Re: Re: New to forum - upcoming explant

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That's pretty funny, Glad your liter on top and feeling good

Jackie

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Dr. Melmed "cleaned mine up" before putting them in sturdy plastic containers for me, neatly labled left and right. They are all wrinkly looking, but have nothing yucky on them at all.Molly Bloom <mollyb54@...> wrote: The thought of keeping my implants gives me the creeps. However, in some ways I wish I had had them sent to me after identification. --- In , Crocker <dwcrn@...>

wrote:>> Joni, I not only saw mine, but had them at my house for years, in > containers from the hospital where the explantation occurred! They were > plug ugly suckers, let me tell you! I'm a nurse, and nothing bothers me > normally, but I could hardly look at what had been inside me! In fact, > I never really did give them a careful visual going over. It made me > feel, not nauseated, but 'sick' inside. It was fear, I'm sure. I was > looking at what was killing me! I had them in for 25 years!> >

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I keep mine around just to remind me of what I went through. They are so dang heavy, I can't believe I had those puppies in my body. I had 550's and they are HUGE. I look at pictures of myself with implants and I just don't know what I was thinking. No wonder men ogled me all the time. I am much happier with how I look now.

I was thinking to make something out of my implants, like a doorstop or bean bags or something. ; )

Bindi

Re: Re: New to forum - upcoming explant

Dr. Melmed "cleaned mine up" before putting them in sturdy plastic containers for me, neatly labled left and right. They are all wrinkly looking, but have nothing yucky on them at all.Molly Bloom <mollyb54bellsouth (DOT) net> wrote:

The thought of keeping my implants gives me the creeps. However, in some ways I wish I had had them sent to me after identification. >> Joni, I not only saw mine, but had them at my house for years, in > containers from the hospital where the explantation occurred! They were > plug ugly suckers, let me tell you! I'm a nurse, and nothing bothers me > normally, but I could hardly look at what had been inside me! In fact, > I never really did give them a careful visual going over. It made me > feel, not nauseated, but 'sick' inside. It was fear, I'm sure. I was > looking at what was killing me! I had them in for 25 years!> >

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Bindi, ROTFLMAO!!! Hey, maybe we can all have a contest to see who can come up with the most creative way to use our implants afterwards! haha!!! Yours WERE huge! Mine were only 400ccs and they looked huge to me! freebindi <bindi@...> wrote: I keep mine around just to remind me of what I went through. They are so dang heavy, I can't believe I had those puppies in my body. I had 550's and they are HUGE. I look at pictures of myself with

implants and I just don't know what I was thinking. No wonder men ogled me all the time. I am much happier with how I look now. I was thinking to make something out of my implants, like a doorstop or bean bags or something. ; ) Bindi Re: Re: New to forum - upcoming explant Dr. Melmed "cleaned mine up" before putting them in sturdy plastic containers for me, neatly labled left and right. They are all wrinkly looking, but have nothing yucky on them at all.Molly Bloom <mollyb54bellsouth (DOT) net> wrote: The thought of keeping my implants gives me the creeps. However, in some ways I wish I had had them sent to me after identification. >> Joni, I not only saw mine, but had them at my house for years, in > containers from the hospital where the explantation occurred! They were > plug ugly suckers, let me tell you! I'm a nurse, and nothing

bothers me > normally, but I could hardly look at what had been inside me! In fact, > I never really did give them a careful visual going over. It made me > feel, not nauseated, but 'sick' inside. It was fear, I'm sure. I was > looking at what was killing me! I had them in for 25 years!> > Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Small Business.

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Hmmm...that's really a good idea! We should have a building where you can mail your implants, and then every year, we could have a big "burning" or however we'd dispose of them-it could be a big to do, like a party that is done every year! We'd have the list of names of implants we were getting rid of....How fun! lolEmerald Kittee <emeraldkittee@...> wrote: Bindi - LOVE your idea. Yes we could make a giant 'art object' of thousands of implants to reflect the MANY female lives disrupted by these things.

