Its over

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Today I went in armed with all my information and my Dr. went over it

piece by piece with me. I decided to go ahead with it, basically so

i could get some feedback regarding the implants and the scar tissue,

and if my symtoms don't improve, i can continue to save money for the

capsulectomy. At least i would have the bags out of me that i was

getting more and more tired of carrying around. God sure knew what

he was doing when he reduced us in size after childbirth. Anyway,

i'm sure this will be horrifying news to some, i don't know.

It was very emotionally stressful being awake and hearing the

cutting, a few times i felt pain and would have to get another local

injection, she did give me a shot of valium which took the edge off

somewhat. She had to cut pretty deep because i had quite a bit of my

own breast tissue as i have gained quite a bit of weight (about 60

lbs) since getting the implants almost 10 yrs ago. Anyway she was

digging around trying to find the implant, and when she did she

decided it was small enought to try and remove " whole " without

deflating it inside first. It was, as i had suspected, a textured

McGan implant. The implant was stuck in a small area...near the

valve. The dr. was able to remove it using her finger between the

implant and my tissue. She probed for awhile trying to " get ahold "

of it and when she did the suction force gave way and the implant

ruptured on the way out of my body, spilling saline. The good news

is that it was indeed saline, and there was no fungus or bacteria and

no odor whatsoever. I guess i would be damn scared if it had turned

out to be foul. She had much better luck with the left breast which

she was able to forrage out " whole " She irrigated the right breast

before sewing them both up. Thats it. Its done. I pray to God I will

be fine. I am asking for all of your prayers that everything will

heal properly and that i will not suffer because of the " spill. " I

feel very blessed that i had a seemingly " healthy " implant.

I am happy its over, i just hope and pray it truly is .. OVER.

my best to all of you,

~kim

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