Guest guest Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 For most of us the reasons we got implants, well at least quite a few of us, it was also for the reasons you stated. If you look at my photos, I am , I too had the stretch marked A size boobs that affected everything about my life. i knew that I had to do something and I felt about it the same way you do now. God had I only known what was going to happen to me I would have just found someone like Dr Feng to do a lift and forget all about implants. I got my implants and within a few months I got very ill. I had every symptom in the book. I know it was my implants, because I was an extremely healthy young woman who was working out each and every day and had not a single pain in my body. Within weeks of getting implants I began to have body aches and pain, I could not sleep I had legs that were restless and had terrible dizzy spells. I became a walking zombie. It was a nightmare. I was very much like your sister in that I became diagnosed with a mixed connective tissue disease due to having an elevated ANA (blood test for lupus) at any rate the thing is that I had no doubt it was my implants and I researched and found the Dr that I felt was the best out there for my situation and had my implants removed. Not long after removal all my symptoms began to clear. The neurological ones first and then the pain and stuff all took allot longer. At any rate I have proof because all my blood work that had been going up with implants in, was now going down with the implants out. It was a terrible life I lived for several years putting my life back together but I have done that. I married a wonderful man 4 months after explant and I can tell you that most men would rather have soft natural lifted perky little breasts than those hard beach balls that implants will give you. Esp if you have hardly any breast tissue you will look like your wearing beach balls on your chest, not attractive. It has nothing really to do with size, no matter what size you get you will look fake and your husband will also know that they are fake. Maybe he will play along like he likes them, but inside he will probably think how hard they feel, that is what my hubby tells me now that he thought about mine when we dated. I am so glad those toxic bombs are out of my life. I had an awesome lift, my scars are invisible and there are so many advances out there, why not see one of the best surgeons out there and see about just getting a lift. Sure most PS's are going to sell you on implants and say that you cannot be lifted, go look at my photos, I was very small and Dr Feng made me look wonderful. With your family history of your sister actually dying from schleroderma I have to feel that god has sent you here to keep you from making a dreadful mistake. I also don't understand why you cannot wear clothing. I mean I have pics on this site with me wearing strapless tops, with a nice strapless bra and even going braless(yes I had the lift) and I think I look great, in fact I get many many compliments on how I look in my clothes. I am a total fashion freak, I envy your job, I love clothes, and I think i look much better in my clothes now than I did with those big boobs. They never looked right, they made me look like a big heavy cow, the older you get the more frumpy they make you look too. I know I met with some of the girls from this site and one whos pics were only of her with implants, I mean I could not beliieve it was the same girl, she looks so much better with her small B cup breasts. I understand if your very thin thinking there is no alternatives, but there are, there are allot of other options out there. I wear a little pocket bra with allot of my clothes that I stick little enhancers in and I also wear a strapless bra that looks great on me. I look like i am proportioned, I am only a size 2 or 3 and to have C or D cup boobs looks funny. I got so many dirty looks when I had implants. I looked much more frumpy. Not to mention felt like I was dying. All I can say is if I had the information that you do, I would never have gotten the implants. I did not know any of this stuff so I suffered and I won't even tell you all the things I lost or things that I suffered through because it is too painful. please please, you have other options. Look at my photos and of some of the other girls. If your small I think mine will be a perfect example of how you can make your breasts look nice and small and perky again and come out really nice and then just wear something on the outside to look a little more curvy if you want that look. Personally I like the fit athletic look over the fake implant look any day. I hope my story will in some way help you not to go through with this surgery this Friday. Your a smart woman to seek other information. Please think long and hard about what happened to your sister, the Dr's won't tell you it was the implants. Only a handful of them believe in us. Please please I beg of you to look around the site, read our stories, see our photos, look at some of the pics of the womens infected implants. Do you want to risk your health and being there for your children by getting implants. Is it worth that risk? good luck, and I will be praying for you , " tiffanysgirl2004 " <temmy.broadwater@v...> wrote: > HI. > > I am scheduled for breast implant surgery this Friday at 6AM. I have > done research for a couple of years on andoff since I stopped > breastfeeding my first child and found that I was unhappy to a > distraction at the breasts that I was left with after weaning. I had > my second child a couple years later (I knew we wanted another child > so I wasn't thinking about doing anything surgery wise until after I > had her and breastfed and weaned her) and after my second daughter > weaned at about 18 months I was ready to get serious about looking > inton doing something about my breasts. I was a perky " B " cup before > my babies and after I am a very deflated - wrinkled - stretchmarked > barely " A " . I could deal with the size , but my breasts look exactly > like those of a small breasted 80 or 90 year old women. They are > effecting my sexual life with my husband as well as my social life > as I hate the way I look in clothing and won't wear a bathing suit > because you can see the wrinkles over the top of a suit and you can > see the concave areas in a full piece. My life is fashion as I am a > designer and wearing the clothing that I love or design makes me > feel wonderful and that is also missing from my life right now. > Padded bras help under clothing but can only be worn with certain > clothing. This is my background as to why I am at this point about > to undergo surgery on Friday morning and I wanted you to understand > that it is beyond a size or simple vanity issue. > > I am a very thorough person as far as research is concerned and even > when women warn not to look at " anit-implant " sites I am never one > to ignore the other half of the story. I have seen may mnay explant > sites and support siters and the such but I am in a quandry. I > haven't found enough information about problems apart from those > well known (CC, bottoming out, infection, rejection, mammogram > difficulties, rippling, heaviness, hematomas, stigma attatched to > larger breasts (I had " D " cups when I was breastfeeding and I > honeslty didn't get any more attention than I already do) and other > actual surgical complications. I haven't actually found anything to > really give me an idea about " SALINE poisoning " plenty on silicone > and I understand the outer shell is silicine but I'm looking for > information on women that have has systemic, autoimmune, chronic > fatigue, arthritic problems etc... with SALINE implants that have > never had silicone. I don't have much longer to back out if I feel > as if I need to and I have looked through the messages here and of > course you have been talking to eachother for a long time so I am > not finding the original stories. > > Is there anything you can tell me about being sick from saline > implants? Now I have to say that my sister in law died from > scleroderma (systyemic not external) a few years after getting > saline implants. Her doctor is the top scleroderma doctor in our > country and he said that from all the testing that he has done he > can say with assurity that her disease was beginning to manifest > before she had her implants. In other words I do understand from a > medical and logical standpoint that " sometimes " these diseases are > going to happen anyway - but I am open to the stories that you have > in which you really feel as if it had everything to do with the > implant. > > I really truly appreciate