Re: Getting Implants Removed

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Hi and welcome to our group, I am sorry that you have to even be with us. You are definitely not alone though, as so many thousands of women have gone through exactly what you are, with the mysterious illnesses cropping up shortly after explant, or years later. It doesn't matter if it happens 6 days or 6 years after implant though...the devastating effects are usually very much the same, and only get worse as time goes on. Your body is certainly crying for help! Congratulations on your insight into your health and your decision to get the implants out. That is a big step in the right direction. It is especially noteworthy since you have not had validation from anyone in the medical profession as of yet. Who is going to do your explant? More importantly, have you discussed with them the need for a total capsulectomy, or en bloc removal, and drains?

Make sure you have covered all aspects of having a PROPER explant! This is so important! As some women have found out, if the explant is not done with the goal of removing the implant and all scar tissue, the immune system can remain in an overactive state and your health may not return in full. You can regain your health with a proper explant and that is what this group is all about. We've seen so many women get their implants out and get better....we know that it is entirely possible! But you do have to make sure you are taking the right steps toward healing. We can offer help and insight into the explant process. It really is not a very difficult surgery to get over. Most women recover very quickly, and they look great after giving their body some time to recover from surgery. Some women look even better than before implanting, so you don't have to worry.

You should have every reason to expect that you are going to look good, as long as you are using a well qualified surgeon...and one who doesn't tell you that you are going to look deformed if you remove your implants. Check out Lany's explant webpage to answer all your questions: http://community-2.webtv.net/lany25/LifeAfterBreast/ Pattydonnastoxicbreast <donnastoxicbreast@...> wrote: I am so nervous I get my explant on May 17 2006. I am new hereI was just reading your stories and lookin at pics. I am so scaredabout what I am gonna look like after explant

without lift. I am37 and had a ba on feb 22, 2005. I have been sick since 3 weeksPost. My PS won't help me, so I been going to ER's, Chiropractors,Family Doctor and ENT. I have a low grade fever everynight. I have33 symptoms in all. I am not well to say the least. I can't wait to get these toxic bags out of me. I am 100% sure and always was for sure this is what is wrong with me and all the dr's tell me I amcrazy and put me on nerve pills!!! I am getting them out to see ifI get well. I am fed up with being lied to and pushed from Dr. toDr. so they can pass the buck. I was wanting some feed back from girlsfrom this site, what to expect during and after explant surgery,without a lift. Thanks to you all and your stories!!!

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sorry, I meant illness cropping up shortly after implant!Tricia Trish <glory2glory1401@...> wrote: Hi and welcome to our group, I am sorry that you have to even be with us. You are definitely not alone though, as so many thousands of women have gone through exactly what you are, with the mysterious illnesses cropping up shortly after explant, or years later. It doesn't matter if it happens 6 days or 6 years after implant though...the devastating effects are usually very much the same, and only get worse as time goes on. Your body is certainly crying for help!

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Donna,

Wow, your story is so similar to my own. I don't know if you've

seen me post my story here, but in the event you haven't, I got my

implants in May of 2005 and got sick within weeks as well. It

continued to get worse with each passing week, and in November of

2005 I had mine removed. I actually had two surgery dates. I

cancelled the first one because my husband was my brick wall instead

of my rock, and he just wouldn't accept that the implants were

making me sick, and thought I was just being neurotic. As soon as I

started getting sick last May, I knew it was the implants, but it

took longer to convince him, and I ended up feeling like he was in

control of what I did with my body. I would have had them removed a

month after getting them if I could have, but since I had just

charged over $6000 to a credit card, my husband was not supportive

of having them removed, and he wanted to hear from a doctor that the

implants were the cause. Of course as we all know, the last people

to confirm that implants make us sick are doctors!! After months of

getting sicker all the time, and then upon finding Dr. Feng, and

actually driving myself out to Ohio without him (I called him on the

way to tell him I was having them removed), he finally woke up and I

had them explanted. I didn't have the explant on that trip, though,

because my husband flipped out when I sprung this on him. However,

when I got home, he apologized for being such an a$$ and said he

would accompany me to Ohio when I could reschedule another date.

