Re: New to this Support Group- SO relieved I'm Not Alone!!!!

[Guest guest]

Hi, Becky

Did you have your implant removed and are you feeling better now?

I've had similar symptoms of mysterious bruise as well.

Sunny

From: SaiLoRCoTTo <sailorcotto@...> Sent: Wed, April 7, 2010 2:22:56 PMSubject: New to this Support Group- SO relieved I'm Not Alone!!!!

Hi there, my name is Becky and I had saline implants put in exactly 5 years ago Today(4/05)I, like many of the ladies on here (within a year) began to feel kinda "ill" or sick or just generally not healthy like I had a cold that I couldn't really shake. Then came the body aches and extreme fatigue. All I did/all I felt like doing was staying in bed all day and night. This was aweful cuz My daughter was a preteen at the time and I feel I should have been there more for her. I started losing a disgusting amount of weight about a year after that-I'm 5'5" and I was close to 109lbs.(I'm normally 125lbs)I kept getting mysterious bruises all over My body, my skin hurt I had GI problems and GERD was an understatement. I had Extreme panic attacks ontopof everything else and intense migraines. I eventually stopped driving and then leaving the house all together, I was devistated!! ! I used to be So animated and flamboyant, I was Always the life of the party...I

began to feel like an empty shell of Myself. It wasn't until the winter of '08 that my PCP found a lump on my right breast between my nipple and armpit. I had a sonogram done, a mammogram and an MRI they couldn't figure it out!!! Finally I realized it was on the other side too but in a different place!!! We looked up my implants- McGhan 68hp, it was the valve!!! Some how they shifted on both sides!!! After realizing this an the fact My right breast was all squashy after the mammo, I saw my plastic surgeon, they said my breasts looked perfectly fine and nothing was wrong and even took photos to compare to the original pix, I still saw a difference, they blew me off. The right on was clearly lower! After a few more months went by the REAL pain started- anytime I would reach right to left I felt a tearing/ripping feeling in my chest, after that things started to escalate into joint pain an stiffness I get electrical shock pains that shoot through my knees

and radiate up an down my legs, I've been losing hair nonstop and finally my PCP ran blood work and my cpk count was increased a little bit more than double the normal/high range, I now have an appt. To see a rhuematologist to try to find out if I have fybromialgia but I jus was these things taken out!!! I KNOW from what I have read that they are the cause of this an I don't mean to carry on, but without sites like this, I NEVER would have made this terrifying connection! Thank You SO Much Everyone and God Bless You ALL!!!Becky

[Guest guest]

Becky ~

Welcome to the group ! I am so sorry you are going through all

this. It just isnt right that they keep doing this to people....

There are enough sick people from implants for them to

start taking care of people properly, and by all means teach

people the truth and what to look for......

I am so glad you found us ! Feel free to write all you want to,

ask all the questions you come up with, and know we are

here for you.

Where do you live ? We have a list of doctors that know

how to remove them properly. It is important that you

have them removed enbloc mainly because you dont want

any of the contents of your breasts to be dumped into

your chest wall. Saline is not steril for ever. We have one gal

that had her implants removed after 9 months and her implants

were speckled in mold and other toxins inside, we have photos

in the photo section showing saline filled silicone implants with

all kind of nasty stuff in them........some doctors want to empty

the implants then remove the shells.... YOU DO NOT want to

do it this way........enbloc is where they cut around the

scar capsule and remove it scar tissue and all, in one lump

sum ! ! then use drains so that the fluid and all drains out of

you.

Take care, and again Welcome to the group !

Dede

New to this Support Group- SO relieved I'm Not Alone!!!!