you time and help in assisting me in > making the most informed decision I can. > > Thank you sincerely - > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 Hi - Thank you for your wonderful and lengthy response. It touches me that anyone would take such time to help out. I'm going to write the following to answer your question about clothing. I did look at your photos and I see why it is hard for you to understand why I am limited in clothing options. Your upper pole was (is) still smooth skin - if you wore a scoop neck or v neck or low cut dress or shirt you would not see those stretch marks or only see them a small amount - and what you have are normal stretch marks. What I have is extreme. I have about 75% less tissue than you did and the lines from the excess skin and stretch marks are deep grooves - like wrinkles - big ones. If I wear anything that gets even close these are very visable stretch marks I can handle - this is different. And right above my nipple there is actually a concave area. I guess it's partly due to the fact that I was a very large " D " when I breastfeeding and I breastfed for a long time. I've only found a couple of photos in the thousands that I have looked at online that even come close. I know it's hard to undertsnad without seeing - but even the people closest to me that would have disowned me for such a decision have said that they don't blame me and that they would do it too. Even my OBGYN said she has never seen the problems I have in her career. With that said - I still would rather have a deformity than lose my life as I know it. I have had mixed responses about a lift. Problem is I have no sag! Oh - I guess you misread my post - it was my sister-in-law that died form scleroderma - she's not a blood relation. This doctor actually said he would not rule out that the implants could have played a role but facts are that the disease was advanced and the bloodwork showed that it was present before her implants. She had only had them 2 years when she died. I'm not being defensive - I woulnd't be here if I just wanted to argue why I " should " do it. It's important to me that the facts are clear. It is far more impactful to know the real live concrete findings and experiences than to grasp at straws - my sister-law based on concrete medical findings was sick long before her implants - in HER case. The implant I have chosen to receive should I actually go through with it - are small. I am only going to a " B " cup as I was before I was pregnant and just as he is loving me with the very ugly problems I have now - my husband is willing to deal with having something fake about me. So these reasons are not reasons I would chose not to have the surgery. Illness and long term problems as you spoke of are. I am extremely sorry to hear about what you went through and to hear that saline implants can cause many of the same sounding symptoms that one would hear about with silicone is what I'm looking for. Thank you for sharing your story! I will continue to do a lot of thinking! > > HI. > > > > I am scheduled for breast implant surgery this Friday at 6AM. I > have > > done research for a couple of years on andoff since I stopped > > breastfeeding my first child and found that I was unhappy to a > > distraction at the breasts that I was left with after weaning. I > had > > my second child a couple years later (I knew we wanted another > child > > so I wasn't thinking about doing anything surgery wise until after > I > > had her and breastfed and weaned her) and after my second daughter > > weaned at about 18 months I was ready to get serious about looking > > inton doing something about my breasts. I was a perky " B " cup > before > > my babies and after I am a very deflated - wrinkled - stretchmarked > > barely " A " . I could deal with the size , but my breasts look > exactly > > like those of a small breasted 80 or 90 year old women. They are > > effecting my sexual life with my husband as well as my social life > > as I hate the way I look in clothing and won't wear a bathing suit > > because you can see the wrinkles over the top of a suit and you can > > see the concave areas in a full piece. My life is fashion as I am a > > designer and wearing the clothing that I love or design makes me > > feel wonderful and that is also missing from my life right now. > > Padded bras help under clothing but can only be worn with certain > > clothing. This is my background as to why I am at this point about > > to undergo surgery on Friday morning and I wanted you to understand > > that it is beyond a size or simple vanity issue. > > > > I am a very thorough person as far as research is concerned and > even > > when women warn not to look at " anit-implant " sites I am never one > > to ignore the other half of the story. I have seen may mnay explant > > sites and support siters and the such but I am in a quandry. I > > haven't found enough information about problems apart from those > > well known (CC, bottoming out, infection, rejection, mammogram > > difficulties, rippling, heaviness, hematomas, stigma attatched to > > larger breasts (I had " D " cups when I was breastfeeding and I > > honeslty didn't get any more attention than I already do) and other > > actual surgical complications. I haven't actually found anything to > > really give me an idea about " SALINE poisoning " plenty on silicone > > and I understand the outer shell is silicine but I'm looking for > > information on women that have has systemic, autoimmune, chronic > > fatigue, arthritic problems etc... with SALINE implants that have > > never had silicone. I don't have much longer to back out if I feel > > as if I need to and I have looked through the messages here and of > > course you have been talking to eachother for a long time so I am > > not finding the original stories. > > > > Is there anything you can tell me about being sick from saline > > implants? Now I have to say that my sister in law died from > > scleroderma (systyemic not external) a few years after getting > > saline implants. Her doctor is the top scleroderma doctor in our > > country and he said that from all the testing that he has done he > > can say with assurity that her disease was beginning to manifest > > before she had her implants. In other words I do understand from a > > medical and logical standpoint that " sometimes " these diseases are > > going to happen anyway - but I am open to the stories that you have > > in which you really feel as if it had everything to do with the > > implant. > > > > I really truly appreciate you time and help in assisting me in > > making the most informed decision I can. > > > > Thank you sincerely - > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 My sister said the same things to me, that my breasts were not as bad as hers, I guess there are some people that have worse problems then others, but despite that there are things you can do, falsies you can wear, etc to make yourself look better in clothes. I understand how you feel and I really sympathize with your situation, I truly know what it is like to feel deformed and disgusting. To me my breasts were very deformed and hanging down they looked gross. I don't think small implants would have made a big difference on me, they would have looked silly too because they are not like real breasts they are ropunder, firmer etc. But these reasons I agree are probably not enough to stop you from getting implants. I hope that your health, and being a mom and raising your kids is enough to make you think twice about implants and about getting them, as I lost my relationship with my 7 year old daughter due to my illness, she was always with her father for those years I spent being ill, and by the time I was well enough to be a real mom to her she did not want to live with me any longer, she wanted to stay with her dad, and who can really blame her, I mean really all she new was that I was sick and tired and sleeping and crying all the time when I was not pushing myself to go to work to try to hold on to the little that I had. My husband now has taught me that my small breasts are beautiful but when he married me they were red and scarred and gross to me. My PS told me they would be beautiful and I trusted her and now I feel they really are, they are exactly proportioned to what my body size is. My sister after all I went through got implants anyhow, but not saline as she read so much bad stuff about saline she decided gel was safer, she is fine so far, but I believe she will have her own problems and may already be beginning to and just not ready to admit it yet. She was much flatter than me and the PS told her there was nothing to be done to fix it, so