours sounds more like a real need to have the surgery than vanity. I understand. me too, i breastfed for 4 years and had 82 yr. old womens, flat breasts and really needed implnats. But, theres no lower self esteem than not being able to work, no one believing you're really in pain and suffereing. Your PS will NEVER TELL YOU THE TRUTH, HE PROBABLY DOSEN'T WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH HIMSELF. So far I do not think it can be proven that even a ruptured silicone breast implants cause Lupus, but other studies we read says there is a correlation. For somereason, the message isn't getting through. The FDA knows that there is a lot of us out here that suffer but they attrubute it to the normal average that would develpop these symptoms anyway. You know what, breast implants are unnatural, feel unnatural and you may not want your boyfriend even toucing them. They look

nice, but it wont be the same. It'll be another thning to be imbarrassed about. Problems, locally but more so all over joint pain and chornic fatigue that is dabilitating. Look, alls I can say is your life will be 10 times worse after implnats. You'll be grateful just to have health. Save your money. Use it wisely. Glorify God, Find true peace that only comes from knowing Jesus. Grow old naturally, not 40 years taken off your life. I'm now a 44 year old women, but I've suffered like an 82 year old women. Some of my elders have been stronger than I am. And I was always the hulk. Big time. Super human strength. I struggle to regain some strength by walking every day. Its hard I haven't worked in 3 years. Please don't poison yourself. Please pray to God. If your boyfriend reads this and he lets you do this I'd question his love for you. He should try to tlak you out

of it. It will be the DUMBEST MISTAKE IN YOUR LIFE. YOU'LL NOT BE ABLE TO GET YOUR LIFE BACK ONCE THE DAMBAGE IS DONE. YOU DON'T KNOW PAIN UNTIL YOU'RE CRIPPLED AT AN EARLY AGE, Find out your inner self get intouch with insecurities and be greatful you have a boyfriend who loves you. Get married put God first. Hey alot of us on here find God because we've been so humbled. Find him before you have to suffer. Now we're grateful for the health we are regaining and relize how little looks mean, if we could only walk again, think clearly, work all day, Stop, Stop the process, go on a trip. something. thank God you found us, he has a plan for you. Hugs, . Serbe <nonstopmx6@...> wrote:

Hi Teri,

Thank you for your reply, I am almost 21 yrs old...I have wanted implants since the age of 15 or so, I am not a petite person yet my breasts are. I feel extremely dis-portioned, not only am I small chested but I have been classified as "tuberous" - the breast tissue I do have is behind the nipple so I am also very unhappy with the way they look. I KNOW I SHOULD have confidence in my body and not care how others view me but I am to the point that I wear extremely padded bras/bathing suits and will never go bra-less (even though I don't need to wear a bra) even in my PJ's if my family/friends are around. I read "Patty's Story" and that does scare me. She mentioned that getting implants is like playing Russian Roulette, however in my mind, I guess I look at it like, well if I have to get them removed at least I took a chance, and I won't end up much worse than when I started. My boyfriend of 4 yrs, whom I live with, is very supportive but also is very concerned with the health

risks. I just feel that I was cheated in some way by my shape, I wish that I could just be happy with my health and other good features and not focus so much on my chest but I can't help it. We refinanced our house a few months ago to get the $ for the procedure, I already put my deposit down, I guess I will just pray for the best...I think I do blame it on society for making me so self-conscious, and BELIEVE ME I wish I didn't buy into it, but I can't change the way I think and feel. I don't even want to get big implants, just enough to feel proportioned. My freshman year of high school, my friends would tease me and call me the president of the "Itty bitty titty committee" horrible, huh? It's like my smallness has been implanted in my brain since about sixth grade, when girls started developing and I didn't...I am sure many that have had implants and then explants want to shake some sense into me, I don't want health problems due to vanity issues...but that "It won't happen

to me" hope is still in my mind.

