Re: Another Victim!

[Guest guest]

Hi Kathy,

I'm sorry to hear that you've been sick for so long and not getting

any answers until now. Your intuitions about your implants not being

safe are correct. There are thousands upon thousands of women walking

around on this planet who have been made sick by having breast

implants. We are barely validated by the medical community, and so

we've had to make our own way to get better.

I got my implants only about a year before you did, but I got them out

before a year was up, I was so sick and I was quick to make the

connection, thanks to the Internet, and finding brave and kind women

to help guide me when the doctors did not.

All of those symptoms that you discussed having are the same ones I

dealt with. I also went to doctors and was told it was because I was

depressed, even though I actually did have abnormal lab results..the

doctor just refused to believe the tests and said it was " lab error " !

In the end, I had to just turn my back on the doctors because they

were not pursuing what needed to be pursued, and making me feel

ashamed of myself for thinking it was the implants that they were sure

were so safe. I got my implants out and then went the alternative

therapy route back to health. I made it!

You will find understanding and answers on this group, that is for

sure. There are many of us who have been treated with disdain by

certain family members for being sick and them not believing us. When

I revealed that I was sick from my implants to one family member, he

said, " Don't you feel stupid? " Talk about insensitive! I felt far

from stupid! I felt like I had been raped by traitors to women.

It is not easy for family to realize how sick we are, when we look

pretty normal and doctors don't find what is wrong with us and say it

is all in your head. I'm here to tell you...it is not in your head.

What you are going through has been experienced thousands of times by

other women.

In answer to your question about the testing, NO, there is no test

that will point to your implants and give you the validation you seek.

If there were such a test, we would not have a controversy about

implants making women sick. When it comes to making the decision to

remove implants, you just have to pretty much take the plunge,

realizing that removing the implants is the very best thing you can do

for your health. I look at it this way...the implants certainly are

not HELPING you. So, if you want a chance at recovery, you need to

give your body the best possible chance.

Recovery is not guaranteed, but we do have alot of women who have been

successful at regaining their health to such a degree that they have

been able to return to the workforce and hold jobs, get married, have

babies and live well again. I am one of those women. Detoxing is our

biggest effort, once the implants are removed. There are different

things you can do to help the body recover and our goal on this group

has been to find those therapies that are simple, cheap, effective,

and easy to do at home. It has been a great lifestyle change for me

and my whole family has benefited.

I wish you the best...keep asking questions and we can help you along

the way. One more very important thing about implant removal...it

MUST be done correctly. You have to get those capsules out along with

the implants, so a total capsulectomy with implant removal is

required. You have to discuss this with your explanting surgeon

because most doctors do not take this seriously. Leaving the capsules

in your body leaves you at risk of not regaining health.

God bless,

Patty

>

> Hello everyone. I have been searching for the answer to my

> mysterious illness and I think I may have finally found my place

> here. The answer had crossed my mind many times, but I didn't want

> to consider the possibility. I am 47 years old and I've had my

> saline breast implants since October of 1998. I too, was told that

> these implants were completely safe, however, I have been so ill for

> the past 7 years that I am more and more convinced that they are not

> safe.

>

> Here are just some of my symptoms: Extreme exhaustion (beyond

> fatigue!), brain fog, difficulty swallowing, ringing in ears, joint

> pain, muscle pain, neck pain, back pain, zero tolerance to any

> physical activity, headaches, itchy rashes on my arms, pressure in my

> head that that causes pain behind my eyes and ears, disorientation,

> short term memory loss, depression, Hashimoto's, unexplained elevated

> liver enzymes that come and go...and the list goes on.

>

> I have been to an internist, allergist, rheumatologist, neurologist,

> endocrinologist, gynecologist, psychiatrist and a chiropractor. I

> have been told that I have clinical depression and that all of my

> blood work is normal. MRIs, Xrays and Ultrasounds. Nothing wrong

> with me. So I guess I must be crazy and it's all in my head! Even

> my family members have told me to " buck up " and " get my life

> together " . I am infuriated with the medical community and very

> saddened by the way people who supposedly love me have completely

> dismissed my complaints and made me feel like I'm nuts.

>

> Prior to this nightmare, I had a very fast-paced career and my own

> business that was pretty successful. Now I can't even remember to

> pick up my mail at the mailbox.

>

> So here I am. I have to face the probability that my beautiful

> breast implants have caused all of this. Since I never went through

> puberty properly, I have no breast tissue at all. So this wasn't a

> matter of going from an A to a B or filling up a sagging bustline...I

> have nothing! So I am not happy about the prospect of losing what

> finally made me feel beautiful and feminine after so many years of

> looking like a misfit.

>

> I hope to find understanding and some answers here. There are some

> things that I really need to know, like, is there a specific test for

> silicone poisoning? And what are the odds that am I going to recover

> completely at any point?

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Kathy,

I'm very sorry that you've been sick for so long. I had saline

breast implants for 6 months before I had them removed. I got sick

right away, so there really was no doubt in my mind as to what

caused it. I had many of the same symptoms as you. I ran from

doctor to doctor, and for the most part heard the same deal - " it's

not your implants " . However, my gynocologist said he didn't trust

them, and I went to a rheumatologist who actually had been part of

the fight against implants back in the 90's. My regular MD was at

least willing to hear me out without dismissing me. None of them

could help me because they had no idea how they could, but at least

they cared and listened. Even though I'm very flat chested, I'm

happy to have the implants out. Yes, mine did look pretty, but the

rest of me looked like hell because I was so sick.

Sis

>

> Hello everyone. I have been searching for the answer to my

> mysterious illness and I think I may have finally found my place

> here. The answer had crossed my mind many times, but I didn't

want

> to consider the possibility. I am 47 years old and I've had my

> saline breast implants since October of 1998. I too, was told

that

> these implants were completely safe, however, I have been so ill

for

> the past 7 years that I am more and more convinced that they are

not

> safe.

>

> Here are just some of my symptoms: Extreme exhaustion (beyond

> fatigue!), brain fog, difficulty swallowing, ringing in ears,

joint

> pain, muscle pain, neck pain, back pain, zero tolerance to any

> physical activity, headaches, itchy rashes on my arms, pressure in

my

> head that that causes pain behind my eyes and ears,

disorientation,

> short term memory loss, depression, Hashimoto's, unexplained

elevated

> liver enzymes that come and go...and the list goes on.

>

> I have been to an internist, allergist, rheumatologist,

neurologist,

> endocrinologist, gynecologist, psychiatrist and a chiropractor. I

> have been told that I have clinical depression and that all of my

> blood work is normal. MRIs, Xrays and Ultrasounds. Nothing wrong

> with me. So I guess I must be crazy and it's all in my head!

Even

> my family members have told me to " buck up " and " get my life

> together " . I am infuriated with the medical community and very

> saddened by the way people who supposedly love me have completely

> dismissed my complaints and made me feel like I'm nuts.

>

> Prior to this nightmare, I had a very fast-paced career and my own

> business that was pretty successful. Now I can't even remember to

> pick up my mail at the mailbox.

>

> So here I am. I have to face the probability that my beautiful

> breast implants have caused all of this. Since I never went

through

> puberty properly, I have no breast tissue at all. So this wasn't

a

> matter of going from an A to a B or filling up a sagging

bustline...I

> have nothing! So I am not happy about the prospect of losing what

> finally made me feel beautiful and feminine after so many years of

> looking like a misfit.

>

> I hope to find understanding and some answers here. There are

some

> things that I really need to know, like, is there a specific test

for

> silicone poisoning? And what are the odds that am I going to

recover

> completely at any point?

>