she got the gel implants because she was scared of the bacteria and junk growing in my and others salines. I had my implants analyzed and while mine were cleaner than some womens they were still analyed and found to have microrganism and leaking faulty valves. It is your choice and your decision and maybe you will be happy for at least alittle while. But what will you do if you lose your health and maybe your life for implants? Will it be worth it? Does your ps know how to remove them en bloc if you do have illness or other problems? Do you know the real statistics on saline implants and problems and that they are much much higher than anyone will admit. The truth is they are dangerous defective devices, many more women are ill and just don't want to give up the implants so they remain in denial about it. It is sad what some women will do to keep implants. I know because there were several times in that 18 months that I had them that I got on pain meds and just thought I would live with it to keep the boobs, but in the end, it got to the point where I was so sick, that looking sexy or good in a tank top just did not matter that much to me anymore. Go out and buy some little chicken cutlet things, like we all have, we call them that, and get a pocket bra and see how nice they make you look. I know girls with huge stretch marks and scars and all, and in their clothing you would never know it because they wear the cutlets and look great. You and your husband are the only ones that will know. If he loves you the way you say he does, he will probably just be relieved that you are not risking your life and you childrens lives to get implants. Anyhow it is your choice and we cannot talk you out of it if your dead set on doing it that is what you will do. I just hope you will remember that later on if you do get sick we will still be here for you. I really pray you will cancel your surgery, but I know that you probably want them so bad that nothing will change your mind at this point. It is so sad that most women cannot see that breasts were made for feeding your children and that the changes that occur are a part of nature. Implants are not natural and they are dangerous. Trust me I too was a D cup when my milk came in, as was Patty, who I wish would write but is probably off line today. I know that her breasts were extremely stretched and a mess and she was very very torn being a nature and healthy type living person her whole life, but she got implants as the one thing she really wanted to fix in her life and within 8 months she got them out she was so ill. There are so many of us, you cannot ever ignore the facts, nor will you ever be able to forget us. Even if your implants are ok at first remember that over time you can still have illness pop up. It is like living with a bomb ready to go off in your body. Again if you can live with that choice and are prepared to deal with systemic illness, then you are truly informed and we have done all we can to help you. may god be with you In , " tiffanysgirl2004 " <temmy.broadwater@v...> wrote: > > Hi - > > Thank you for your wonderful and lengthy response. It touches me > that anyone would take such time to help out. > > I'm going to write the following to answer your question about > clothing. I did look at your photos and I see why it is hard for you > to understand why I am limited in clothing options. Your upper pole > was (is) still smooth skin - if you wore a scoop neck or v neck or > low cut dress or shirt you would not see those stretch marks or only > see them a small amount - and what you have are normal stretch > marks. What I have is extreme. I have about 75% less tissue than you > did and the lines from the excess skin and stretch marks are deep > grooves - like wrinkles - big ones. If I wear anything that gets > even close these are very visable stretch marks I can handle - this > is different. And right above my nipple there is actually a concave > area. I guess it's partly due to the fact that I was a very > large " D " when I breastfeeding and I breastfed for a long time. > > I've only found a couple of photos in the thousands that I have > looked at online that even come close. I know it's hard to > undertsnad without seeing - but even the people closest to me that > would have disowned me for such a decision have said that they don't > blame me and that they would do it too. Even my OBGYN said she has > never seen the problems I have in her career. > > With that said - I still would rather have a deformity than lose my > life as I know it. I have had mixed responses about a lift. Problem > is I have no sag! > > Oh - I guess you misread my post - it was my sister-in-law that died > form scleroderma - she's not a blood relation. This doctor actually > said he would not rule out that the implants could have played a > role but facts are that the disease was advanced and the bloodwork > showed that it was present before her implants. She had only had > them 2 years when she died. > > > I'm not being defensive - I woulnd't be here if I just wanted to > argue why I " should " do it. It's important to me that the facts are > clear. It is far more impactful to know the real live concrete > findings and experiences than to grasp at straws - my sister-law > based on concrete medical findings was sick long before her > implants - in HER case. > > The implant I have chosen to receive should I actually go through > with it - are small. I am only going to a " B " cup as I was before I > was pregnant and just as he is loving me with the very ugly problems > I have now - my husband is willing to deal with having something > fake about me. So these reasons are not reasons I would chose not to > have the surgery. > > Illness and long term problems as you spoke of are. I am > extremely sorry to hear about what you went through and to hear that > saline implants can cause many of the same sounding symptoms that > one would hear about with silicone is what I'm looking for. Thank > you for sharing your story! I will continue to do a lot of thinking! > > > > > > > > > HI. > > > > > > I am scheduled for breast implant surgery this Friday at 6AM. I > > have > > > done research for a couple of years on andoff since I stopped > > > breastfeeding my first child and found that I was unhappy to a > > > distraction at the breasts that I was left with after weaning. I > > had > > > my second child a couple years later (I knew we wanted another > > child > > > so I wasn't thinking about doing anything surgery wise until > after > > I > > > had her and breastfed and weaned her) and after my second > daughter > > > weaned at about 18 months I was ready to get serious about > looking > > > inton doing something about my breasts. I was a perky " B " cup > > before > > > my babies and after I am a very deflated - wrinkled - > stretchmarked > > > barely " A " . I could deal with the size , but my breasts look > > exactly > > > like those of a small breasted 80 or 90 year old women. They are > > > effecting my sexual life with my husband as well as my social > life > > > as I hate the way I look in clothing and won't wear a bathing > suit > > > because you can see the wrinkles over the top of a suit and you > can > > > see the concave areas in a full piece. My life is fashion as I > am a > > > designer and wearing the clothing that I love or design makes me > > > feel wonderful and that is also missing from my life right now. > > > Padded bras help under clothing but can only be worn with > certain > > > clothing. This is my background as to why I am at this point > about > > > to undergo surgery on Friday morning and I wanted you to > understand > > > that it is beyond a size or simple vanity issue. > > > > > > I am a very thorough person as far as research is concerned and > > even > > > when women warn not to look at " anit-implant " sites I am never > one > > > to ignore the other half of the story. I have seen may mnay > explant > > > sites and support siters and the such but I am in a quandry. I > > > haven't found enough information about problems apart from those > > > well known (CC, bottoming out, infection, rejection, mammogram > > > difficulties, rippling, heaviness, hematomas, stigma attatched > to > > > larger breasts (I had " D " cups when I was breastfeeding and I > > > honeslty didn't get any more attention than I already do) and > other > > > actual surgical complications. I haven't actually found anything > to > > > really give me an idea about " SALINE poisoning " plenty on > silicone > > > and I understand the outer shell is silicine but I'm looking for > > > information on women that have has systemic, autoimmune, chronic > > > fatigue, arthritic problems