MTV Kacey (kaceybu02) today's surgery!!!

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Hi everyone!

I just wanted to drop you a quick line saying thank GOD for wonderful

doctors and medical personnnell! Today, at 1:00pm, I had my breast

implants surgically removed (explanted). Dr. Melmed is a brilliant

and extremely likeable Plastic Surgeon, and Dr. Horak is the best

Anesthesiologist anyone could ever ask for! Dr. Horak gave me an

almost painless IV, and when I awoke from surgery, I wasn't nauseated

and began happily chatting away very quickly! I cannot believe how

well I am doing....and I wanted everyone in the group to know and be

filled with hope! Thanks for all of your prayers, as I know it made

all the difference!

I feel good. There's pain in my chest, of course, but it is NOTHING

compared to the pain of breast augmentation surgery! NOTHING!!! I

was having trouble walking into the building for surgery, as my hips

(my rheumatoid arthritis was really acting up) began giving me a

shooting pain. I know I'm under some heavy mediations now, but as

soon as I got out of the hopsital bed, I noticed that the pain in my

hips were gone! I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off of my

chest...literally. I keep looking for my rheumatoid arthritis pains,

but after my explant surgery (and for today), I can't find it. I do

understand that this could be a result of my surgery meds...but it

sure gives me hope. At least I'm not lying in bed crying! I never

expected my breast explant surgery to go this well...EVER! There is

soooooo much hope for us all!

Also, the past two days MTV has been filming me at home, as well as

throughout the surgery process (including the OR). They are

wonderful, wonderful people and I am getting a tremendous opportunity

to share information and hopefully save some people's lives! If one

person decides not to get breast implants, just one, I'll have

accomplished everything, and my pain and suffering, my experience,

will have been worth it. I always say that it's better that negative

things happen to me, then to someone else. At least I know of six

girls who will not be getting breast implants because they have seen

my experience with them; Kandace, , , Kara, Kamryn, and

KaLynn, my six younger sisters are saved. So, six down....

I cannot thank you all enough for being here when I needed you the

most! When I stumbled upon this site, I found people who understood,

cared, and were knowledgeable. I was devistated that the symptoms

everyone here was experiencing matched mine as well as they did. I

cried, I felt betrayed, but then I found my hope.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you,

Kacey (kaceyalong@...)

P.S. My Microscopy (they pricked my finger and looked at the blood

under a micropscope and on a screen) showed that I DO have silicone

poisoning. I started chelation (a 3 hr. IV treatment to clean out

the toxins in my body in about a week). I'm on my way to getting my

health back, and I'm just as determined and motivated as I've ever

been.

P.P.S. HI COLLEEN! Happy healing and thanks for all of your

encouragement and support