Hi there, my name is Becky and I had saline implants put in exactly 5 years ago Today(4/05)I, like many of the ladies on here (within a year) began to feel kinda "ill" or sick or just generally not healthy like I had a cold that I couldn't really shake. Then came the body aches and extreme fatigue. All I did/all I felt like doing was staying in bed all day and night. This was aweful cuz My daughter was a preteen at the time and I feel I should have been there more for her. I started losing a disgusting amount of weight about a year after that-I'm 5'5" and I was close to 109lbs.(I'm normally 125lbs)I kept getting mysterious bruises all over My body, my skin hurt I had GI problems and GERD was an understatement. I had Extreme panic attacks ontopof everything else and intense migraines. I eventually stopped driving and then leaving the house all together, I was devistated!!! I used to be So animated and flamboyant, I was Always the life of the party. ..I began to feel like an empty shell of Myself. It wasn't until the winter of '08 that my PCP found a lump on my right breast between my nipple and armpit. I had a sonogram done, a mammogram and an MRI they couldn't figure it out!!! Finally I realized it was on the other side too but in a different place!!! We looked up my implants- McGhan 68hp, it was the valve!!! Some how they shifted on both sides!!! After realizing this an the fact My right breast was all squashy after the mammo, I saw my plastic surgeon, they said my breasts looked perfectly fine and nothing was wrong and even took photos to compare to the original pix, I still saw a difference, they blew me off. The right on was clearly lower! After a few more months went by the REAL pain started- anytime I would reach right to left I felt a tearing/ripping feeling in my chest, after that things started to escalate into joint pain an stiffness I get electrical shock pains that shoot through my knees and radiate up an down my legs, I've been losing hair nonstop and finally my PCP ran blood work and my cpk count was increased a little bit more than double the normal/high range, I now have an appt. To see a rhuematologist to try to find out if I have fybromialgia but I jus was these things taken out!!! I KNOW from what I have read that they are the cause of this an I don't mean to carry on, but without sites like this, I NEVER would have made this terrifying connection!

Thank You SO Much Everyone and God Bless You ALL!!!

Becky

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the group, yes, you are not alone, should you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask the group.From: SaiLoRCoTTo <sailorcotto@...>Subject: New to this Support Group- SO relieved I'm Not Alone!!!! Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010, 5:22 AM

Hi there, my name is Becky and I had saline implants put in exactly 5 years ago Today(4/05)I, like many of the ladies on here (within a year) began to feel kinda "ill" or sick or just generally not healthy like I had a cold that I couldn't really shake. Then came the body aches and extreme fatigue. All I did/all I felt like doing was staying in bed all day and night. This was aweful cuz My daughter was a preteen at the time and I feel I should have been there more for her. I started losing a disgusting amount of weight about a year after that-I'm 5'5" and I was close to 109lbs.(I'm normally 125lbs)I kept getting mysterious bruises all over My body, my skin hurt I had GI problems and GERD was an understatement. I had Extreme panic attacks ontopof everything else and intense migraines. I eventually stopped driving and then leaving the house all together, I was devistated!! ! I used to be So animated and flamboyant, I was Always the life of the

party...I began to feel like an empty shell of Myself. It wasn't until the winter of '08 that my PCP found a lump on my right breast between my nipple and armpit. I had a sonogram done, a mammogram and an MRI they couldn't figure it out!!! Finally I realized it was on the other side too but in a different place!!! We looked up my implants- McGhan 68hp, it was the valve!!! Some how they shifted on both sides!!! After realizing this an the fact My right breast was all squashy after the mammo, I saw my plastic surgeon, they said my breasts looked perfectly fine and nothing was wrong and even took photos to compare to the original pix, I still saw a difference, they blew me off. The right on was clearly lower! After a few more months went by the REAL pain started- anytime I would reach right to left I felt a tearing/ripping feeling in my chest, after that things started to escalate into joint pain an stiffness I get electrical shock pains that shoot

through my knees and radiate up an down my legs, I've been losing hair nonstop and finally my PCP ran blood work and my cpk count was increased a little bit more than double the normal/high range, I now have an appt. To see a rhuematologist to try to find out if I have fybromialgia but I jus was these things taken out!!! I KNOW from what I have read that they are the cause of this an I don't mean to carry on, but without sites like this, I NEVER would have made this terrifying connection!

Thank You SO Much Everyone and God Bless You ALL!!!