etc... with SALINE implants that > have > > > never had silicone. I don't have much longer to back out if I > feel > > > as if I need to and I have looked through the messages here and > of > > > course you have been talking to eachother for a long time so I > am > > > not finding the original stories. > > > > > > Is there anything you can tell me about being sick from saline > > > implants? Now I have to say that my sister in law died from > > > scleroderma (systyemic not external) a few years after getting > > > saline implants. Her doctor is the top scleroderma doctor in our > > > country and he said that from all the testing that he has done > he > > > can say with assurity that her disease was beginning to manifest > > > before she had her implants. In other words I do understand from > a > > > medical and logical standpoint that " sometimes " these diseases > are > > > going to happen anyway - but I am open to the stories that you > have > > > in which you really feel as if it had everything to do with the > > > implant. > > > > > > I really truly appreciate you time and help in assisting me in > > > making the most informed decision I can. > > > > > > Thank you sincerely - > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 Just want to add that the stretch marks will not go away with a BA by the way it will in fact often times just make them look more pronounced. If your stretch marks are really that bad, and worse than my pre BA pics than I am sorry but the BA is not going to hide them, in fact you may find that it will actually accentuate them in some cases. Just somthing else to think about. If you have no excess skin at all, then the implants will still look like two grapefruits stuck on your chest and the stretch marks will still be in your cleavage and it may actually make some of the clothes your trying to wear look worse. Also to see pics of me with skimpy summer clothes on and see how I look go to our recent pics in the photo gallery and click on the Idaho Get together shots. I have never been able to wear these kind of clothes since I was a young girl before babies. So I can promise you the lift did more for me than implants did. My implants made my stretch marks look much worse than better.Not trying to make you feel bad, just telling you my expereince with implants. Also make sure you have an extra $10,000 or so in the bank if something goes wrong with the first surgery which is often the case and then you need something fixed or even removal, I always warn women do not get plastic surgery if you don't have some extra cash for when somthing goes wrong. I really am not trying to freak you out, but you do need to know the facts. Take care In , " tiffanysgirl2004 " <temmy.broadwater@v...> wrote: > > Hi - > > Thank you for your wonderful and lengthy response. It touches me > that anyone would take such time to help out. > > I'm going to write the following to answer your question about > clothing. I did look at your photos and I see why it is hard for you > to understand why I am limited in clothing options. Your upper pole > was (is) still smooth skin - if you wore a scoop neck or v neck or > low cut dress or shirt you would not see those stretch marks or only > see them a small amount - and what you have are normal stretch > marks. What I have is extreme. I have about 75% less tissue than you > did and the lines from the excess skin and stretch marks are deep > grooves - like wrinkles - big ones. If I wear anything that gets > even close these are very visable stretch marks I can handle - this > is different. And right above my nipple there is actually a concave > area. I guess it's partly due to the fact that I was a very > large " D " when I breastfeeding and I breastfed for a long time. > > I've only found a couple of photos in the thousands that I have > looked at online that even come close. I know it's hard to > undertsnad without seeing - but even the people closest to me that > would have disowned me for such a decision have said that they don't > blame me and that they would do it too. Even my OBGYN said she has > never seen the problems I have in her career. > > With that said - I still would rather have a deformity than lose my > life as I know it. I have had mixed responses about a lift. Problem > is I have no sag! > > Oh - I guess you misread my post - it was my sister-in-law that died > form scleroderma - she's not a blood relation. This doctor actually > said he would not rule out that the implants could have played a > role but facts are that the disease was advanced and the bloodwork > showed that it was present before her implants. She had only had > them 2 years when she died. > > > I'm not being defensive - I woulnd't be here if I just wanted to > argue why I " should " do it. It's important to me that the facts are > clear. It is far more impactful to know the real live concrete > findings and experiences than to grasp at straws - my sister-law > based on concrete medical findings was sick long before her > implants - in HER case. > > The implant I have chosen to receive should I actually go through > with it - are small. I am only going to a " B " cup as I was before I > was pregnant and just as he is loving me with the very ugly problems > I have now - my husband is willing to deal with having something > fake about me. So these reasons are not reasons I would chose not to > have the surgery. > > Illness and long term problems as you spoke of are. I am > extremely sorry to hear about what you went through and to hear that > saline implants can cause many of the same sounding symptoms that > one would hear about with silicone is what I'm looking for. Thank > you for sharing your story! I will continue to do a lot of thinking! > > > > > > > > > HI. > > > > > > I am scheduled for breast implant surgery this Friday at 6AM. I > > have > > > done research for a couple of years on andoff since I stopped > > > breastfeeding my first child and found that I was unhappy to a > > > distraction at the breasts that I was left with after weaning. I > > had > > > my second child a couple years later (I knew we wanted another > > child > > > so I wasn't thinking about doing anything surgery wise until > after > > I > > > had her and breastfed and weaned her) and after my second > daughter > > > weaned at about 18 months I was ready to get serious about > looking > > > inton doing something about my breasts. I was a perky " B " cup > > before > > > my babies and after I am a very deflated - wrinkled - > stretchmarked > > > barely " A " . I could deal with the size , but my breasts look > > exactly > > > like those of a small breasted 80 or 90 year old women. They are > > > effecting my sexual life with my husband as well as my social > life > > > as I hate the way I look in clothing and won't wear a bathing > suit > > > because you can see the wrinkles over the top of a suit and you > can > > > see the concave areas in a full piece. My life is fashion as I > am a > > > designer and wearing the clothing that I love or design makes me > > > feel wonderful and that is also missing from my life right now. > > > Padded bras help under clothing but can only be worn with > certain > > > clothing. This is my background as to why I am at this point > about > > > to undergo surgery on Friday morning and I wanted you to > understand > > > that it is beyond a size or simple vanity issue. > > > > > > I am a very thorough person as far as research is concerned and > > even > > > when women warn not to look at " anit-implant " sites I am never > one > > > to ignore the other half of the story. I have seen may mnay > explant > > > sites and support siters and the such but I am in a quandry. I > > > haven't found enough information about problems apart from those > > > well known (CC, bottoming out, infection, rejection, mammogram > > > difficulties, rippling, heaviness, hematomas, stigma attatched > to > > > larger breasts (I had " D " cups when I was breastfeeding and I > > > honeslty didn't get any more attention than I already do) and > other > > > actual surgical complications. I haven't actually found anything > to > > > really give me an idea about " SALINE poisoning " plenty on > silicone > > > and I understand the outer shell is silicine but I'm looking for > > > information on women that have has systemic, autoimmune, chronic > > > fatigue, arthritic problems etc... with SALINE implants that > have > > > never had silicone. I don't have much longer to back out if I > feel > > > as if I need to and I have looked through the messages here and > of > > > course you have been talking to eachother for a long time so I > am > > > not finding the original stories. > > > > > > Is there