I'm home from surgery!!!!

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Hi all. Got explanted on Thursday by Dr. Melmed. Am home and doing

very well.

What he said: easy removal -- my capsule was tissue thin, due to only

being one year old, I guess. He got it all out.

One of my implant's seals was broken. The implants themselves look

clear.

He said that the left breast, which was the " deformed one " which

pointed down and had a 2 1/2 cm lower nipple was only 1/4 of the way

under the muscle. The right breast was only about 1/2 under. He had

to do a lot of muscle work on the left. I don't know what to think of

all that, with regard to my initial surgeon. Seems VERY strange that

they would be badly placed after only 1 year, and that they would be

so differently placed. What do you guys think of that? I had some

emotion at the thought that my implanting surgeon may have done a poor

job, but my husabnd says to let it go for now, as it could impede

healing. If we want to deal with it, we'll do it in a few months. My

thought is not to sue, but to get a refund. Those things pointed all

over the place from the beginning!

I had all kinds of lumps in my breasts that were freaking me out. Dr.

Melmed gave a nice look-see-feel when he was in, and said everything

was clean and clear and the lumps I felt were all capsule. I have

VERY thin skin and very little fat, so he said it was possible to feel

a lot through my skin. Even a thin capsule, I guess.

I do want to send these nasty suckers to a pathologist, esp since that

seal is broken. They weigh two pounds!

I am very pleased with the results after only a few days.

Within 24 hours after surgery I noticed full range of movement in my

neck, and the middle knuckle of my right hand, which has hurt for

about 8 months is perfectly good. I haven't had any heart

palpitations. It was SO GOOD getting validation about my cardiac

symptoms. Dr. Melmed said he likens it to interference with the

Chinese meridians, HUGE bags shoved through major channels of energy,

major areas that innervate the heart, and other very important things,

even though some people would view that as quackly -- he says it make

sense. I believe it -- I'm starting a master's program in traditional

Chinese medicine and acupuncture next May, assuming I am healed, so he

didn't have to sell me on this idea. I've been thinking of it anyway.

Dr. Melmed is just publishing a study on how harmful implants are to

the body. It included 500 women. He said he wouldn't be surpised if

they try to stop publication.

As far as my boobies go -- well -- they are small! No upper pole

whatever. But there is no puckering, or some of the things that have

scared other women. The nipples are prefectly even. They are so

well-formed that I like them better than what I had before implanting,

and certainly better than with the implants.

Question: is it true that I could gain a little size, like some women

say? If I stayed where I am I would be fine, as the shape is lovely.

Is there a chance that they will get smaller? Is all this lovely

little roundness swelling from surery?

Anyway, I feel SO GOOD ALREADY, and that is what is important.

Dawn