Can anyone offer her help

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From: " Mull " <ShihtzusRock@...>

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Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 10:14 PM

Subject: More tests needed

> (will you pass this along please?)

>

> I have an appointment Monday with my internist.

> I have had this swelling/numbness under my right arm since about 2

> months after explantation. My doc did a Cat Scan & it revealed nothing.

> He told me to keep doing research as I was the first one he's ever seen

> with a rupture.

> I was implanted 1985:about 3 years after until explant May 2001 I had so

> many health issues that made me feel like a hypochondriac. This kind of

> stuff wasn't happening to any of my friends..just me. Teeth/sinus

> infections lasting way too long; total hysterectomy(age 30);sudden

> strange food allergies; chronic yeast infections; total loss of

> sensation in last 3 fingers on left hand..just to name a few.

> All along not even thinking ANY of this stuff COULD be related to my

> implants!

> Here's the scariest part for me:

> In March 2001 I had such severe stomach & back pains that I saw abut 8

> doctors & 3 hospitals....and none of them could tell me where/what this

> pain was. This went on until May 7th,2001 when I was carried into my

> doctor's office because iI could not move from the waist up because of

> the pain I was in. I had a mammogram done because for the 100th time I

> told the doctor(like all the others I saw) that the pain started around

> where my bra band under my right breast was. The mammo revealed a

> possible rupture to the right implant & the left one did not look good.

> My doctor then said he would NEVER had expected implants to do this

> because he's always been told they cause NO PAIN!

> He's a believer now.

> While taking the POLL on the Home page of Saline Support I had a chance

> to really read my doctor report from my implant surgery. Because all of

> you have provided me with info to understand this now, I discovered I

> had mild CC within 6 months written on my chart!

>

> Now here's the question I have for you:

> What tests have worked in finding silicone left behind? MRI ..sonogram?

> I got a page from Jussta's site about blood work.

> Will a MRI or sonogram show capsules left in?

> I don't trust the P/S who did explant.

> He billed for a capsulectomy, but I want to make sure. Especially with

> this pain /swelling going on under my arm.

> Thanks for your help. Any help I can get before Monday Feb 18th is

> appreciated. I'll let ou know results.

> Love to all,

>