Becky

[Guest guest]

Hi Sunny,It's nice to meet You :)Sadly I have Not had My implants taken out yet :(Due to being on medicaid and SSI I don't have much income and the Doctors I get to see are all very limited- My original Plastic Surgeon retired on 12/31/09 so I have No way of discussing My growing list of problems with Him, i'm not even sure if He would have taken Me seriously anyway It seems like a lot of Doctors don't anyway and it's really messed up and depressing! You said that You get the strange bruising too? Is it confined to Your legs mostly or Your arms also? I could only really see them on My legs as I am pretty heavily tattooed(My arms and calves are completely covered)I could still "feel" them on My arms though- I tried taking vitamin C suppliments and that didn't really help, the bruises jus kinda went away one day but My boyfriend noticed them just recently(not as bad)about 6 wks

ago- they went away a Lot quicker this time, that was nice, but My skin still "hurts" and My joints feel So stiff and they hurt So much and I'm so fatigued and totally weak now I just feel useless How long have You had Your implants and are You having any other symptoms? I jus know I gotta find a way to get Mine out cuz My quality of life is just So horrible :(Thank You SO Much for reaching out :)I hope to hear from You soon and I hope that If You haven't tried it, Maybe vitamine C will work for You!Hang in there!!! :)Becky I felt the sun on My face for the first time and tasted blood on My tongue for the last... On Apr 7, 2010, at 6:32 PM, Sun Lee <sunloves@...> wrote:

Hi, Becky

Did you have your implant removed and are you feeling better now?

I've had similar symptoms of mysterious bruise as well.

Sunny

From: SaiLoRCoTTo <sailorcotto > Sent: Wed, April 7, 2010 2:22:56 PMSubject: New to this Support Group- SO relieved I'm Not Alone!!!!

Hi there, my name is Becky and I had saline implants put in exactly 5 years ago Today(4/05)I, like many of the ladies on here (within a year) began to feel kinda "ill" or sick or just generally not healthy like I had a cold that I couldn't really shake. Then came the body aches and extreme fatigue. All I did/all I felt like doing was staying in bed all day and night. This was aweful cuz My daughter was a preteen at the time and I feel I should have been there more for her. I started losing a disgusting amount of weight about a year after that-I'm 5'5" and I was close to 109lbs.(I'm normally 125lbs)I kept getting mysterious bruises all over My body, my skin hurt I had GI problems and GERD was an understatement. I had Extreme panic attacks ontopof everything else and intense migraines. I eventually stopped driving and then leaving the house all together, I was devistated!! ! I used to be So animated and flamboyant, I was Always the life of the party...I

began to feel like an empty shell of Myself. It wasn't until the winter of '08 that my PCP found a lump on my right breast between my nipple and armpit. I had a sonogram done, a mammogram and an MRI they couldn't figure it out!!! Finally I realized it was on the other side too but in a different place!!! We looked up my implants- McGhan 68hp, it was the valve!!! Some how they shifted on both sides!!! After realizing this an the fact My right breast was all squashy after the mammo, I saw my plastic surgeon, they said my breasts looked perfectly fine and nothing was wrong and even took photos to compare to the original pix, I still saw a difference, they blew me off. The right on was clearly lower! After a few more months went by the REAL pain started- anytime I would reach right to left I felt a tearing/ripping feeling in my chest, after that things started to escalate into joint pain an stiffness I get electrical shock pains that shoot through my knees

and radiate up an down my legs, I've been losing hair nonstop and finally my PCP ran blood work and my cpk count was increased a little bit more than double the normal/high range, I now have an appt. To see a rhuematologist to try to find out if I have fybromialgia but I jus was these things taken out!!! I KNOW from what I have read that they are the cause of this an I don't mean to carry on, but without sites like this, I NEVER would have made this terrifying connection! Thank You SO Much Everyone and God Bless You ALL!!!Becky

[Guest guest]

Hi, Becky

I had my implant for 11 years and I started having symtoms since my 8th year. I had bruising problems since then which comes and goes. I sometimes get bruise on my breast, but mainly arms and legs. It comes and goes. Also, since last year all of sudden things started to get really worse and I have serious Gerd, which resulted in loss of about 10 lbs, indigestion, IBS, insomnia, headaches, dizziness and fatigue. I couldn't even walk from my office to the parking lot, which is not even one block without getting breathless which was new to me. I really thought I was dying. I've always been so healthy and never went to the hospital. I have been to so much doctors and they said there is nothing wrong...so they conclude that it's depression. I took vitamins, health foods and everything and didn't help. Finally, I stopped going to the doctors and went to the

acupuncturist and after 5 months of treatment I am almost normal. However, if I stop the acupuncture all the symptoms comes back slowly. I started to connect that it may be my breast implant that's causing this. I then researched and found this site and was able to figure it out finally!