Sincerely,

Teri <coolchickie@...> wrote:

Hi ,

You are doing the right thing and that is researching BA and knowing all the facts. I wish I would have done that before I had my BA because things would have been alot different. Can I ask you WHY you are getting breast implants? I wish I could go back because I would cherish my uneven small breasts and get MORE SELF ESTEEM AND SELF CONFIDENCE and realize that VANITY is not as important as being REAL AND AUTHENTIC. I don't blame society or that people put so much stress on us to look better. I BLAME MYSELF FOR BUYING IN TO ALL OF THAT. I know I am a much stronger person and woman than that or at least I thought so. When you know WHO YOU ARE and you are a GOOD PERSON inside and you have faith in a higher power, it doesn't matter what you look like outside, YOU WILL LOOK BEAUTIFUL TO EVERYONE. Everyone that is authentic and real and good.

I got sick as everybody on this website has from implants. Saline implants have a SILICONE SHELL. Just the word silicone should make every woman's skin crawl if you were even breathing in the 80's and 90's.

I BEG YOU TO really really think about what you are doing because YOUR BODY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. I wish I could have by perky small uneven breasts back but they are gone for good.

You will make the right decision if you really research implants.

Teri

----- Original Message -----

From: nonstopmx6

Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 5:30 PM

Subject: New to site, my BA scheduled for 11/24

Hi, I haven't gotten a chance to search the site as much as I would like, but so far I am really glad to see the "other side" as I am used to hearing only positive feedback from breastimplants411.com. I feel I have done substantial research, but real experiences have more weight...please offer insight as to what went wrong as to cause needing implant removal...or if it was due to other reasons (non-health related)I have my pre-op appt. 10/30 and want to be very prepared to questions I should ask my PS. Thank you all so much!

[Guest guest]

--- In , " nonstopmx6 " <nonstopmx6@y...>

wrote:

> Hi, I haven't gotten a chance to search the site as much as I

would

> like, but so far I am really glad to see the " other side " as I am

> used to hearing only positive feedback from breastimplants411.com.

I

> feel I have done substantial research, but real experiences have

> more weight...please offer insight as to what went wrong as to

cause

> needing implant removal...or if it was due to other reasons (non-

> health related)I have my pre-op appt. 10/30 and want to be very

> prepared to questions I should ask my PS.

>

> Thank you all so much!

>

[Guest guest]

---

Dear stephanie

Just like carrie I just typed you a long email and then it wouldn't

post! so I will try again. I hope this shows just how much we care

about you and your health. Let me tell you my story. Like you, I

am very very flat. I wear a 34AA padded bra and there is nothing to

fill it with. I hate wearing nitegowns without a bra too. I

basically look like a boy with perhaps just a tad of babyfat in his

bosom. Even that is too generous. anyway, when silicone implants

were out there, I wouldn';t consider them. But saline ones came out

and my 2 sisters and best friend got them. Even though my husband

never asked me to get them he was supportive when i said I would

like to get them. Afterall, they were just harmless saline.

i got them. I sort of liked them. They filled out myclothes and I

looked more womanly. But they sort of looked like two balls had

been stuck on my chest. If you are flat, that is exactly how the

implant will pretty much look. I didn't get big ones. In fact no

one even noticed a difference with my clothes on. I think I was a

34B afterward. But normal breasts are not so round on top usually.

I could always feel the implant. The smaller you are, the more

evident the implant is to you because there is not much breast

tissue for it to be buried behind. They were uncomfortable alot and

you could feel the edges of the implant. I also could feel 2 hard

spots in each breast around the nipple area. it scared me to

death. It turns out there were two valve like tabs on the implant.

I always felt like I had cancer. It was hard to kkow what was me

and what was a ridge from the impllant.