So, we drove from New Jersey to Ohio a month later, in November, and

I had the explant.

The explant was much less painful than the implants - the first day

I needed pain meds, but over the course of the next few days I

barely needed any, and by the 3rd or 4th day I didn't take anything,

not even Tylenol. I had my surgery on Monday, and I couldn't leave

because the output of my drains was still too high, so I sent my

husband home on Wednesday, staying in the hotel alone, and on Friday

I rented a car and drove home. The following Monday I was back in

school full-time (I'm 45 years old, but I got downsized in 2005 and

was attending full-time college). I was a little sore but not bad,

mostly the soreness came from the sports bra. I was a 34A/B before

implants, a C after, and now I'm back to my regular size. If you

want to see my pictures, they are posted here. Go to Links (at the

left in the blue menu), and then just continue to pick the top link

until you get to the site where the pictures are stored. The

password is implants.

Good luck to you,

Sis

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> I am so nervous I get my explant on May 17 2006. I am new here

> I was just reading your stories and lookin at pics. I am so scared

> about what I am gonna look like after explant without lift. I am

> 37 and had a ba on feb 22, 2005. I have been sick since 3 weeks

> Post. My PS won't help me, so I been going to ER's, Chiropractors,

> Family Doctor and ENT. I have a low grade fever everynight. I have

> 33 symptoms in all. I am not well to say the least. I can't wait

to

> get these toxic bags out of me. I am 100% sure and always was for

> sure this is what is wrong with me and all the dr's tell me I am

> crazy and put me on nerve pills!!! I am getting them out to see if

> I get well. I am fed up with being lied to and pushed from Dr. to

> Dr. so they can pass the buck. I was wanting some feed back from

girls

> from this site, what to expect during and after explant surgery,

> without a lift. Thanks to you all and your stories!!!

>

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Donna,

I don't have much computer time right now . . . but if

you'll read through the old messages and track women

who come to the groups sick time after time, then

watch as they get their implants out and get well,

you'll have all your doubts removed! . . .

It may take some time, and a lot of discipline on your

part! . . . But if you're like virtually everyone

here, you'll be very happy to get rid of those toxic

bags and to get your life back again!

Hugs and prayers,

Rogene

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I am also a new member and read about your symptoms. My breast implants

where removed last July, because of one rupturing. However, I have been very

sick also. Just been diagnosed with mgus (monoclonal gammopathy of

undetermined significance) smoldering multiple myeloma and a aquired blood

disease. As for as how your breasts will look without a lift, mine where

about the same prior to the implants, plus age factor. Hope this will help.

Margie

>From: " donnastoxicbreast " <donnastoxicbreast@...>

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>Subject: Getting Implants Removed

>Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 02:46:02 -0000

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>I am so nervous I get my explant on May 17 2006. I am new here

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>I was just reading your stories and lookin at pics. I am so scared

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>about what I am gonna look like after explant without lift. I am

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>37 and had a ba on feb 22, 2005. I have been sick since 3 weeks

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>Post. My PS won't help me, so I been going to ER's, Chiropractors,

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>Family Doctor and ENT. I have a low grade fever everynight. I have

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>33 symptoms in all. I am not well to say the least. I can't wait to

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>get these toxic bags out of me. I am 100% sure and always was for

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>sure this is what is wrong with me and all the dr's tell me I am

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>crazy and put me on nerve pills!!! I am getting them out to see if

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>I get well. I am fed up with being lied to and pushed from Dr. to

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>Dr. so they can pass the buck. I was wanting some feed back from girls

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>from this site, what to expect during and after explant surgery,

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>without a lift. Thanks to you all and your stories!!!