> >> > Joni, I not only saw mine, but had them at my house for years, in > > containers from the hospital where the explantation occurred! They were > > plug ugly suckers, let me tell you! I'm a nurse, and nothing bothers me > > normally, but I could hardly look at what had been inside me! In fact, > > I never really did give them a careful visual going over. It

made me > > feel, not nauseated, but 'sick' inside. It was fear, I'm sure. I was > > looking at what was killing me! I had them in for 25 years!> > > >> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------> Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Small Business.>

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Terri, I must have missed your post about your surgery yesterday! Congratulations!!!!! Peake <peaketeresa@...> wrote: -Joni,hang in there girlfriend I know it seems hard and it is not fun, but I believe you can only get better by removing those toxic bags, I for one felt much better, my brain fog all but disappeared after explant, it took a few months but I had my full memory back, I just had surgery yesterday to remove residual capsule that the explanting

surgeon left behind, and their was blu nodules in there. Most of us here have gotten better with a change in lifestyle, mainly what we eat and drink. I hope we can be helpful to you,You are not alone,Terri Paloha-- In , "jsandoval819" <sandoval.joni@...> wrote:>> Hello, > > I've had Mentor Saline implants for 6 months now. I started with > hair loss almost immediately after implant and started to develop > many other symptoms including joint/muscle pain, fatigue, digestive > problems, brain fog, and on and on. The hair loss has been pretty > extreme with no help from rogaine use and now cori-steroid foam. I > saw silica being mentioned here for hailoss, and I actually think it > made mine worse. I've had numerouse blood tests - all normal, and > seen my

pcp, dermatologists, and now rhuematoid doc every couple of > weeks. My implant surgeon has the "saline implants can't be making > you sick their completely safe" pitch. Anyhow, I am scheduled for > explant on October 23 w/ Dr. Huang (not the implant doc). I hope > she gets both complete capsules out. I'm so scared I may not get > better. I know it will take time and detox efforts. This whole > experience has been so humbling. Its hard not blaming myself for > being so stupid for getting the implants. Anyone else have surgery > w/Dr.Huang in Denver recently? Her nurse mentioned she sometimes > lets the fluid drain before removing them en bloc. I was hoping to > actually see the darn things that are probably making me so sick. > I'm so glad I found you all and have lurked around for months, which > helped me make the decision to explant so soon.> > God bless all of

you!> > Joni (age 28, Denver)>

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Joni,

I have referred at least a thousand women to Dr. Huang, and I even

had my daughter go to her for a breast reduction and lift. She has

been wonderful. And she knows how to remove implants with all the

scar capsule.

Lynda

At 07:50 PM 9/28/2006, you wrote:

>Joni,

>

>I've heard others recommend Dr. Huang, I think Lynda may have used

>her or knows of people who have.

>

>I had Inamed Saline implants (which I think are the same company as

>Mentor, if I'm not mistaken), and I also had mine for six months

>when I had them removed. I got sick right away as well, and I had

>the same symptoms as you except I did not lose any hair. It was

>quite a devastating and humbling experience for me, and I am

>thankful to have the implants out of my body. I had headaches all

>every day, brain fog, sore swollen joints, digestive problems,

>muscle aches, my fingers and toes were numb, too, and I suddenly had

>high blood pressure when I was normally low. The veins in my

>fingers bulged all the time, and my fingers looked blue. I even had

>a vein that swelled up and burst in my finger. It's almost a year

>since explant and I'm definitely improved from how I was a year ago,

>and I knew it would take me longer to get better than it did to get

>sick, but it was so obvious that my body wasn't tolerating the

>implants. I knew I had no chance of getting better if I left the

>implants in, and I knew I'd continue to get worse.

>

>Best wishes to you, and I'm glad you found us.

>

>Sis

>

>

> >

> > Hello,

> >

> > I've had Mentor Saline implants for 6 months now. I started with

> > hair loss almost immediately after implant and started to develop

> > many other symptoms including joint/muscle pain, fatigue,

>digestive

> > problems, brain fog, and on and on. The hair loss has been pretty

> > extreme with no help from rogaine use and now cori-steroid foam.

>I

> > saw silica being mentioned here for hailoss, and I actually think

>it

> > made mine worse. I've had numerouse blood tests - all normal, and

> > seen my pcp, dermatologists, and now rhuematoid doc every couple

>of

> > weeks. My implant surgeon has the " saline implants can't be

>making

> > you sick their completely safe " pitch. Anyhow, I am scheduled

>for

> > explant on October 23 w/ Dr. Huang (not the implant doc). I hope

> > she gets both complete capsules out. I'm so scared I may not get

> > better. I know it will take time and detox efforts. This whole

> > experience has been so humbling. Its hard not blaming myself for

> > being so stupid for getting the implants. Anyone else have

>surgery

> > w/Dr.Huang in Denver recently? Her nurse mentioned she sometimes

> > lets the fluid drain before removing them en bloc. I was hoping

>to

> > actually see the darn things that are probably making me so sick.

> > I'm so glad I found you all and have lurked around for months,

>which

> > helped me make the decision to explant so soon.

> >

> > God bless all of you!

> >

> > Joni (age 28, Denver)

> >

>

>