Guest guest Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Hi All, I have had saline implants since 1997 post breast cancer. Since that time I have had many of the same symptoms and happenings that are mentioned on the website. I am currently awaiting insurance approval to have an Explant with Total Capsulectomy. My implants are between the pec muscles, my question is how long does it take for the muscles to retract after the explant? I have capsular contractures, is there instant relief after removal? Also, is there any specific exercises that you would recommend and detox recipes to flush the toxins? Be well, Carolyn A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 My Dear Carolyn: Welcome to our group, and I am sorry that you had cancer. The one thing that I am trying to do is to stop doctors from implanting women like you. Cancer has weakened your immune system, and to put breast implants in is wrong in my opinion. We have been fighting to have these devices banned; however, the powers that be will never allow this to happen. This is all about money and power. Good luck with your surgery. Stay close...love Lea ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Post Explant Hi All,I have had saline implants since 1997 post breast cancer. Since that time I have had many of the same symptoms and happenings that are mentioned on the website. I am currently awaiting insurance approval to have an Explant with Total Capsulectomy. My implants are between the pec muscles, my question is how long does it take for the muscles to retract after the explant? I have capsular contractures, is there instant relief after removal? Also, is there any specific exercises that you would recommend and detox recipes to flush the toxins?Be well,Carolyn A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 Hi Lea, You stated this so well. I am also a 2 year breast cancer survivor. I had bilateral mastectomies and after doing my online research chose NOT to get reconstructed. I am fine taking the external prostheses on and off as I wish. Mostly I am on a support group called breastcancer2. Month after month women on that list take the advice their doctors hand them and I guess they don't do their own quest for information...they opt for the gummy-bear implants. I would encourage women from this saline support group to join the BC2 list and give them some direct words of wisdom. They aren't hearing the truth from their physicians. I keep posting links to the YouTube clips of, Absolutely Safe, but I don't think the BC2 ladies are even watching them. They say, " Oh, those were the OLD silicone implants...the gummy-bear implants are the ones that never have problems. " Help. Thank you. M. In , " Lea " <leamary@...> wrote: > > My Dear Carolyn: > > Welcome to our group, and I am sorry that you had cancer. The one thing that I am trying to do is to stop doctors from implanting women like you. Cancer has weakened your immune system, and to put breast implants in is wrong in my opinion. > > We have been fighting to have these devices banned; however, the powers that be will never allow this to happen. This is all about money and power. Good luck with your surgery. > > Stay close...love Lea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 Hi Carolyn, Welcome to our group, and I want to say that I'm sorry you have struggled with your implants after breast cancer. Cancer is bad enough...you shouldn't have been subjected to the difficulties of a foreign object added on top of everything. But such is the state of medicine today, and I don't see things changing. Implants hardly come under the scrutiny they should be under when it comes to the immune system. Money bought the studies to say what they needed to say. I had implants under the muscle, and it was a bit painful at implantation, but explant seemed to be much easier. I would say that your healing should be fairly quick, but of course, be careful about lifting and doing heavy work so your muscles can heal well. I was told about 2 weeks, and I'm pretty sure that was about right, as I went back to work waitressing afterwards. Regarding the capsular contracture...you should have complete relief from this pain with PROPER removal. This is because with a proper removal, the dr will excise the capsules along with the implants. This is a MUST! The scar tissues should be removed either at the same time as the implants, in which case they would be doing an en bloc removal (the scar tissue remains covering the implant at removal), or right after removal of the implant itself, which is called a total capsulectomy. This is where they go back into the breast and scrape out the scar tissue to get it all out. Detoxification is recommended in the manner you feel most comfortable with. There are things you can do regarding your diet, your lifestyle, specific therapies to flush the liver, the kidneys, cleanse the bowels, etc. Please check our files on various healing therapies, and I would also suggest to buy a good book about detoxification. We have suggestions in our files section. Please ask if you need more help....it is a journey of healing, so you will have many questions along the way. Please let us know if you get approval. Many times this becomes a difficult process with the insurance company, but if you have contractures, they should approve your removal....don't give up if they reject it the first time around. Keep trying. Hopefully it will not be an issue. Hugs, Patty > > Hi All, > > I have had saline implants since 1997 post breast cancer. Since that time I have had many of the same symptoms and happenings that are mentioned on the website. I am currently awaiting insurance approval to have an Explant with Total Capsulectomy. My implants are between the pec muscles, my question is how long does it take for the muscles to retract after the explant? I have capsular contractures, is there instant relief after removal? Also, is there any specific exercises that you would recommend and detox recipes to flush the toxins? > > Be well, > Carolyn A. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 , Thanks for the recommendation for the other group...I hope we can help. I am having trouble keeping up with this one, so I hope some of the other ladies may jump into help with the cancer group. I am sorry you went through that...it must have been very hard, but you are alive and that is what matters. And you made a very good choice to stay away from the implants. You're a smart lady. HUgs, Patty > > > > My Dear Carolyn: > > > > Welcome to our group, and I am sorry that you had cancer. The one thing that I am trying to do is to stop doctors from implanting women like you. Cancer has weakened your immune system, and to put breast implants in is wrong in my opinion. > > > > We have been fighting to have these devices banned; however, the powers that be will never allow this to happen. This is all about money and power. Good luck with your surgery. > > > > Stay close...love Lea > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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