anything you can tell me about being sick from saline > > > implants? Now I have to say that my sister in law died from > > > scleroderma (systyemic not external) a few years after getting > > > saline implants. Her doctor is the top scleroderma doctor in our > > > country and he said that from all the testing that he has done > he > > > can say with assurity that her disease was beginning to manifest > > > before she had her implants. In other words I do understand from > a > > > medical and logical standpoint that " sometimes " these diseases > are > > > going to happen anyway - but I am open to the stories that you > have > > > in which you really feel as if it had everything to do with the > > > implant. > > > > > > I really truly appreciate you time and help in assisting me in > > > making the most informed decision I can. > > > > > > Thank you sincerely - > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 , There is one thing that has not been mentioned yet. There are many of us who have had our husbands walk out on us. In the last month alone there have been two. When I got sick from my implants, my husband told me I was not the same women he had married and I wasn't fun anymore. He was right I was deathly ill. You may say that, that will never happen to me and maybe it won't. But In my wildest dreams I never would have thought it would happen to me eirther. and I don't think Colleen or Daryl did eirther. Just food for thought. Oh and the weight gain from my thyroid shutting down was 30 pounds. I was a healthy weight lifter for 11 years and I looked great. After implanting no matter what I did I keep gaining weight and am still trying to get my old body back. Love Cricket > HI. > > I am scheduled for breast implant surgery this Friday at 6AM. I have > done research for a couple of years on andoff since I stopped > breastfeeding my first child and found that I was unhappy to a > distraction at the breasts that I was left with after weaning. I had > my second child a couple years later (I knew we wanted another child > so I wasn't thinking about doing anything surgery wise until after I > had her and breastfed and weaned her) and after my second daughter > weaned at about 18 months I was ready to get serious about looking > inton doing something about my breasts. I was a perky " B " cup before > my babies and after I am a very deflated - wrinkled - stretchmarked > barely " A " . I could deal with the size , but my breasts look exactly > like those of a small breasted 80 or 90 year old women. They are > effecting my sexual life with my husband as well as my social life > as I hate the way I look in clothing and won't wear a bathing suit > because you can see the wrinkles over the top of a suit and you can > see the concave areas in a full piece. My life is fashion as I am a > designer and wearing the clothing that I love or design makes me > feel wonderful and that is also missing from my life right now. > Padded bras help under clothing but can only be worn with certain > clothing. This is my background as to why I am at this point about > to undergo surgery on Friday morning and I wanted you to understand > that it is beyond a size or simple vanity issue. > > I am a very thorough person as far as research is concerned and even > when women warn not to look at " anit-implant " sites I am never one > to ignore the other half of the story. I have seen may mnay explant > sites and support siters and the such but I am in a quandry. I > haven't found enough information about problems apart from those > well known (CC, bottoming out, infection, rejection, mammogram > difficulties, rippling, heaviness, hematomas, stigma attatched to > larger breasts (I had " D " cups when I was breastfeeding and I > honeslty didn't get any more attention than I already do) and other > actual surgical complications. I haven't actually found anything to > really give me an idea about " SALINE poisoning " plenty on silicone > and I understand the outer shell is silicine but I'm looking for > information on women that have has systemic, autoimmune, chronic > fatigue, arthritic problems etc... with SALINE implants that have > never had silicone. I don't have much longer to back out if I feel > as if I need to and I have looked through the messages here and of > course you have been talking to eachother for a long time so I am > not finding the original stories. > > Is there anything you can tell me about being sick from saline > implants? Now I have to say that my sister in law died from > scleroderma (systyemic not external) a few years after getting > saline implants. Her doctor is the top scleroderma doctor in our > country and he said that from all the testing that he has done he > can say with assurity that her disease was beginning to manifest > before she had her implants. In other words I do understand from a > medical and logical standpoint that " sometimes " these diseases are > going to happen anyway - but I am open to the stories that you have > in which you really feel as if it had everything to do with the > implant. > > I really truly appreciate you time and help in assisting me in > making the most informed decision I can. > > Thank you sincerely - > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 I'd see what chemical and/or laser treatment would help the stretch marks.naturalbeauty38 <naturalbeauty38@...> wrote: Just want to add that the stretch marks will not go away with a BA by the way it will in fact often times just make them look more pronounced. If your stretch marks are really that bad, and worse than my pre BA pics than I am sorry but the BA is not going to hide them, in fact you may find that it will actually accentuate them in some cases.Just somthing else to think about. If you have no excess skin at all, then the implants will still look like two grapefruits stuck on your chest and the stretch marks will still be in your cleavage and it may actually make some of the clothes your trying to wear look worse.Also to see pics of me with skimpy summer clothes on and see how I look go to our recent pics in the photo gallery and click on the Idaho Get together shots.I have never been able to wear these kind of clothes since I was a young girl before babies.So I can promise you the lift did more for me than implants did. My implants made my stretch marks look much worse than better.Not trying to make you feel bad, just telling you my expereince with implants. Also make sure you have an extra $10,000 or so in the bank if something goes wrong with the first surgery which is often the case and then you need something fixed or even removal, I always warn women do not get plastic surgery if you don't have some extra cash for when somthing goes wrong.I really am not trying to freak you out, but you do need to know the facts.Take careIn , "tiffanysgirl2004" wrote:> > Hi - > > Thank you for your wonderful and lengthy response. It touches me > that anyone would take such time to help out.> > I'm going to write the following to answer your question about > clothing. I did look at your photos and I see why it is hard for you > to understand why I am limited in clothing options. Your upper pole > was (is) still smooth skin - if you wore a scoop neck or v neck or > low cut dress or shirt you would not see those stretch marks or only > see them a small amount - and what you have are normal stretch > marks. What I have is extreme. I have about 75% less tissue than you > did and the lines from the excess skin and stretch marks are deep > grooves - like wrinkles - big ones. If I wear anything that gets > even close these are very visable stretch marks I can handle - this > is different. And right above my nipple there is actually a concave > area. I guess it's partly due to the fact that I was a very > large "D" when I breastfeeding and I breastfed for a long time.> > I've only found a couple of photos in the thousands that I have > looked at online that even come close. I know it's hard to > undertsnad without seeing - but even the people closest to me that > would have disowned me for such a decision have said that they don't > blame me and that they would do it too. Even my OBGYN said she has > never seen the problems I have in her career. > > With that said - I still would rather have a deformity than lose my > life as I know it. I have had mixed responses about a lift. Problem > is I have no sag! > > Oh - I guess you misread my post - it was my sister-in-law that died > form scleroderma - she's not a blood relation. This doctor actually > said he would not rule out that the implants could have played a > role but facts are that the disease was advanced and the bloodwork > showed that it was present before her implants. She had only had > them 2 years when she died. > > > I'm not being defensive - I woulnd't be here if I just wanted to > argue why I "should" do it. It's important to me that the facts are > clear. It is far more impactful to know the real live concrete > findings and experiences than to grasp at straws - my sister-law > based on concrete medical findings was sick long before her > implants - in HER case.