I'm new...looking for good explant PS - western Wa State

June 11, 2004

Hi Everyone

My name's Sharon and I'm in the process of hunting for a

quality, sympathetic PS to remove the Mentor textured saline

implants that were sub-muscularly implanted in Nov 2001. I thought

I'd done my homework when I researched their " safety " before being

implanted. So much for believing the general plastic surgery

community…I wish I'd known about this group before the

surgery.

Anyway, I recently made an emergency trip to my family Dr with what

I could swear was a heart attack (from the degree of chest pain). My

ECG was fine. It dawned on me that since the pain was chest related,

maybe it might have something to do with the implants. I'm not

much of a computer user, but I started searching the web for info on

implants. I was shocked to learn that so many of the " odd

ailments "

I'd been gradually accumulating over the last 18 months were

associated with silicone poisoning.(Raynaud's phenomenon,poor

sleep, sweats, clouded thinking, extreme fatigue, rapidly

deteriorating eyesight, chest pain, excruciating headaches, an MRI

showing white matter lesions, short term memory loss, muscle

weakness, arthritic joint pains)

I live near Tacoma, WA. I have been to my original PS and he

grudgingly agreed to remove them for " my peace of mind " only

he made it clear that he doesn't believe the symptoms are in any

way related. I was adamant about having him do a complete

capsulectomy,but he told me that he would refuse to remove the

entire capsule if it was attached firmly to the chest wall,

necessitating scraping. I realize I need to find someone else to do

the explant. I read the list of PS on the website, but only found

the one Dr in Bellingham (4-5hrs away). Does anyone know of a

sympathetic, quality PS anywhere near Seattle or Tacoma, WA? I'm a

single mom, and student on very limited income and it's going to

take pretty much everything I have to get this done. While I won't

scrimp on the cost of the procedure, I really want to try to find a

Dr reasonably close to home if I can.

Thanks for any suggestions anyone has

Sharon

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