I had endoscopy done and found I had h. pylori and had to take antibiotics. Your gerd could be caused by bateria too so have it checked out. When you have gerd your stomach flora gets all messed and you cannot absorb nutrition well so you end up losing weight and also feel really weak due to lack of nutrition. This in turn causes all kinds of health problems including bruises. You may want to have your stomach checked out.

I am beginning to think that having implant may lower immunity so we end up having more bateria and other bad things in our system, which in turn makes us weak and sick.

Since you cannot have the implant removed right away are you eating healthy and exercising etc.? Every thing that you can do to keep yourself healthy will help until you get your implant out. I am currently researching to have my implant out also. I plan to get it out before this year.

Sunny

From: And Becky Terpstra-Cotto <sailorcotto@...>" " < >Sent: Thu, April 8, 2010 7:03:40 AMSubject: Re: New to this Support Group- SO relieved I'm Not Alone!!!!

Hi Sunny,

It's nice to meet You

Sadly I have Not had My implants taken out yet

Due to being on medicaid and SSI I don't have much income and the Doctors I get to see are all very limited- My original Plastic Surgeon retired on 12/31/09 so I have No way of discussing My growing list of problems with Him, i'm not even sure if He would have taken Me seriously anyway It seems like a lot of Doctors don't anyway and it's really messed up and depressing! You said that You get the strange bruising too? Is it confined to Your legs mostly or Your arms also? I could only really see them on My legs as I am pretty heavily tattooed(My arms and calves are completely covered)I could still "feel" them on My arms though- I tried taking vitamin C suppliments and that didn't really help, the bruises jus kinda went away one day but My boyfriend noticed them just recently(not as bad)about 6 wks ago- they went away a Lot quicker this time, that was nice, but My skin still "hurts" and My joints feel So stiff and they hurt So much and I'm so

fatigued and totally weak now I just feel useless

How long have You had Your implants and are You having any other symptoms? I jus know I gotta find a way to get Mine out cuz My quality of life is just So horrible

Thank You SO Much for reaching out

I hope to hear from You soon and I hope that If You haven't tried it, Maybe vitamine C will work for You!

Hang in there!!!

Becky I felt the sun on My face for the first time and tasted blood on My tongue for the last...

On Apr 7, 2010, at 6:32 PM, Sun Lee <sunloves (DOT) com> wrote:

Hi, Becky

Did you have your implant removed and are you feeling better now?

I've had similar symptoms of mysterious bruise as well.

Sunny

From: SaiLoRCoTTo <sailorcotto > Sent: Wed, April 7, 2010 2:22:56 PMSubject: New to this Support Group- SO relieved I'm Not Alone!!!!

Hi there, my name is Becky and I had saline implants put in exactly 5 years ago Today(4/05)I, like many of the ladies on here (within a year) began to feel kinda "ill" or sick or just generally not healthy like I had a cold that I couldn't really shake. Then came the body aches and extreme fatigue. All I did/all I felt like doing was staying in bed all day and night. This was aweful cuz My daughter was a preteen at the time and I feel I should have been there more for her. I started losing a disgusting amount of weight about a year after that-I'm 5'5" and I was close to 109lbs.(I'm normally 125lbs)I kept getting mysterious bruises all over My body, my skin hurt I had GI problems and GERD was an understatement. I had Extreme panic attacks ontopof everything else and intense migraines. I eventually stopped driving and then leaving the house all together, I was devistated!! ! I used to be So animated and flamboyant, I was Always the life of the party...I

began to feel like an empty shell of Myself. It wasn't until the winter of '08 that my PCP found a lump on my right breast between my nipple and armpit. I had a sonogram done, a mammogram and an MRI they couldn't figure it out!!! Finally I realized it was on the other side too but in a different place!!! We looked up my implants- McGhan 68hp, it was the valve!!! Some how they shifted on both sides!!! After realizing this an the fact My right breast was all squashy after the mammo, I saw my plastic surgeon, they said my breasts looked perfectly fine and nothing was wrong and even took photos to compare to the original pix, I still saw a difference, they blew me off. The right on was clearly lower! After a few more months went by the REAL pain started- anytime I would reach right to left I felt a tearing/ripping feeling in my chest, after that things started to escalate into joint pain an stiffness I get electrical shock pains that shoot through my knees

