Re: Explant on sept 17,2003,(silicone 1989-9/17/03)

[Guest guest]

Hi, Kay. I'm sorry you aren't doing well. Please don't get discouraged. I was explanted about a month before you and I have ups and downs too. I'll have a week or two when I just feel terrible and think I'll never be well again, but I try to keep my spirits up and take care of myself and know that I will get better one day. I am reading a book called " The Purpose Driven Life " that is helping me to understand things better from a Christian perspective...like why this is happening to me.

Is something specific going wrong for you or are you just 'sick and tired of being sick and tired' as I like to say....

From: " kayvarni " <kayvarni@...>

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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 19:11:57 -0000

Subject: Explant on sept 17,2003,(silicone 1989-9/17/03)

Hello Ladies

It's been awhile since I've been here. I've been reading the posts.

This has been and still is an ongoing process. I'am not happy to say

that I am not doing well. Things started looking better,then turned

ugly again. I just wanted to say hello to all. Thankyou for the

support in the past.

[Guest guest]

Hi Kay,

Yes, you've been missing in action! I am so sorry that you are not doing well, but Kay, this is pretty much predictable. Not too many of us bounce off that surgery table and get back to real life very easily, and while we may see improvements right away, after about 6 to 8 weeks, those nasty symptoms tend to show themselves again. They are not welcome in our life, but they do return in various forms, and then the real journey of healing begins. It is a long and trying ordeal to regain health, but it can be done. God will use this time to draw you closer to him, to comfort you in ways only He can, and let you see the realness of life and of what really matters, and grow you into a more beautiful person inside and out. It is one of the most transforming experiences in life if we let it be. I know you all know this.

I cried many times in my healing process. At times I thought about giving up. I would fall upon my husband's shoulder in tears and cry in anguish that I wasn't getting better. But the truth was, I was getting better. It came in little steps forward and sometimes big steps back, but it happened. I can look back in hindsight and remember that ugly, dark canyon I crawled out of, and I now realize that it was a much bigger canyon than I knew it to be when I found myself there. I thank God that He took my hand and led me one day at a time, one step at a time, out of that dark place and into His presence, or I might have given up totally from the start. What a mighty God He is!

Healing happens both spiritually and physically, and for me, it was the spiritual healing that took place that finally allowed the physical healing to happen. Oh, I pray that you all experience this healing! Dare I say it was worth it all? Sometimes I have to wonder, but I know that God works all things together for good, who are called according to His purpose.

Kay, thank you so much for letting us know you are still there...please let us be there for you anyway we can. Keep hanging in there. Things are going to get better.

Hugs,

Patty

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

From: kayvarni

Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 11:11 AM

Subject: Explant on sept 17,2003,(silicone 1989-9/17/03)

Hello LadiesIt's been awhile since I've been here. I've been reading the posts.This has been and still is an ongoing process. I'am not happy to say that I am not doing well. Things started looking better,then turned ugly again. I just wanted to say hello to all. Thankyou for the support in the past.

[Guest guest]

Im sorry you are still feeling bad. It wasn’t until at least a year post explant that I really, really felt great. hang in there. It took time for the implants to damage your immunity and will take time to heal. I am rooting for your recovery, and praying for you too. please don’t get discouraged. Explant was the best bet you have ever taken for yourself! Love ----- Original Message -----

From: kayvarni

Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 1:11 PM

Subject: Explant on sept 17,2003,(silicone 1989-9/17/03)

Hello LadiesIt's been awhile since I've been here. I've been reading the posts.This has been and still is an ongoing process. I'am not happy to say that I am not doing well. Things started looking better,then turned ugly again. I just wanted to say hello to all. Thankyou for the support in the past.