> > The implant I have chosen to receive should I actually go through > with it - are small. I am only going to a "B" cup as I was before I > was pregnant and just as he is loving me with the very ugly problems > I have now - my husband is willing to deal with having something > fake about me. So these reasons are not reasons I would chose not to > have the surgery.> > Illness and long term problems as you spoke of are. I am > extremely sorry to hear about what you went through and to hear that > saline implants can cause many of the same sounding symptoms that > one would hear about with silicone is what I'm looking for. Thank > you for sharing your story! I will continue to do a lot of thinking!> > > > > > > > > HI.> > > > > > I am scheduled for breast implant surgery this Friday at 6AM. I > > have > > > done research for a couple of years on andoff since I stopped > > > breastfeeding my first child and found that I was unhappy to a > > > distraction at the breasts that I was left with after weaning. I > > had > > > my second child a couple years later (I knew we wanted another > > child > > > so I wasn't thinking about doing anything surgery wise until > after > > I > > > had her and breastfed and weaned her) and after my second > daughter > > > weaned at about 18 months I was ready to get serious about > looking > > > inton doing something about my breasts. I was a perky "B" cup > > before > > > my babies and after I am a very deflated - wrinkled - > stretchmarked > > > barely "A". I could deal with the size , but my breasts look > > exactly > > > like those of a small breasted 80 or 90 year old women. They are > > > effecting my sexual life with my husband as well as my social > life > > > as I hate the way I look in clothing and won't wear a bathing > suit > > > because you can see the wrinkles over the top of a suit and you > can > > > see the concave areas in a full piece. My life is fashion as I > am a > > > designer and wearing the clothing that I love or design makes me > > > feel wonderful and that is also missing from my life right now. > > > Padded bras help under clothing but can only be worn with > certain > > > clothing. This is my background as to why I am at this point > about > > > to undergo surgery on Friday morning and I wanted you to > understand > > > that it is beyond a size or simple vanity issue.> > > > > > I am a very thorough person as far as research is concerned and > > even > > > when women warn not to look at "anit-implant" sites I am never > one > > > to ignore the other half of the story. I have seen may mnay > explant > > > sites and support siters and the such but I am in a quandry. I > > > haven't found enough information about problems apart from those > > > well known (CC, bottoming out, infection, rejection, mammogram > > > difficulties, rippling, heaviness, hematomas, stigma attatched > to > > > larger breasts (I had "D" cups when I was breastfeeding and I > > > honeslty didn't get any more attention than I already do) and > other > > > actual surgical complications. I haven't actually found anything > to > > > really give me an idea about "SALINE poisoning" plenty on > silicone > > > and I understand the outer shell is silicine but I'm looking for > > > information on women that have has systemic, autoimmune, chronic > > > fatigue, arthritic problems etc... with SALINE implants that > have > > > never had silicone. I don't have much longer to back out if I > feel > > > as if I need to and I have looked through the messages here and > of > > > course you have been talking to eachother for a long time so I > am > > > not finding the original stories. > > > > > > Is there anything you can tell me about being sick from saline > > > implants? Now I have to say that my sister in law died from > > > scleroderma (systyemic not external) a few years after getting > > > saline implants. Her doctor is the top scleroderma doctor in our > > > country and he said that from all the testing that he has done > he > > > can say with assurity that her disease was beginning to manifest > > > before she had her implants. In other words I do understand from > a > > > medical and logical standpoint that "sometimes" these diseases > are > > > going to happen anyway - but I am open to the stories that you > have > > > in which you really feel as if it had everything to do with the > > > implant.> > > > > > I really truly appreciate you time and help in assisting me in > > > making the most informed decision I can. > > > > > > Thank you sincerely -> > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 Both Cricket and Marie make good points here. I mean stretch marks may be able to have laser or something to make them look better, if your not even saggy I suspect the BA will make them stand out more. I was saggy so I don't think that happened to me, but I cannot imagine it making it better, in fact it may cause you to get even more stretch marks if your skin is very tight. And Crickets point is also a good one, allot of men cannot deal with a woman who gets sick, many women have lost their husbands and the kids have lost thier daddies because the men cannot handle being around a sick woman all the time. No one believes any of this will happen to them, but it does, we have several women on this site who have been abandonded due to implants and illness. And the wieght gain is also common, if you gained 30 pounds how would you feel about your body in those cute little clothes then. That would be more depressing for me than a few stretch marks. I mean that is just me, but I can tell ya, when your sick from implants, you won't care about sex, or how you look, or your kids, or anything, you will just want to lay around and die. I contemplated suicide everyday, because the pain was so great and NO ONE would take me seriously. You also have to be prepared to accept that when and if you get ill there won't be many Dr's who will listen to you or believe you. You will have to most likely travel to find a good surgeon or even a good naturopathic Dr that will help you. Look at Dr Mercola, he is in Chicago, for most of us we would love to go to him but who can afford to fly to Chicago to see a great doc like that. Most of us had to settle for what we could find or just do this stuff on our own. It is hard hard work to get those toxins out of your body. Getting implants out is not like pulling a tooth, you don't just get better immediatly and go on your way. Once the implants are out it can take literally years to undo the damage, and even then you may have flare ups. Only a few of us get better right away, most of us it takes time and hard work. The toxins in implants are not discussed by the PS's but they are in there. Implants are not made up of some natural substance and it makes sense that some people will not tolerate those substances in theri bodies. It is the same with other implants. We know women with knees and hips that have all our same symptoms. It is the body fighting a foreign invader. It is not normal or natural to have these things in our body. We were not made to have parts put in us . Our bodies are set up to attack things that don't belong there, that is why the scar tissue forms, that is why even a sliver the body will fight till it pushes it out. With slicone bags sewn into our chest the body has to fight so hard that eventually weird things start happening, and yes sometimes it may take years and sometimes only a few months. Either way I do believe it happens to most at some point. Even woman with implants in 20 years when you get to talking to them they will say oh well I have arthritis or I have this or that, but it is not my implants. Well I can tell you my mom and my grandma did not have arthritis or any of that crap, that is not normal aging. That is a falacy. Not to say people don't get these things from aging but it is not always normal aging. Anyhow I can go on and on but the bottom line is your going to have to make the decision. All we can do is hope that your going to make the right one for your health and to continue being a wife and a mommy. hugs , " cricket5643000 " <cricket5643000@y...