and radiate up an down my legs, I've been losing hair nonstop and finally my PCP ran blood work and my cpk count was increased a little bit more than double the normal/high range, I now have an appt. To see a rhuematologist to try to find out if I have fybromialgia but I jus was these things taken out!!! I KNOW from what I have read that they are the cause of this an I don't mean to carry on, but without sites like this, I NEVER would have made this terrifying connection! Thank You SO Much Everyone and God Bless You ALL!!!Becky

[Guest guest]

Hi Becky,

Welcome to this group! I wish you didn't have to be here, because that means

you are suffering. And your story tells it all...you have suffered greatly and

I have no doubt that your implants are to blame.

I wanted to share my experience with a rheumatologist...because I don't want you

to get your hopes up about them. Of course, you may end up with a very good

doctor, but in the end, rheumatologists offer no help other than to make your

life more comfortable WITH a disease, rather than find a solution to the root

cause of the disease. My rheummy did not believe that the implants had anything

to do with my illness, and not only that, but he blew my abnormal bloodwork off

and told me to stop taking my vitamins!!!! Needless to say, I stopped going to

him, and chose a naturopathic doctor instead, who treated me with understanding

and kindness and offered help that I could accept.

I choose natural therapy over drugs every time I can.

In order to get your implants removed properly, you will need to search out a

very good explanting doctor. We caution women against using their original

surgeon, mainly because the original surgeon has an investment in their work,

and usually downplays any illness. Mine did. I went to a recommended surgeon

for explant instead and was very happy with my care.

We have a list of surgeons, so please be sure to check it out. It is not all

inclusive, and in fact is old enough to probably have some errors, but it is the

best we can do under the circumstances. However, there are 4 surgeons in the

USA that we recommend highly, because they understand our illnesses. These are:

Dr. Lu Feng, Cleveland OH

Dr. Kolb, Atlanta, GA

Dr. Huang, Denver, CO

Dr. Ed Melmed, Dallas TX

I honestly don't know what we are going to do when these doctors retire because

there are so few coming up behind them who understand the nature of our

illnesses and the need for en bloc/total capsulectomy removal. These doctors

have been involved enough in the controversy over implant safety to know that it

takes courage to stand with us and our illnesses.

So, proper removal requires the complete removal of not only the implant, but

the capsule around it as well. We have articles in our explant folder that will

help guide you through this process.

Please ask questions! We are here to help!

Patty

>

> Hi there, my name is Becky and I had saline implants put in exactly 5 years

ago Today(4/05)I, like many of the ladies on here (within a year) began to feel

kinda " ill " or sick or just generally not healthy like I had a cold that I

couldn't really shake. Then came the body aches and extreme fatigue. All I

did/all I felt like doing was staying in bed all day and night. This was aweful

cuz My daughter was a preteen at the time and I feel I should have been there

more for her. I started losing a disgusting amount of weight about a year after

that-I'm 5'5 " and I was close to 109lbs.(I'm normally 125lbs)I kept getting

mysterious bruises all over My body, my skin hurt I had GI problems and GERD was

an understatement. I had Extreme panic attacks ontopof everything else and

intense migraines. I eventually stopped driving and then leaving the house all

together, I was devistated!!! I used to be So animated and flamboyant, I was

Always the life of the party...I began to feel like an empty shell of Myself. It

wasn't until the winter of '08 that my PCP found a lump on my right breast

between my nipple and armpit. I had a sonogram done, a mammogram and an MRI they

couldn't figure it out!!! Finally I realized it was on the other side too but

in a different place!!! We looked up my implants- McGhan 68hp, it was the

valve!!! Some how they shifted on both sides!!! After realizing this an the fact

My right breast was all squashy after the mammo, I saw my plastic surgeon, they

said my breasts looked perfectly fine and nothing was wrong and even took photos

to compare to the original pix, I still saw a difference, they blew me off. The

right on was clearly lower! After a few more months went by the REAL pain

started- anytime I would reach right to left I felt a tearing/ripping feeling in

my chest, after that things started to escalate into joint pain an stiffness I

get electrical shock pains that shoot through my knees and radiate up an down my

legs, I've been losing hair nonstop and finally my PCP ran blood work and my cpk

count was increased a little bit more than double the normal/high range, I now

have an appt. To see a rhuematologist to try to find out if I have fybromialgia

but I jus was these things taken out!!! I KNOW from what I have read that they

are the cause of this an I don't mean to carry on, but without sites like this,

I NEVER would have made this terrifying connection!

