Re: Re: To SUE--Hormone doctors in the UK

[Guest guest]

Dear Marie, you are so sweet, thank you so much for the list you sent me.

Two of the doctors are relatively near to me so I will be contacting them on Monday.

Thanks again,

Sue

[Guest guest]

Dear Sue:

You are so very welcome. Good luck and let me know how it goes. I'd call all of them and make sure they are still affiliated with WIP and use bioidenticals. WIP shpis hormones to the UK. For further info, check out their website at www.womensinternational.com

Where are you in the UK? My father lives in London. He's from Salisbury.

Have a great weekend.

Cheers,

-Mariegibbense@... wrote:

Dear Marie, you are so sweet, thank you so much for the list you sent me.

Two of the doctors are relatively near to me so I will be contacting them on Monday.

Thanks again,

Sue

[Guest guest]

Dear Marie, I live in Kent but where I live is only about 30mins from central London.

I am sure that you are right about it being hormonal.

I am so glad I have found this site, its been really informative.

If you have time and want tro mail me back please tel me a bit about yourself, where do you live in America, was you born in England, I would love to hear from you.

Thanks again,

Sue.

[Guest guest]

Dear Sue:

Hi. It's nice to hear from you. I certainly would like to write to you. You're welcome to e-mail me privately too if you so wish.

Tell me about Kent--I've heard of it but have never been there. I have not been to the UK yet. I'm from Washington, DC. My father is British. I see him when he comes to the States on business.Some day I plan to go to Europe I have not yet. I've done other traveling throughout the US, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Argentina and Bolivia. I really want to go to Europe and Australia--I guess the opportunity just has not arisen yet.

Anyway, want is your implant story? Mines an ugly one as most stories here are. I was implanted/explanted shortly thereafter in 99. I was not having health complications but found them to be very uncomfortable and aesthetically unpleasing. I chose the wrong surgeon to go to because when he explanted me (he was reluctant to do so and demonstrated anger at my request), he did so in such a barbaric and hideous manner that resulted in disfigurement.

I've had a corrective surgery, but require 1-2 more. This whole implant debacle has been a serious emotional challenge for me to deal with and have not quite made it yet. I've had other terrible complications along the way. Sometimes I don't know if I'll make it to the other side of this, I'll just have to wait and see.

How are you holding up? I hope all works out with the hormonal issues you're facing.I'll be starting natural progesterone next month that I'm getting from WIP. I've been set up with two MDs in Washington DC who are affiliated with WIP---a gyn and endocrinologist. This week, I'll be getting blood work to check my hormones again. PMS can be a pain I tell you! I want to try to get healthy so I can stick out law school this time. I'm not up to going this fall because I'm going through something but we'll see.

Do you ever travel across the pond over here?

Take Care,

-Marie

gibbense@... wrote:

Dear Marie, I live in Kent but where I live is only about 30mins from central London.

I am sure that you are right about it being hormonal.

I am so glad I have found this site, its been really informative.

If you have time and want tro mail me back please tel me a bit about yourself, where do you live in America, was you born in England, I would love to hear from you.

Thanks again,

Sue.

[Guest guest]

Dear -Marie,

Kent is on the outskirts of London, I suppose I am lucky as I live very near to the countryside and very near to central London also the nearest coast is only an hours drive away so everything is easily accessible. I have never been over to America, but my husband and I do have friends that live in Boston, he has been to see them and they have been to see us on a number of occasions. My husbands friend travels all the time on business so they some times meet up in Germany, but I am not really well enough to do that amount of travelling.

My implant story is probably pretty boring, after having two children I had no breasts to speak of so my doctor referred me to a military teaching hospital who agreed to give my implants for free because of training purposes, as you can imagine at the time 1985 I was ecstatic. They told me they would last a life time and that I would be the only 80 year old on the beach with perfect breasts, when I think back that seems so absurd 80 with perfect breasts but at the time I just thought great.

I was having marriage problems at the time and thought he would like me better with nice boobs, I had a real complex about them, anycase the marriage didn't last anyway.