At any rate, overall I thought I was better off and was glad I had

the surgery. But i slowly deteriated. At first I just thought it

was my fibromaylia symptoms acting up. But then, I got really bad

in a couple month period in 2001. I had just about every symptom on

this site and more. Myskin was getting tight and my fingers and

toes were hurting terribly and swelling. I had tendon tightening

everywhere. My heart would beat 130 beats a minute when I was just

WALKING and began skipping hundreds of beats a day. i started

having bad episodes where I felt like I was drunk and my scalp

tingled and I lost weight and couldn't eat because my stomach hurt

so much. I felt like I couldn't swallow. I realized I had many

symptoms of scleroderma which is one of the most devastating of the

autoimmune diseases. it turns your skin and organs hard and

statistics show that over 60% of people with systemic scleroderma

die within ten years of diagnosis. I was petrified. I was in

pain. I couldn't think. I wanted to die. I saw a doc who

diagnosed me with mixed connective tissue disease--overlap of lupus

and sleroderma symptoms. These can be serious, life threatening

diseases. I prayed andprayed to God to show me what to do. I found

this site and realized what had happened. Do you know that

scleroderma has been especially tied to implants? I got my implants

out 2 years ago. I am still fighting many of these symptoms. I

immediately got better with some, proving the implants were behind

my sickness. But the last 2 years has cost me thousands and

thousands of dollars in surgery and treatments to get well. As I do

the treatments, I constantly go through periods of pain and extreme

fatigue as my body tries to eliminate the toxins I am killing. IT

IS NOT FUN. And there is no guarantee you will get better.

Meanwhile I miss out on my kids lives and fun things I could be

doing if I felt good enough. Believe me, it was not worth it. IT

WAS SO NOT WORTH IT. Now my one sister and my friend are having all

kinds of problems. But they refuse to believe it is their

implants.

I am flat again and I don't care. I care so much more about being

alive for my husband and children. I care so much more about

feeling well. How much would you like your implants if you could't

enjoy your life with them? Ask the women on this site who have

vulvadynia and can't have sex without pain. I was one of them. I

really do appreciate how you feel about your selfesteem. I have

been there. And i still get twinges of jealousy even on this site

when I see how much more breasts most of these women have than I

do. But we are not perfect and never will be. There are many more

things wrong with me than the size of my breasts and I can't fix

that either. And as we get older, more things in our body change--

our skin can sag, we can lose hair---and by the way, many women with

breast implant loose hair and I haven't seen many of them say it

stopped when they got their implants out. Patty does more than

anybody I know to get healthy and she still suffers from thyroid

disease caused by the implants.

At least keep your eyes open. You should not and cannot count on

getting well--at least completely--if you get your implants out.

Autoimmune disease is complex and persistent. I have a suggestion

for you. Please go to the www.rheumatic.org site and read some of

their posts. Or www.roadback.org and click on Bulletin Board. REad

the stories of people with Rheumatoid arthritis, fms, lupus,

scleroderma, and other autoimmune illness. You will become

convinced you never never want any of these diseases. Yet these

same diseases crop up in those who get sick with implants. Are you

really willing to risk that kind of pain, fatigue, brain fog,

disability and possibly even early death on the hopes you will be

lucky and not get sick? Hundreds of women on this site would tell

you how very sorry they are that they took this risk and became one

of those women who the implants made sick.

The plastic surgeon wil tell you implants don't make you sick. there

is no proof. Please realize we are proof. And that the studies were

backed by the mfg. of implants. Big money talks. I am sure that

not everyone gets sick from implants. we all have different immune

systems. But look at patty. The picture of health and yet she

totally lost her health within a year of getting implants. Then

look at me. I had fibromyalgia. You could say I should have known

beter. But I didn't . Yet I deteriated for eleven years slowly

before suddenly getting rapidly worse. So I don't think there is

any way you can figure out whether your immune system is going to

react or not. Ask your plastic surgeon if there is anything he can

do without implants to make your breasts look better. If not, buy

some of these fillers the women on this site talk about and save

your precious health. We live in a society that is very focused on

physical appearance. We have to get past that. There is so much

more to life! And like I said before, once you get the breast

implant, something else will make you unhappy aobut the way you

look. Because that is how we are. We focus on what is wrong with

us instead of what is right! I am praying you will reconsider your

choice. Good luck

God's blessings, kathy

In , Serbe <nonstopmx6@y...>

wrote:

>

>

>

> Hi Teri,

>

> Thank you for your reply, I am almost 21 yrs old...I have wanted

implants since the age of 15 or so, I am not a petite person yet my

breasts are. I feel extremely dis-portioned, not only am I small

chested but I have been classified as " tuberous " - the breast tissue

I do have is behind the nipple so I am also very unhappy with the

way they look. I KNOW I SHOULD have confidence in my body and not

care how others view me but I am to the point that I wear extremely

padded bras/bathing suits and will never go bra-less (even though I

don't need to wear a bra) even in my PJ's if my family/friends are

around. I read " Patty's Story " and that does scare me. She mentioned

that getting implants is like playing Russian Roulette, however in

my mind, I guess I look at it like, well if I have to get them

removed at least I took a chance, and I won't end up much worse than

when I started. My boyfriend of 4 yrs, whom I live with, is very

supportive but also is very concerned with the health risks. I

> just feel that I was cheated in some way by my shape, I wish that

I could just be happy with my health and other good features and not

focus so much on my chest but I can't help it. We refinanced our

house a few months ago to get the $ for the procedure, I already put

my deposit down, I guess I will just pray for the best...I think I

do blame it on society for making me so self-conscious, and BELIEVE

ME I wish I didn't buy into it, but I can't change the way I think

and feel. I don't even want to get big implants, just enough to feel

proportioned. My freshman year of high school, my friends would

tease me and call me the president of the " Itty bitty titty

committee " horrible, huh? It's like my smallness has been implanted

in my brain since about sixth grade, when girls started developing

and I didn't...I am sure many that have had implants and then

explants want to shake some sense into me, I don't want health

problems due to vanity issues...but that " It won't happen to me "

hope is

> still in my mind.

>

> Sincerely,

>

>

>

>

>

> Teri <coolchickie@p...> wrote: Hi ,

>

> You are doing the right thing and that is researching BA and

knowing all the facts. I wish I would have done that before I had

my BA because things would have been alot different. Can I ask you

WHY you are getting breast implants? I wish I could go back because

I would cherish my uneven small breasts and get MORE SELF ESTEEM AND

SELF CONFIDENCE and realize that VANITY is not as important as

being REAL AND AUTHENTIC. I don't blame society or that people put

so much stress on us to look better. I BLAME MYSELF FOR BUYING IN

TO ALL OF THAT. I know I am a much stronger person and woman than

that or at least I thought so. When you know WHO YOU ARE and you

are a GOOD PERSON inside and you have faith in a higher power, it

doesn't matter what you look like outside, YOU WILL LOOK BEAUTIFUL

TO EVERYONE. Everyone that is authentic and real and good.

>

> I got sick as everybody on this website has from implants. Saline

implants have a SILICONE SHELL. Just the word silicone should make

every woman's skin crawl if you were even breathing in the 80's and

90's.

>

> I BEG YOU TO really really think about what you are doing because

YOUR BODY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. I wish I could have by perky

small uneven breasts back but they are gone for good.

>

> You will make the right decision if you really research implants.

>

> Teri

>

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: nonstopmx6

>

> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 5:30 PM

> Subject: New to site, my BA scheduled for 11/24

>

>

> Hi, I haven't gotten a chance to search the site as much as I

would

> like, but so far I am really glad to see the " other side " as I am

> used to hearing only positive feedback from breastimplants411.com.

I

> feel I have done substantial research, but real experiences have

> more weight...please offer insight as to what went wrong as to

cause

> needing implant removal...or if it was due to other reasons (non-

> health related)I have my pre-op appt. 10/30 and want to be very

> prepared to questions I should ask my PS.

>

> Thank you all so much!

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Kathy,

I just noticed we don't have your story up on our site...can I add this to our testimony site? Awesome post, girlfriend!