> wrote: > , > > There is one thing that has not been mentioned yet. > > There are many of us who have had our husbands walk out on us. In > the last month alone there have been two. > When I got sick from my implants, my husband told me I was not the > same women he had married and I wasn't fun anymore. > He was right I was deathly ill. You may say that, that will never > happen to me and maybe it won't. But In my wildest dreams I never > would have thought it would happen to me eirther. > and I don't think Colleen or Daryl did eirther. > > > Just food for thought. > > Oh and the weight gain from my thyroid shutting down was 30 pounds. > I was a healthy weight lifter for 11 years and I looked great. After > implanting no matter what I did I keep gaining weight and am still > trying to get my old body back. > > Love Cricket > > > > > HI. > > > > I am scheduled for breast implant surgery this Friday at 6AM. I > have > > done research for a couple of years on andoff since I stopped > > breastfeeding my first child and found that I was unhappy to a > > distraction at the breasts that I was left with after weaning. I > had > > my second child a couple years later (I knew we wanted another > child > > so I wasn't thinking about doing anything surgery wise until after > I > > had her and breastfed and weaned her) and after my second daughter > > weaned at about 18 months I was ready to get serious about looking > > inton doing something about my breasts. I was a perky " B " cup > before > > my babies and after I am a very deflated - wrinkled - > stretchmarked > > barely " A " . I could deal with the size , but my breasts look > exactly > > like those of a small breasted 80 or 90 year old women. They are > > effecting my sexual life with my husband as well as my social life > > as I hate the way I look in clothing and won't wear a bathing suit > > because you can see the wrinkles over the top of a suit and you > can > > see the concave areas in a full piece. My life is fashion as I am > a > > designer and wearing the clothing that I love or design makes me > > feel wonderful and that is also missing from my life right now. > > Padded bras help under clothing but can only be worn with certain > > clothing. This is my background as to why I am at this point about > > to undergo surgery on Friday morning and I wanted you to > understand > > that it is beyond a size or simple vanity issue. > > > > I am a very thorough person as far as research is concerned and > even > > when women warn not to look at " anit-implant " sites I am never one > > to ignore the other half of the story. I have seen may mnay > explant > > sites and support siters and the such but I am in a quandry. I > > haven't found enough information about problems apart from those > > well known (CC, bottoming out, infection, rejection, mammogram > > difficulties, rippling, heaviness, hematomas, stigma attatched to > > larger breasts (I had " D " cups when I was breastfeeding and I > > honeslty didn't get any more attention than I already do) and > other > > actual surgical complications. I haven't actually found anything > to > > really give me an idea about " SALINE poisoning " plenty on silicone > > and I understand the outer shell is silicine but I'm looking for > > information on women that have has systemic, autoimmune, chronic > > fatigue, arthritic problems etc... with SALINE implants that have > > never had silicone. I don't have much longer to back out if I feel > > as if I need to and I have looked through the messages here and of > > course you have been talking to eachother for a long time so I am > > not finding the original stories. > > > > Is there anything you can tell me about being sick from saline > > implants? Now I have to say that my sister in law died from > > scleroderma (systyemic not external) a few years after getting > > saline implants. Her doctor is the top scleroderma doctor in our > > country and he said that from all the testing that he has done he > > can say with assurity that her disease was beginning to manifest > > before she had her implants. In other words I do understand from a > > medical and logical standpoint that " sometimes " these diseases are > > going to happen anyway - but I am open to the stories that you > have > > in which you really feel as if it had everything to do with the > > implant. > > > > I really truly appreciate you time and help in assisting me in > > making the most informed decision I can. > > > > Thank you sincerely - > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 I agree, I got implants being an advid work out girl, dating a bdoy builder, wanted to be and look so haelthy at the size of a 2/3 and 5'7. My breasts were so small. Dud? I was way too thin. Well, implants helped out with that! After I got them, I couldnt stop putting on the weight, despite working out and eating great everyday. Years later, I found I had thyroid disease. And when I got them out, I had bigger breasts anyway. Should have saved myself the time and money and just put on 10 pounds. Now I am finding, alot of women with implants also have thyroid disease. Your implants and thyroid are closely related. Do you know that if you get breast cancer, your thyroid cancer risk is increased two fold? AND vice versa. So it makes sense to me, that they are interlinked. And if they are, breast implants mean weight gain for lot of women.BLA~! sesIisoirbdira >From: "naturalbeauty38" <naturalbeauty38@...> >Reply- > >Subject: Re: B/A Friday 6/24 LONG >Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 19:54:31 -0000 > >Both Cricket and Marie make good points here. I mean stretch >marks may be able to have laser or something to make them look >better, if your not even saggy I suspect the BA will make them stand >out more. I was saggy so I don't think that happened to me, but I >cannot imagine it making it better, in fact it may cause you to get >even more stretch marks if your skin is very tight. >And Crickets point is also a good one, allot of men cannot deal with >a woman who gets sick, many women have lost their husbands and the >kids have lost thier daddies because the men cannot handle being >around a sick woman all the time. No one believes any of this will >happen to them, but it does, we have several women on this site who >have been abandonded due to implants and illness. >And the wieght gain is also common, if you gained 30 pounds how would >you feel about your body in those cute little clothes then. That >would be more depressing for me than a few stretch marks. I mean that >is just me, but I can tell ya, when your sick from implants, you >won't care about sex, or how you look, or your kids, or anything, you >will just want to lay around and die. I contemplated suicide >everyday, because the pain was so great and NO ONE would take me >seriously. You also have to be prepared to accept that when and if >you get ill there won't be many Dr's who will listen to you or >believe you. You will have to most likely travel to find a good >surgeon or even a good naturopathic Dr that will help you. Look at Dr >Mercola, he is in Chicago, for most of us we would love to go to him >but who can afford to fly to Chicago to see a great doc like that. >Most of us had to settle for what we could find or just do this stuff >on our own. It is hard hard work to get those toxins out of your >body. Getting implants out is not like pulling a tooth, you don't >just get better immediatly and go on your way. Once the implants are >out it can take literally years to undo the damage, and even then you >may have flare ups. Only a few of us get better right away, most of >us it takes time and hard work. >The toxins in implants are not discussed by the PS's but they are in >there. Implants are not made up of some natural substance and it >makes sense that some people will not tolerate those substances in >theri bodies. It is the same with other implants. We know women with >knees and hips that have all our same symptoms. It is the body >fighting a foreign invader. It is not normal or natural to have these >things in our body. We were not made to have parts put in us . Our >bodies are set up to attack things that don't belong there, that is >why the scar tissue forms, that is why even a sliver the body will >fight till it pushes it out. With slicone bags sewn into our chest >the body has to fight so hard that eventually weird things start >happening, and yes sometimes it may take years and sometimes only a >few months. Either way I do believe it happens to most at some point. >Even woman with implants in 20 years when you get to talking to them >they will say oh well I have arthritis or I have this or that, but it >is not my implants. Well I can tell you my mom and my grandma did not >have arthritis or any of that crap, that is not normal aging. That is >a falacy. Not to say people don't get these things from aging but it >is not always normal aging. >Anyhow I can go on and on but the bottom line is your going to have >to make the decision. All we can do is hope that your going to make >the right one for your health and to continue being a wife and a >mommy. >hugs > > > > > > > > > > > , "cricket5643000" <cricket5643000@y...