> Thank You SO Much Everyone and God Bless You ALL!!!

> Becky

>

[Guest guest]

Becky,

There are many women who have been in your shoes regarding the finances with

implants...most women who face explant are never prepared for it. They have no

savings, and they certainly didn't suspect that they were ill from implants to

begin with, so they never thought about having to remove them. So, you have

been in good company!

I know that doesn't help...but the truth is that many women find a way to pay

for it somehow. They sell cars, sell assets, tap into retirement savings,

borrow from friends or family, take out a loan, sell things on Ebay, one person

even got into breeding dogs to pay for explant. When there's a will, there's a

way.

One thing is for sure...those implants need to come out in order for your immune

system to have a good chance at recovery. And then you will need to get into a

very concentrated detox program that you can do at home yourself, in order to

start getting your immune system back in shape.

Autoimmunity is not cureable, it is said. But there are lots of books available

out there that tell the stories of people who 'cure' themselves by detoxing and

adopting a different diet or lifestyle. I have just finished reading a book

called, " The LUPUS Recovery Diet " and it is very obvious that what we put in our

mouths has a huge bearing on how we feel. You can overcome many illnesses

through restricting what you put in your body for fuel.

Food allergies that were not there before are a common problem with implanted

women. We suddenly develop strange responses to things we never had issues with

before. You can learn to listen to your body and realize when you are having a

reaction. The most common allergens are wheat, eggs, dairy, corn, nuts,

chocolate, and foods with gluten.

I hope this helps you...you have some decisions to make and some planning to do!

But we've all been there before. YOu are not alone.

Patty

>

> Hi, Becky

> Did you have your implant removed and are you feeling better now?

> I've had similar symptoms of mysterious bruise as well.

>

> Sunny

>

> From: SaiLoRCoTTo <sailorcotto@...>

>

> Sent: Wed, April 7, 2010 2:22:56 PM

> Subject: New to this Support Group- SO relieved I'm Not

Alone!!!!

>

>

> Hi there, my name is Becky and I had saline implants put in exactly 5 years

ago Today(4/05)I, like many of the ladies on here (within a year) began to feel

kinda " ill " or sick or just generally not healthy like I had a cold that I

couldn't really shake. Then came the body aches and extreme fatigue. All I

did/all I felt like doing was staying in bed all day and night. This was aweful

cuz My daughter was a preteen at the time and I feel I should have been there

more for her. I started losing a disgusting amount of weight about a year after

that-I'm 5'5 " and I was close to 109lbs.(I'm normally 125lbs)I kept getting

mysterious bruises all over My body, my skin hurt I had GI problems and GERD was

an understatement. I had Extreme panic attacks ontopof everything else and

intense migraines. I eventually stopped driving and then leaving the house all

together, I was devistated!! ! I used to be So animated and flamboyant, I was

Always the life of the party...I

> began to feel like an empty shell of Myself. It wasn't until the winter of

'08 that my PCP found a lump on my right breast between my nipple and armpit. I

had a sonogram done, a mammogram and an MRI they couldn't figure it out!!!

Finally I realized it was on the other side too but in a different place!!! We

looked up my implants- McGhan 68hp, it was the valve!!! Some how they shifted on

both sides!!! After realizing this an the fact My right breast was all squashy

after the mammo, I saw my plastic surgeon, they said my breasts looked perfectly

fine and nothing was wrong and even took photos to compare to the original pix,

I still saw a difference, they blew me off. The right on was clearly lower!