Patty

----- Original Message -----

From: mikat828

Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 10:36 AM

Subject: Re: New to site, my BA scheduled for 11/24

---Dear stephanieJust like carrie I just typed you a long email and then it wouldn't post! so I will try again. I hope this shows just how much we care about you and your health. Let me tell you my story. Like you, I am very very flat. I wear a 34AA padded bra and there is nothing to fill it with. I hate wearing nitegowns without a bra too. I basically look like a boy with perhaps just a tad of babyfat in his bosom. Even that is too generous. anyway, when silicone implants were out there, I wouldn';t consider them. But saline ones came out and my 2 sisters and best friend got them. Even though my husband never asked me to get them he was supportive when i said I would like to get them. Afterall, they were just harmless saline. i got them. I sort of liked them. They filled out myclothes and I looked more womanly. But they sort of looked like two balls had been stuck on my chest. If you are flat, that is exactly how the implant will pretty much look. I didn't get big ones. In fact no one even noticed a difference with my clothes on. I think I was a 34B afterward. But normal breasts are not so round on top usually. I could always feel the implant. The smaller you are, the more evident the implant is to you because there is not much breast tissue for it to be buried behind. They were uncomfortable alot and you could feel the edges of the implant. I also could feel 2 hard spots in each breast around the nipple area. it scared me to death. It turns out there were two valve like tabs on the implant. I always felt like I had cancer. It was hard to kkow what was me and what was a ridge from the impllant.At any rate, overall I thought I was better off and was glad I had the surgery. But i slowly deteriated. At first I just thought it was my fibromaylia symptoms acting up. But then, I got really bad in a couple month period in 2001. I had just about every symptom on this site and more. Myskin was getting tight and my fingers and toes were hurting terribly and swelling. I had tendon tightening everywhere. My heart would beat 130 beats a minute when I was just WALKING and began skipping hundreds of beats a day. i started having bad episodes where I felt like I was drunk and my scalp tingled and I lost weight and couldn't eat because my stomach hurt so much. I felt like I couldn't swallow. I realized I had many symptoms of scleroderma which is one of the most devastating of the autoimmune diseases. it turns your skin and organs hard and statistics show that over 60% of people with systemic scleroderma die within ten years of diagnosis. I was petrified. I was in pain. I couldn't think. I wanted to die. I saw a doc who diagnosed me with mixed connective tissue disease--overlap of lupus and sleroderma symptoms. These can be serious, life threatening diseases. I prayed andprayed to God to show me what to do. I found this site and realized what had happened. Do you know that scleroderma has been especially tied to implants? I got my implants out 2 years ago. I am still fighting many of these symptoms. I immediately got better with some, proving the implants were behind my sickness. But the last 2 years has cost me thousands and thousands of dollars in surgery and treatments to get well. As I do the treatments, I constantly go through periods of pain and extreme fatigue as my body tries to eliminate the toxins I am killing. IT IS NOT FUN. And there is no guarantee you will get better. Meanwhile I miss out on my kids lives and fun things I could be doing if I felt good enough. Believe me, it was not worth it. IT WAS SO NOT WORTH IT. Now my one sister and my friend are having all kinds of problems. But they refuse to believe it is their implants. I am flat again and I don't care. I care so much more about being alive for my husband and children. I care so much more about feeling well. How much would you like your implants if you could't enjoy your life with them? Ask the women on this site who have vulvadynia and can't have sex without pain. I was one of them. I really do appreciate how you feel about your selfesteem. I have been there. And i still get twinges of jealousy even on this site when I see how much more breasts most of these women have than I do. But we are not perfect and never will be. There are many more things wrong with me than the size of my breasts and I can't fix that either. And as we get older, more things in our body change--our skin can sag, we can lose hair---and by the way, many women with breast implant loose hair and I haven't seen many of them say it stopped when they got their implants out. Patty does more than anybody I know to get healthy and she still suffers from thyroid disease caused by the implants.At least keep your eyes open. You should not and cannot count on getting well--at least completely--if you get your implants out. Autoimmune disease is complex and persistent. I have a suggestion for you. Please go to the www.rheumatic.org site and read some of their posts. Or www.roadback.org and click on Bulletin Board. REad the stories of people with Rheumatoid arthritis, fms, lupus, scleroderma, and other autoimmune illness. You will become convinced you never never want any of these diseases. Yet these same diseases crop up in those who get sick with implants. Are you really willing to risk that kind of pain, fatigue, brain fog, disability and possibly even early death on the hopes you will be lucky and not get sick? Hundreds of women on this site would tell you how very sorry they are that they took this risk and became one of those women who the implants made sick.The plastic surgeon wil tell you implants don't make you sick. there is no proof. Please realize we are proof. And that the studies were backed by the mfg. of implants. Big money talks. I am sure that not everyone gets sick from implants. we all have different immune systems. But look at patty. The picture of health and yet she totally lost her health within a year of getting implants. Then look at me. I had fibromyalgia. You could say I should have known beter. But I didn't . Yet I deteriated for eleven years slowly before suddenly getting rapidly worse. So I don't think there is any way you can figure out whether your immune system is going to react or not. Ask your plastic surgeon if there is anything he can do without implants to make your breasts look better. If not, buy some of these fillers the women on this site talk about and save your precious health. We live in a society that is very focused on physical appearance. We have to get past that. There is so much more to life! And like I said before, once you get the breast implant, something else will make you unhappy aobut the way you look. Because that is how we are. We focus on what is wrong with us instead of what is right! I am praying you will reconsider your choice. Good luckGod's blessings, kathy

