Re: Sisters..For we-warriors-You poor girls!

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I feel so bad for the both of you-At least your family can't say

that it's all in your head like some of our family and friends

do.....you've got 2 of you with the same health problems. After 4

yrs. of having strange problems (just like yours) and going from Dr.

to Dr. to Dr. I started thinking that I was going crazy, How does a

healthy, happy, positive 30 yr. old girl go from normal to bed-

ridden so quickly? With no med. tests showing anything is wrong?

I asked every Dr. for 4 yrs. if my implants could be causing any of

my problems and they all said NO-I'm talking about all different

types of Dr.s and hospitals. Now that I look back, I think " How in

the world did they know that my implants were fine?? " When I sent

them off to Dr. Blais (pathologist) and he told me that they were

all black and yucky, I wanted to send a color pict. to every one of

those people. Of course, I was too tired out to do it, but it was a

good idea. I still have so much anger about all those wasted years.

I have been diagnosed with Fibro too, and have been on dozens of

pain meds.-I have gotten better since my explant but I still have

muscle ashes and pains and fatigue. It stinks to think about getting

them out but I didn't have any choice. What's the use of having big

breasts if your in bed all day crying?? My marriage has suffered so

much because of this illness. I hope that you can find a Dr. to help

you. Are you on any meds now?

I think you should go back and tell your PS what happened. He will

tell you that it's not your implants, but he should still hear what

you have to say. I wish that these people would realize that some of

us don't do well with silicone time bombs in our bodies. Why is that

so hard for them to admit?? The more of us that complain, the more

that they might WAKE UP! Maybe he will take them out for you-that

would be the nice thing to do. They make so much money-the least

that they can do is take them out for the ones that don't work out

well. If you need to talk my # is 702-361-6442 here in Las Vegas-

Good luck, I hope that you get some relief! Love, Daryl

> >

> > Hi everyone. My sister and I had Mentor, smooth, round silicone

> > outer, saline filled implants just over two years ago. We both

> are

> > experiencing problems. My sister is worse than myself. She has

> > recently been diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Today she saw her

> > orthodontist and they discussed my sister's symptoms. During

this

> > discussion it was asked by the Dr. if my sister had implants.

> Upon

> > finding she did the Orthodontist suggested that our problems may

> be

> > due to the implants. Being the nosey one in the family, I went

to

> > work on the internet to see if I could find anything out and

> > stumbled upon this site. Both of our problems began immediately

> > after the implants were put in, but neither my sister nor I gave

a

> > thought as to it could be the implants. Our symptoms began

> > gradually, but over the course of two years here is what some of

> my

> > sister's symptoms are: forgetfulness, dizziness, horrible

> > body/muscle/joint aches, near constant pain all over her body,

> hair

> > loss, extreme fatique, yeast infections (one right after the

> other),

> > slurred speech at times, anxiety, foginess in her head...the

list

> > does go on.

> >

> > As for myself, I'm just beginning to feel symptoms similar to my

> > sisters. My sisters began right after the implants and have

> gotten

> > much worse over the past 2 years. My symptoms include frequent

> > sinus infections that will not go away...I've had sinus problems

> for

> > about 10 years, but never as frequent and never ones that

required

> > the use of steroids to go away. I get upper respiratory

> infections

> > frequently. I'm dizzy and it's getting worse...I usually have

to

> > hold on to the sides of the wall as I'm going downstairs,

blurred

> > vision at times, my head seems to be in a constant fog, my feet

> hurt

> > when I first get up for about a half an hour or so, my legs are

> > getting achy and are staying that way; the left is worse than

the

> > right, my left implant has never felt right...it feels as if

> > something is rubbing on my skin and wants to get out...I'm very,

> > very tired...it's all I can do most mornings to drag myself out

of

> > bed and get to work, but I have to so I do. My hair is falling

> out

> > in droves...thank God I've always had an extremely thick head of

> > hair...I can honestly say if I didn't have, I would be bald by

> now.

> > Honestly. I also have a rash that comes and goes. Now I have

one

> > on my face that I got immediately after a facial I had gotten in

> my

> > PS's office...done by a licensed estician. As each day goes by

I

> > feel both myself, and definitely my sister, getting worse. I'm

> not

> > bad now, but my sister is very bad and getting worse.

> >

> > Does anyone know of anyone in southeast Michigan that could help

> > us. We did have what we believe to be a good plastic surgeon

who

> > did our implant surgery, but not sure if we should bring

> > this up to him. When I told him right after my surgery that my

> left

> > implant doesn't feel right (and I went back a few times because

of

> > it)the final outcome of those visits was it was the

imperfections

> of

> > having something done. They do look good, but that's not what I

> > wanted to hear. What should we do? We're at a loss as to where

> to

> > proceed from here.

> >

> > Thank you so much for your help.