I met my second husband in about 1992 and I never told him about my boob job, they were not big and he never realised. I had a son in 1994 and after he was born I noticed things were not right, I would ask people if their head banged as they fell asleep or if their legs went dead. The symptoms were weird but I put it down to tiredness or stress. I fell pregnant again and had another son a year later, it was then I knew something was seriously wrong, I kept loosing feeling in my arm, leg, toe, and had a weird feeling in my back constantly like someone was pouring cold water UP it, I was having problems sleeping staying awake so many I couldn't begin to remember. I read an article in a magazine about silicone poisoning and thought GOSH that's me, I really had no idea up till that point, even though in my heart I think I already knew. I rang a private clinic and had them removed within a week.

How I wish I could turn back the clock, not so much for me but for my poor boys, the guilt is all consuming. I am still married to and he loves me what I am, and my boobs are really disfigured, I had no skin to reconstruct as I was so flat chested, but I really dont worry about that I am just so glad to have got rid of those revolting bags of gunk.

Luckily they had not completely ruptured just leaked, who would have thought back then that the military doctors would use you as a guinea pig, at 25 I was really stupid . Well, that's my story kind of, I haven't said much about the children's problems as they seem to be getting much better and I dont want to tempt fate.

Speak soon I hope,

Sue x

[Guest guest]

Hi Sue!

Thank you for sharing your story with me and others. I'm truly sorry for what happened to you.I can identify with the disfigurement issue. I have plenty of breast tissue but bad scars due to the way that idiot explanted me. Are you sure tram flap or another surgery can't help your breasts? I know little about this so please forgive my ignorance.

Are you feeling a bit better these days? Have you been to a rhuematologist? Hopefully one of the hormones docs can help you too. There's no telling what the implants have done to your endocrine system.Do you suffer from scalp and body hair loss? I have that issue.

It sounds as though you're ideally located in between city and the country.

Have you been to Salisbury?

Take care and let me know how it goes with these docs.

Cheers,

-Mariegibbense@... wrote:

Dear -Marie,

Kent is on the outskirts of London, I suppose I am lucky as I live very near to the countryside and very near to central London also the nearest coast is only an hours drive away so everything is easily accessible. I have never been over to America, but my husband and I do have friends that live in Boston, he has been to see them and they have been to see us on a number of occasions. My husbands friend travels all the time on business so they some times meet up in Germany, but I am not really well enough to do that amount of travelling.

My implant story is probably pretty boring, after having two children I had no breasts to speak of so my doctor referred me to a military teaching hospital who agreed to give my implants for free because of training purposes, as you can imagine at the time 1985 I was ecstatic. They told me they would last a life time and that I would be the only 80 year old on the beach with perfect breasts, when I think back that seems so absurd 80 with perfect breasts but at the time I just thought great.

I was having marriage problems at the time and thought he would like me better with nice boobs, I had a real complex about them, anycase the marriage didn't last anyway.

I met my second husband in about 1992 and I never told him about my boob job, they were not big and he never realised. I had a son in 1994 and after he was born I noticed things were not right, I would ask people if their head banged as they fell asleep or if their legs went dead. The symptoms were weird but I put it down to tiredness or stress. I fell pregnant again and had another son a year later, it was then I knew something was seriously wrong, I kept loosing feeling in my arm, leg, toe, and had a weird feeling in my back constantly like someone was pouring cold water UP it, I was having problems sleeping staying awake so many I couldn't begin to remember. I read an article in a magazine about silicone poisoning and thought GOSH that's me, I really had no idea up till that point, even though in my heart I think I already knew. I rang a private clinic and had them removed within a week.

How I wish I could turn back the clock, not so much for me but for my poor boys, the guilt is all consuming. I am still married to and he loves me what I am, and my boobs are really disfigured, I had no skin to reconstruct as I was so flat chested, but I really dont worry about that I am just so glad to have got rid of those revolting bags of gunk.

Luckily they had not completely ruptured just leaked, who would have thought back then that the military doctors would use you as a guinea pig, at 25 I was really stupid . Well, that's my story kind of, I haven't said much about the children's problems as they seem to be getting much better and I dont want to tempt fate.

Speak soon I hope,

Sue x