[Guest guest]

,

I replied last week...but it didn't go through.

Just wanted to share another point of view.

I too was a visitor to bi411 before my implants. The girls

there were very supportive of me, and when I had a ton of

problems...they were supportive as well. I was even encouraged to

share my explant story on there, which I did. You can do a search

under my user name " absmile " to see a history of all the problems I

had...but they are basically proimplant...so it is good that you are

getting other points of view BEFORE your surgery.

I didn't even know that there were problems with saline implants

before my surgery. There is another website as

well...explantation.com, that has alot of information and stories you

can read as well.

I just got my under muscle saline implants put in this past July, and

I had them removed 9 weeks later. I didn't have any medical

issues...but I HATED them!!!!!! And my husband HATED them!!!!!

Instead of making me feel sexy...they were the total opposite.

Big boobs are not " all that " ...in fact, I can't tell you how HAPPY I

am with my real body now...small boobs and all. I am so happy that I

don't have to be constantly thinking about my boobs

anymore...wondering if they will rupture...wondering if they will

soften up...wondering , thinking about them all the time was

emotionally and physically draining! I am so happy with my natural

body now, I am not even wearing my gel padded bras...I am going more

natural.

I knew there " could " be complications, but I didn't expect them to

happen to " me " . One thing is for sure...EXPECT some type of

complication. I had a lot of complications, the main one of which my

implants never dropped, and I would have to have MORE surgery, which

I didn't want. Believe me the initial surgery is VERY painful,

especially if you go under the muscle.

The girl that refered me to my ps, had 3 surgeries after her initial

ba, all within 2 years. Two were for a rupture, and one was for

bottoming out. I didn't know about all this before I had mine done.

Even looking back on the bi411 site you will see that some women have

had to have multiple surgeries for complications.

Maybe you can talk to a ps about getting a lift or something to

correct your tuberous breasts. Alot of woman have had lifts and are

very happy with them. I would add that to your research.

That way you don't have to worry about possible complications, or

getting sick from a foreign object in your body. I gotta tell you, I

was compelled by these ladies stories that have gotten sick...and I

didn't want to chance it. These are intelligent women sharing their

souls, and their heartaches...and way too many in my mind to be a

coincidence. Especially since alot of them have gotten better AFTER

removal of the implants.

Anyway...I know this seems overwhelming...but you are in a better

postion than a lot of girls. Information is power...

I wish you wisdom in making what will certainly be a life altering

decision.