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Hello to everyone,

Its been a while since I've been here. Just had to say am still so

happy about having implants removed. I've bounced back. For some time

I was down. I still need to lose weight and excercise and about 100

other things. I've decided just small goals one at a time, and if I

don't do it all today I'm not gonna beat myself up. I'm just gona do

my best along the way. I think it was just emotions and hormones. I

didn't really do anything drastic, just kept getting up everyday and

pushing forward. I did have my obgyn appt. I was scheduled to get

some labs drawn and didn't, basically I just have been

procrastinating with that, however I did have a recent cbc & white

count and UA and all that was good. I take some supplements, not

many. I'm out of C, but am going to the store today to get some new

supplements. I added silica. I think its really helped my nails. I

have pitiful thin nails and hair, have always had. (genetics) I still

haven't started working out, although I've made some new girlfriends

at work and they want to start hanging out so I'm really excited.

Looking back I can see how my life is slowly heading in the right

direction, just one day at a time. Plus we just moved etc.

I am still so proud to say I love my breast without

implants.Everytime I look at my scars I said I just wish I had never

gotten those darn things. Oh well, gotta move on. I wish my surgeon

was neater with the scars. I know he could have done a better job.I

thought he was a little sloppy, but they are right in the folds so

you can't see them looking straight on, but if i raise my arms up you

can see them slightly. They are just about 1 inch or less long, but

they are wider than the original. But then maybe I shouldn't be

griping and whining. I'm just happy to have them gone. I haven't had

any other complications, so I prob. am very blessed, just wanting

perfection and being a whiner. Why shouldn't I demand perfection. But

I did only spend $500.00 for removal and that is the only gripe I

have (the scars). I finally found good bra's for great prices and am

feeling pretty normal about it all. I look pretty much normal. I mean

I look just like I did prior to implant. I went on a with my hubby

trip and wore bathing suit and felt pretty good about everything. I

didn't like to much the cellulite on my thighs which thank the lord

that is coming off at some point.

I was at the pool one day prior to us moving out from apartments and

this one girl was laying out and It was obvious she had implants and

she was talking really loud and I heard her say that her feet and

ankles had been bothering her and they had recently been aching in

the joints. I thought to myself, well suprise suprise.

I also had a patient the other day (no names mentioned of course)

that had been having chest pain every night extended from her left

choulder and to back which sounds like chest pain (everybody has

different symptoms with chest pain) anyway, she had all the

cardiology work up done (heart) and they couldn't find anything. ALl

of her lab work for heart etc was normal, ekg, stress test etc., was

all good, but she would get short of breath and the past 6 months her

hands were going numb etc., well she also mentioned to me she had

breast implants for 20 yrs. and she had recently been thinking that

maybe one had ruptured. I didn't have here that night or the next day

and was off for a wk, so I never heard the results, but the doc had

metioned to here having a MRI of breast, but the doc also said she

didn't think it was her implants, but they were going to check it

out. So you really don't know where her symptoms were coming from, but

it sounded way to familiar like so many girls here. Again, suprise

suprise.

Deb

[Guest guest]

Some are off in Idaho getting better acquainted and taking a well-deserved

break.

We all just have to keep putting one foot ahead of the other and moving

forward.

All is OK here, but not great.

Lynda

At 09:56 AM 6/20/2004, you wrote:

>Hello to everyone,

>

>Its been a while since I've been here. Just had to say am still so

>happy about having implants removed. I've bounced back. For some time

>I was down. I still need to lose weight and excercise and about 100

>other things. I've decided just small goals one at a time, and if I

>don't do it all today I'm not gonna beat myself up. I'm just gona do

>my best along the way. I think it was just emotions and hormones. I

>didn't really do anything drastic, just kept getting up everyday and

>pushing forward. I did have my obgyn appt. I was scheduled to get

>some labs drawn and didn't, basically I just have been

>procrastinating with that, however I did have a recent cbc & white

>count and UA and all that was good. I take some supplements, not

>many. I'm out of C, but am going to the store today to get some new

>supplements. I added silica. I think its really helped my nails. I

>have pitiful thin nails and hair, have always had. (genetics) I still

>haven't started working out, although I've made some new girlfriends

>at work and they want to start hanging out so I'm really excited.

>Looking back I can see how my life is slowly heading in the right

>direction, just one day at a time. Plus we just moved etc.

>

> I am still so proud to say I love my breast without

>implants.Everytime I look at my scars I said I just wish I had never

>gotten those darn things. Oh well, gotta move on. I wish my surgeon

>was neater with the scars. I know he could have done a better job.I

>thought he was a little sloppy, but they are right in the folds so

>you can't see them looking straight on, but if i raise my arms up you

>can see them slightly. They are just about 1 inch or less long, but

>they are wider than the original. But then maybe I shouldn't be

>griping and whining. I'm just happy to have them gone. I haven't had

>any other complications, so I prob. am very blessed, just wanting

>perfection and being a whiner. Why shouldn't I demand perfection. But

>I did only spend $500.00 for removal and that is the only gripe I

>have (the scars). I finally found good bra's for great prices and am

>feeling pretty normal about it all. I look pretty much normal. I mean

>I look just like I did prior to implant. I went on a with my hubby

>trip and wore bathing suit and felt pretty good about everything. I

>didn't like to much the cellulite on my thighs which thank the lord

>that is coming off at some point.

>

>I was at the pool one day prior to us moving out from apartments and

>this one girl was laying out and It was obvious she had implants and

>she was talking really loud and I heard her say that her feet and

>ankles had been bothering her and they had recently been aching in

>the joints. I thought to myself, well suprise suprise.

>

>I also had a patient the other day (no names mentioned of course)

>that had been having chest pain every night extended from her left

>choulder and to back which sounds like chest pain (everybody has

>different symptoms with chest pain) anyway, she had all the

>cardiology work up done (heart) and they couldn't find anything. ALl

>of her lab work for heart etc was normal, ekg, stress test etc., was

>all good, but she would get short of breath and the past 6 months her

>hands were going numb etc., well she also mentioned to me she had

>breast implants for 20 yrs. and she had recently been thinking that

>maybe one had ruptured. I didn't have here that night or the next day

>and was off for a wk, so I never heard the results, but the doc had

>metioned to here having a MRI of breast, but the doc also said she

>didn't think it was her implants, but they were going to check it

>out. So you really don't know where her symptoms were coming from, but

>it sounded way to familiar like so many girls here. Again, suprise

>suprise.

>

>

>Deb

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