> >wrote: > > , > > > > There is one thing that has not been mentioned yet. > > > > There are many of us who have had our husbands walk out on us. In > > the last month alone there have been two. > > When I got sick from my implants, my husband told me I was not the > > same women he had married and I wasn't fun anymore. > > He was right I was deathly ill. You may say that, that will never > > happen to me and maybe it won't. But In my wildest dreams I never > > would have thought it would happen to me eirther. > > and I don't think Colleen or Daryl did eirther. > > > > > > Just food for thought. > > > > Oh and the weight gain from my thyroid shutting down was 30 pounds. > > I was a healthy weight lifter for 11 years and I looked great. >After > > implanting no matter what I did I keep gaining weight and am still > > trying to get my old body back. > > > > Love Cricket > > > > > > > > > HI. > > > > > > I am scheduled for breast implant surgery this Friday at 6AM. I > > have > > > done research for a couple of years on andoff since I stopped > > > breastfeeding my first child and found that I was unhappy to a > > > distraction at the breasts that I was left with after weaning. I > > had > > > my second child a couple years later (I knew we wanted another > > child > > > so I wasn't thinking about doing anything surgery wise until >after > > I > > > had her and breastfed and weaned her) and after my second >daughter > > > weaned at about 18 months I was ready to get serious about >looking > > > inton doing something about my breasts. I was a perky "B" cup > > before > > > my babies and after I am a very deflated - wrinkled - > > stretchmarked > > > barely "A". I could deal with the size , but my breasts look > > exactly > > > like those of a small breasted 80 or 90 year old women. They are > > > effecting my sexual life with my husband as well as my social >life > > > as I hate the way I look in clothing and won't wear a bathing >suit > > > because you can see the wrinkles over the top of a suit and you > > can > > > see the concave areas in a full piece. My life is fashion as I am > > a > > > designer and wearing the clothing that I love or design makes me > > > feel wonderful and that is also missing from my life right now. > > > Padded bras help under clothing but can only be worn with certain > > > clothing. This is my background as to why I am at this point >about > > > to undergo surgery on Friday morning and I wanted you to > > understand > > > that it is beyond a size or simple vanity issue. > > > > > > I am a very thorough person as far as research is concerned and > > even > > > when women warn not to look at "anit-implant" sites I am never >one > > > to ignore the other half of the story. I have seen may mnay > > explant > > > sites and support siters and the such but I am in a quandry. I > > > haven't found enough information about problems apart from those > > > well known (CC, bottoming out, infection, rejection, mammogram > > > difficulties, rippling, heaviness, hematomas, stigma attatched to > > > larger breasts (I had "D" cups when I was breastfeeding and I > > > honeslty didn't get any more attention than I already do) and > > other > > > actual surgical complications. I haven't actually found anything > > to > > > really give me an idea about "SALINE poisoning" plenty on >silicone > > > and I understand the outer shell is silicine but I'm looking for > > > information on women that have has systemic, autoimmune, chronic > > > fatigue, arthritic problems etc... with SALINE implants that have > > > never had silicone. I don't have much longer to back out if I >feel > > > as if I need to and I have looked through the messages here and >of > > > course you have been talking to eachother for a long time so I am > > > not finding the original stories. > > > > > > Is there anything you can tell me about being sick from saline > > > implants? Now I have to say that my sister in law died from > > > scleroderma (systyemic not external) a few years after getting > > > saline implants. Her doctor is the top scleroderma doctor in our > > > country and he said that from all the testing that he has done he > > > can say with assurity that her disease was beginning to manifest > > > before she had her implants. In other words I do understand from >a > > > medical and logical standpoint that "sometimes" these diseases >are > > > going to happen anyway - but I am open to the stories that you > > have > > > in which you really feel as if it had everything to do with the > > > implant. > > > > > > I really truly appreciate you time and help in assisting me in > > > making the most informed decision I can. > > > > > > Thank you sincerely - > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 > HI. > > I am scheduled for breast implant surgery this Friday at 6AM. I have > done research for a couple of years on andoff since I stopped > breastfeeding my first child and found that I was unhappy to a > distraction at the breasts that I was left with after weaning. I had > my second child a couple years later (I knew we wanted another child > so I wasn't thinking about doing anything surgery wise until after I > had her and breastfed and weaned her) and after my second daughter > weaned at about 18 months I was ready to get serious about looking > inton doing something about my breasts. I was a perky " B " cup before > my babies and after I am a very deflated - wrinkled - stretchmarked > barely " A " . I could deal with the size , but my breasts look exactly > like those of a small breasted 80 or 90 year old women. They are > effecting my sexual life with my husband as well as my social life > as I hate the way I look in clothing and won't wear a bathing suit > because you can see the wrinkles over the top of a suit and you can > see the concave areas in a full piece. My life is fashion as I am a > designer and wearing the clothing that I love or design makes me > feel wonderful and that is also missing from my life right now. > Padded bras help under clothing but can only be worn with certain > clothing. This is my background as to why I am at this point about > to undergo surgery on Friday morning and I wanted you to understand > that it is beyond a size or simple vanity issue. > > I am a very thorough person as far as research is concerned and even > when women warn not to look at " anit-implant " sites I am never one > to ignore the other half of the story. I have seen may mnay explant > sites and support siters and the such but I am in a quandry. I > haven't found enough information about problems apart from those > well known (CC, bottoming out, infection, rejection, mammogram > difficulties, rippling, heaviness, hematomas, stigma attatched to > larger breasts (I had " D " cups when I was breastfeeding and I > honeslty didn't get any more attention than I already do) and other > actual surgical complications. I haven't actually found anything to > really give me an idea about " SALINE poisoning " plenty on silicone > and I understand the outer shell is silicine but I'm looking for > information on women that have has systemic, autoimmune, chronic > fatigue, arthritic problems etc... with SALINE implants that have > never had silicone. I don't have much longer to back out if I feel > as if I need to and I have looked through the messages here and of > course you have been talking to eachother for a long time so I am > not finding the original stories. > > Is there anything you can tell me about being sick from saline > implants? Now I have to say that my sister in law died from > scleroderma (systyemic not external) a few years after getting > saline implants. Her doctor is the top scleroderma doctor in our > country and he said that from all the testing that he has done he > can say with assurity that her disease was beginning to manifest > before she had her implants. In other words I do understand from a > medical and logical standpoint that " sometimes " these diseases are > going to happen anyway - but I am open to the stories that you have > in which you really feel as if it had everything to do with the > implant. > > I really truly appreciate you time and help in assisting me in > making the most informed decision I can. > > Thank you sincerely - > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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