My responses to reporters questions

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What do you most like or dislike about your breast implants? When I first got my (McGhan) saline implants, I was very happy with their fullness after having such saggy breasts after childbirth. However, I greatly disliked their firmness, their unnatural look and feel, and of course, they ended up making me very sick, which took away my joy even to live. What were the reasons you chose to get them? I had wanted breast implants for years, because I wanted to have fuller breasts. My original breasts were small, and then after childbirth they became unbearably ugly due to the stretching out of the skin. So, I chose to get them for myself so I could feel better about my figure, and of course, I had hoped that my husband would find enjoyment as well, which he did. Was the procedure

painful or easy? It was an extremely painful procedure. I could not even get out of bed to go to the bathroom without crying out in pain, and my husband had to help me sit up. Of course, the outcome seemed to make all the pain worthwhile....at first. What advice do you have for other women considering breast implant surgery? Since I got so sick from them, my first response is to shout, "Don't do it!" But I realize that when women are desperate to feel better about themselves, and implants are considered safe, all my warnings are going to fall on deaf ears. My advice is this: If you definitely want them, absolutely first do research that includes talking to women who have experienced the negative side effects. The illnesses that can result from getting implants are serious and life-changing in a major, major way. Make absolute sure that you have

money set aside for explanting them, and for dealing with the possibilty of disease that takes away your ability to work and make a living. Most of the women I see on my group have no funds set aside for explanting and are left in a desperate situation to get them out when they get sick. They end up becoming dependent upon other family members for support. Doctors are negligent in warning women to set aside a slush fund for the day when the implants will have to be dealt with again. That day will defnitely come, there is no question about it. Implants do not last a lifetime: they need to be replaced, and that is NOT a free surgery. How has the surgery changed your life? It has changed my life to such a degree that I now have a B.I. and A.E. cleavage point in my life, much like BC and AD in our history timeline. Mine is Before

Implant and After Explant. When I got sick from my implants, my life changed in a tragic way. I couldn't function as a wife and mother any longer, I had to quit work, I found that doctors don't understand these illnesses and so my trust in the medical profession underwent severe negative repercussions, which then turned to a necessity to educate myself on healing my body and living a healthy lifestyle. I wish I could say that my life became all I wanted it to be. It did for about 8 months. Breast implants made me feel beautiful. But it was all a delusion, it was all temporary. Once I lost my health, I felt like a social paraiah and the feeling of beauty was gone, only to be replaced with a feeling of desperation to get back what had been lost. Losing my health over breast implants was a tragedy, a huge mistake, and it is the one thing in life I can say with certainty that I regret most of all. Patty

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--- I definitely agree with you, Patty, about accepting what God has

given us and supporting each other in that. I went to several people

for advice before I was implanted 20 years ago. A psychiatrist sat

smuggly back in his chair, and said, " Go ahead! It'll probably make

you feel better about yourself. " His advice would have made me

decide otherwise had it been professional and supportive. I am

awaiting explant on July 26, and it seems SOOOO long to wait. I have

been very ill as of late, but keeping a positive and spiritual

attitutde!

Thanks for your openness!

Love 'n Peace,

Sunny

In , " glory2glory1401 "

<glory2glory1401@...> wrote:

>

> Thank you Cherie,

> but I realized I needed to add one more thing. That is in the

> advice question. I think all women need to count the cost of

> getting implants not only to their health (of course), but also in

> the fact that once the surgeon cuts them open, they will have

passed

> a point of no return. That is, their once healthy breasts will

never

> be the same again.

>

> Of course, we can look fine once explanted, with minimal scarring.

> But did any of us expect upon implanting that we would eventually

> have to lose our implants and live without them? I guess I was

> under the impression that mine were going with me to my grave. I

> could live with the little scars.

>

> But I never considered living with post-explant breasts. I never

> counted to cost of losing my healthy breasts to living with them in

> the aftermath of implant experience. For me, this includes loss of

> sensation in portions of my breasts, lessened nipple sensitivity,

> and larger scars. My breasts have been through a war.

>

> I'll be adding that little bit of advice in another letter. Young

> women with healthy breasts should not be too careless in letting a

> surgeon cut upon their pure, innocent body in the hopes that

mankind

> has something better to offer than nature does. We should not be

so

> glib about appreciating the sacredness of a perfectly healthy human

> breast, no matter what the size.

>

>

> > >

> > > What do you most like or dislike about your breast implants?

> > > When I first got my (McGhan) saline implants, I was very

happy

> > with their fullness after having such saggy breasts after

> > childbirth. However, I greatly disliked their firmness, their

> > unnatural look and feel, and of course, they ended up making me

> very

> > sick, which took away my joy even to live.

> > >

> > > What were the reasons you chose to get them?

> > > I had wanted breast implants for years, because I wanted to

> have

> > fuller breasts. My original breasts were small, and then after

> > childbirth they became unbearably ugly due to the stretching out

> of

> > the skin. So, I chose to get them for myself so I could feel

> > better about my figure, and of course, I had hoped that my

husband

> > would find enjoyment as well, which he did.

> > >

> > >

> > > Was the procedure painful or easy?

> > > It was an extremely painful procedure. I could not even get

> out

> > of bed to go to the bathroom without crying out in pain, and my

> > husband had to help me sit up. Of course, the outcome seemed to

> > make all the pain worthwhile....at first.

> > >

> > > What advice do you have for other women considering breast

> > implant surgery?

> > > Since I got so sick from them, my first response is to

> > shout, " Don't do it! " But I realize that when women are

desperate

> > to feel better about themselves, and implants are considered

safe,

> > all my warnings are going to fall on deaf ears. My advice is

> this:

> > If you definitely want them, absolutely first do research that

> > includes talking to women who have experienced the negative side

> > effects. The illnesses that can result from getting implants are

> > serious and life-changing in a major, major way. Make absolute

> sure

> > that you have money set aside for explanting them, and for

dealing

> > with the possibilty of disease that takes away your ability to

> work

> > and make a living. Most of the women I see on my group have no

> > funds set aside for explanting and are left in a desperate

> situation

> > to get them out when they get sick. They end up becoming

> dependent

> > upon other family members for support. Doctors are negligent in

> > warning women to set aside a slush fund for the day when the

> > > implants will have to be dealt with again. That day will

> > defnitely come, there is no question about it. Implants do not

> last

> > a lifetime: they need to be replaced, and that is NOT a free

> > surgery.

> > >

> > >

> > > How has the surgery changed your life?

> > > It has changed my life to such a degree that I now have a

B.I.

> > and A.E. cleavage point in my life, much like BC and AD in our

> > history timeline. Mine is Before Implant and After Explant.

When

> I

> > got sick from my implants, my life changed in a tragic way. I

> > couldn't function as a wife and mother any longer, I had to quit

> > work, I found that doctors don't understand these illnesses and

so

> > my trust in the medical profession underwent severe negative

> > repercussions, which then turned to a necessity to educate myself

> on

> > healing my body and living a healthy lifestyle. I wish I could

> say

> > that my life became all I wanted it to be. It did for about 8

> > months. Breast implants made me feel beautiful. But it was all

a

> > delusion, it was all temporary. Once I lost my health, I felt

like

> a

> > social paraiah and the feeling of beauty was gone, only to be

> > replaced with a feeling of desperation to get back what had been

> > lost. Losing my health over breast implants was a tragedy, a huge

> > > mistake, and it is the one thing in life I can say with

> certainty

> > that I regret most of all.

> > > Patty

> > >

> > >

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> >

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