Finally, My TRUE story of my explant.

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First of all I do apologize if this post is disrespectful to Patty

at all, in a sense that i am posting a topic that usually opens a can

of worms. First off this letter is no way intended to 'slander or

ruin anyone's practice or name'. It is a story based on MY personal

experience with Dr. Kolb. This is not made up, but from my

experience. I am tired of keeping quiet. NOT all experiences are

good. I can only speak from MY OWN personal experince, in which a

close family member(my mom) also was there to experience what

happened. I would like to say that Dr. Kolb was my explanting

surgeon. May I start with my whole entire story.I was SO sick and

bedridden, I felt like I was going to die. I was TERRIFIED that I

would die while being operated on, as I had SEVERE MCS too! I was

scared to death. I was allergic to so many things! I kept hearing

good things about Dr. Kolb. I was going to go to Feng, but Kolb

seemed cheaper. As it turns out, she was not. I called 3-4 times to

get a quote for the cost of my explant. I was quoted the cost over

the phone each time(I cannot remember the exact quote). BUT I will

tell you that when I got there(I traveled from out of State),the

price was $1,500 more than what I was told over the phone. IF I were

in State, I would have left right there, but I was desperate, and all

my hotel reservations and plane fare was paid for. When I first met

with Dr. Kolb, she was not too interested in hearing my symptoms, but

kept saying QUOTE 'The implants are making you sick'. Just before my

operation I asked the nurse 'QUOTE 'do you see alot of sick woman

that come here and get explanted??? She said (QUOTES), Yes, woman

sick from their implants come here all the time. They are SO SICK,

and when they are feeling better, some come back and get

REIMPLANTED " . I was a bit 'taken back by that statement, after

hearing how this woman is helping sick woman get well...ect.

hhhmmmmmmmm???? Anyway, before I was even awake from the anestetic,

she sold my mom $200.00 worth of supplements which I did NOT want.

She told my mom 'I needed to take these.'The next day I returned them

and got a refund. I TOLD her from day one that I met her i was under

the care of someone who was already taking care of my detoxing, why

was she selling my mom supp. without MY permission? . AFTER explant I

was so upset over the way I looked, (I was as flat as a 10 year old),

and told her I had trouble dealing with this. I was told by DR. KOLB

QUOTE " if you are not happy with the way you look, when you are

feeling better, you can always come back and put them in'. I was

devistated at hearing this. Here was a woman who told me that I was

harmed and sick from my implants, that IT would be OK to PUT THEM

back IN?????? I was also NEVER told that I would 'fluff out' I was

told QUOTE' what you see is what you get'. 2 years later, I fluffed

out, and now have small breasts that look very different from then.

Also, when I went back a few days after the surgery. I was told

QUOTE 'I dont' think that implants made you sick, you may have eaten

bad fish or something UNQUOTE! I felt to myself, why did I come here,

why did I not go somewhere else????? I was also told Quote I WOULD

NOT NEED ANY AFTERCARE AT ALL, and that after 1 week in ATLANTA, that

would be it. I was told this on the phone AND BY DR. KOLB herself

while I was in GA. BUT when I was settling up for my bills on the

LAST DAY. I was told by DR. KOLB QUOTE " I needed aftercare " . When I

heard this, I was like well who do I go to?. I was told by Dr.

Kolb 'QUOTE my family GP. SSSOOOO when I got home I needed my

stitches to be trimmed and looked at. MY FAMILY GP. would not touch

me, and neither would any other 10 PS that I called. I finally found

one to help me, and it cost an extra $125.00 out of my pocket.(it

would have been $275.00, but he said he would give me a good price

becuase he felt bad that I was sick) ALSO>>>>>>it goes on and

on...when I left, I went to billing to make sure I was all paid up,

and told I was....WELL when I got home there were BILLS waiting for

me..and BILLS COMING in for the weeks to follow!!! When I called to

complain about my whole BAD experience, a lengthy message was left on

my answering machine from DR> KOLB herself that she was 'QUOTE going

to sue me for slander. So I have learned that the best experience is

to experience it all for yourself. When I came back from there I was

even more totally suicadal, thinking 'oh God I just thougth I would

get some compassion, only to be told 'my implants did not make me

sick', and not treated very nicely. Also, I DID NOT KNOW that Dr.

Kolb had implants herself, until I got there. And that just went

against my own beliefs and morals. For that reason, I feel I would

have not gone. I hope knowone is offended by this post, but I have

kept silent too long. I know there may be alot of backlash, and I am

happy for the people that had a good experience with their surgeon.

BUT this was mine, and I feel as though I dont' like rehashing

negativity, but now was the time to speak up. I will not feed into

anyone that is going to bash me for writing this post. That is all I

have to say about this subject. peace, hugs and health to

all/terry/dimonds