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>Opinions expressed are NOT meant to take the place of advice given by

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>Find out what the facts are, and make your own decisions about how to live

>a happy life and how to work for a better world. " - Linus ing, two-time

>Nobel Prize Winner (1954, Chemistry; 1963, Peace)

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Margie Thanks so much for writing, please write me back and tell me who removed your implants and if you got a lift or mastopecty. Thanks so much. DonnaMargie Horan <margiehoran@...> wrote: I am also a new member and read about your symptoms. My breast implants where removed last July, because of one rupturing. However, I have been very sick also. Just been diagnosed with mgus (monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance) smoldering multiple myeloma and a aquired blood disease. As for as how your breasts will look without a lift, mine where about the same prior to the implants, plus age factor. Hope this will help. Margie>From: "donnastoxicbreast" >Reply- >To:

>Subject: Getting Implants Removed>Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 02:46:02 -0000>>>>>I am so nervous I get my explant on May 17 2006. I am new here>>I was just reading your stories and lookin at pics. I am so scared>>about what I am gonna look like after explant without lift. I am>>37 and had a ba on feb 22, 2005. I have been sick since 3 weeks>>Post. My PS won't help me, so I been going to ER's, Chiropractors,>>Family Doctor and ENT. I have a low grade fever everynight. I have>>33 symptoms in all. I am not well to say the least. I can't wait to>>get these toxic bags out of me. I am 100% sure and always was for>>sure this is what is wrong with me and all the dr's tell me I am>>crazy and put me on nerve pills!!! I am getting them out to see if>>I get

well. I am fed up with being lied to and pushed from Dr. to>>Dr. so they can pass the buck. I was wanting some feed back from girls>>from this site, what to expect during and after explant surgery,>>without a lift. Thanks to you all and your stories!!!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Opinions expressed are NOT meant to take the place of advice given by >licensed health care professionals. Consult your physician or licensed >health care professional before commencing any medical treatment.>>>>"Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians mislead you. >Find out what the facts are, and make your own decisions about how to live >a happy life and how to work for a better world." - Linus ing, two-time >Nobel Prize Winner (1954, Chemistry; 1963,

Peace)>>>>See our photos website! Enter "implants" for access at this link:>>http://.shutterfly.com/action/>>>>

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My plastic surgeon removed them last July. I just know that I was awake and

he just removed them and sewed me up and sent me home. What is your doctor

going to do for you? Margie

>From: Donna Sparks <donnastoxicbreast@...>

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>Subject: RE: Getting Implants Removed

>Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 10:35:23 -0700 (PDT)

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>Margie Thanks so much for writing, please write me back and tell me who

>removed your implants and if you got a lift or mastopecty. Thanks so much.

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>Margie Horan <margiehoran@...> wrote:

> I am also a new member and read about your symptoms. My breast implants

>where removed last July, because of one rupturing. However, I have been

>very

>sick also. Just been diagnosed with mgus (monoclonal gammopathy of

>undetermined significance) smoldering multiple myeloma and a aquired blood

>disease. As for as how your breasts will look without a lift, mine where

>about the same prior to the implants, plus age factor. Hope this will help.

>Margie

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> >From: " donnastoxicbreast "

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> >Subject: Getting Implants Removed

> >Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 02:46:02 -0000

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> >I am so nervous I get my explant on May 17 2006. I am new here

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> >I was just reading your stories and lookin at pics. I am so scared

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> >about what I am gonna look like after explant without lift. I am

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> >37 and had a ba on feb 22, 2005. I have been sick since 3 weeks

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> >Post. My PS won't help me, so I been going to ER's, Chiropractors,

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> >Family Doctor and ENT. I have a low grade fever everynight. I have

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> >33 symptoms in all. I am not well to say the least. I can't wait to

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> >get these toxic bags out of me. I am 100% sure and always was for

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> >sure this is what is wrong with me and all the dr's tell me I am

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> >crazy and put me on nerve pills!!! I am getting them out to see if

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> >I get well. I am fed up with being lied to and pushed from Dr. to

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> >Dr. so they can pass the buck. I was wanting some feed back from girls

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> >from this site, what to expect during and after explant surgery,

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> > " Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians mislead

>you.

> >Find out what the facts are, and make your own decisions about how to

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> >a happy life and how to work for a better world. " - Linus ing,

>two-time

> >Nobel Prize Winner (1954, Chemistry; 1963, Peace)

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> >See our photos website! Enter " implants " for access at this link:

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> >http://.shutterfly.com/action/

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