bfding, implants

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> > I read all your wonderful, kind responses - never before have I

> been

> > received with such open arms. Thank you, thank you.

> >

> > I read through the stories in Files last night and viewed all

your

> > Photos. Oh my. I felt sick and couldn't sleep after that

because

> > seeing the implants removed and moldy, and all your stories of

> > suffering just are so heartbreaking. Of course, I can relate to

> the

> > stories and right now, can only imagine what my implants look

like

> > inside my body.

> >

> > I do not know that I can have surgery soon, even this year as we

> are

> > living abroad (UK) and I honestly do not have faith in the PS out

> > here to remove my implants in the best way possible so that I

could

> > have a chance at continuing to breastfeed. I wish I knew more

> about

> > the explant options, if someone can direct me to procedure info,

> that

> > would be helpful. I thought that a smaller incision could be

made

> > and the implant deflated (as it was valve inflated first time

> around)

> > and removed rather simply but perhaps I am wrong about that.

> >

> > I always planned on having a lift (I have extreme ptsosis at this

> > point) once I was done breastfeeding children but at this point,

> I'm

> > planning the explant most likely without a lift in order to get

the

> > implant out and have my breasts back, pstosis and all.

> >

> > I've read Dr. Kolb's entire site, including the newsletters she

has

> > there and I'm really sad I didn't know any of this prior to my

> > implantation. I knew about caps, I knew about the risks to

> > breastfeeding (and chose a PS who was very good at protecting my

> > chances for b/fding and it worked), knew about rupture rates,

> future

> > surgeries. But had no idea that salines could cause immune

> > dysfunction. Now the FDA has that on their website...day late,

> > dollar short for ones like me.

> >

> > It couldn't be a worse time to have this come up with two little

> > ones, round the clock breastfeeding, living in a foreign country,

> > nothing and no one familiar around except husband and my precious

> > children.

> >

> > My husband said this morning that he fully supports me in the

> > explant. He thinks that I have a genetic component to this as

both

> > of my parents have arthritis and had that from an early age, but

of

> > course, we'll not know for sure if I would have these symptoms

> > without implants or the implants stimulated this immune response,

> > activating my genetic tendencies.

> >

> > I honestly cannot wait to have these things out and I wish we

could

> > move back to the States so I could avail myself to the PSs who

know

> > about this and how to remove, etc.

> >

> > Crystal, I cried reading your response. May I ask, are you

> > breastfeeding? If so, how do you feel about that?

> >

> > Sorry for the rambling. I am glad to find you all and angry that

> I'm

> > here, too, hope that makes sense. I am so frustrated that I got

> > myself into this and it's all unraveling at a time where I have

the

> > least amount of options to resolve. If I weren't away from our

> home

> > in the US, and not breastfeeding, I'd schedule the explant asap.

> >

> > Oh, one more thing: I am worried about deflation type of results

> > after the explant. Is that what the lift helps to resolve? I

know

> > this is a cosmetic issue but when I read from Dr. Kolb that 50%

of

> > her explant patients opt to have salines put in due to wanting

full

> > breasts, I got to thinking.

> >

> >