After a few more months went by the REAL pain started- anytime I would reach

right to left I felt a tearing/ripping feeling in my chest, after that things

started to escalate into joint pain an stiffness I get electrical shock pains

that shoot through my knees

> and radiate up an down my legs, I've been losing hair nonstop and finally my

PCP ran blood work and my cpk count was increased a little bit more than double

the normal/high range, I now have an appt. To see a rhuematologist to try to

find out if I have fybromialgia but I jus was these things taken out!!! I KNOW

from what I have read that they are the cause of this an I don't mean to carry

on, but without sites like this, I NEVER would have made this terrifying

connection!

> Thank You SO Much Everyone and God Bless You ALL!!!

> Becky

>

[Guest guest]

Sunny,

I am curious about the acupuncture helping. I've heard of it helping other

women, but it is not a cure I guess...just helps with symptoms?

Patty

>

>

>  

> >Hi, Becky

> >Did you have your implant removed and are you feeling better now?

> >I've had similar symptoms of mysterious bruise as well.

> >

> >Sunny

> >

> >

> >

> >

> ________________________________

> From: SaiLoRCoTTo <sailorcotto@...>

> >

> >Sent: Wed, April 7, 2010 2:22:56 PM

> >Subject: New to this Support Group- SO relieved I'm Not

Alone!!!!

> >

> > 

> >Hi there, my name is Becky and I had saline implants put in exactly 5 years

ago Today(4/05)I, like many of the ladies on here (within a year) began to feel

kinda " ill " or sick or just generally not healthy like I had a cold that I

couldn't really shake. Then came the body aches and extreme fatigue. All I

did/all I felt like doing was staying in bed all day and night. This was aweful

cuz My daughter was a preteen at the time and I feel I should have been there

more for her. I started losing a disgusting amount of weight about a year after

that-I'm 5'5 " and I was close to 109lbs.(I'm normally 125lbs)I kept getting

mysterious bruises all over My body, my skin hurt I had GI problems and GERD was

an understatement. I had Extreme panic attacks ontopof everything else and

intense migraines. I eventually stopped driving and then leaving the house all

together, I was devistated!! ! I used to be So animated and flamboyant, I was

Always the life of the party...I

> began to feel like an empty shell of Myself. It wasn't until the winter of

'08 that my PCP found a lump on my right breast between my nipple and armpit. I

had a sonogram done, a mammogram and an MRI they couldn't figure it out!!!

Finally I realized it was on the other side too but in a different place!!! We

looked up my implants- McGhan 68hp, it was the valve!!! Some how they shifted on

both sides!!! After realizing this an the fact My right breast was all squashy

after the mammo, I saw my plastic surgeon, they said my breasts looked perfectly

fine and nothing was wrong and even took photos to compare to the original pix,

I still saw a difference, they blew me off. The right on was clearly lower!

After a few more months went by the REAL pain started- anytime I would reach

right to left I felt a tearing/ripping feeling in my chest, after that things

started to escalate into joint pain an stiffness I get electrical shock pains

that shoot through my knees

> and radiate up an down my legs, I've been losing hair nonstop and finally my

PCP ran blood work and my cpk count was increased a little bit more than double

the normal/high range, I now have an appt. To see a rhuematologist to try to

find out if I have fybromialgia but I jus was these things taken out!!! I KNOW

from what I have read that they are the cause of this an I don't mean to carry

on, but without sites like this, I NEVER would have made this terrifying

connection!

> >Thank You SO Much Everyone and God Bless You ALL!!!

> >Becky

> >

> >

> >

>

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Hi, Patty

It alleviates lot of symptoms. Sometimes it is permanent, but sometimes it is not. In order to treat it permanently you'd need to take herbs + moxa + acupuncture. It's really herbs that will cure permanently. However, after surgery acupuncture will help to heal faster. It signals brains to release more chemicals and puts our body in balance so that our immune system works better. This is why I started to feel normal again. No doctor was able to help me so I tried acupuncture and it worked. However, I think if I stop completely I may get the symptoms back so I have to do maintenance periodically. Initial treatment you go 2-3 times a week then phase it out to once a week then phase it out to once a month and just do maintenance. Without it I'd still be in bed unable to work. Because I got such great results, I am currently attending school to learn more

about acupuncture and it is great! It is natural and holistic method.

Sunny

From: glory2glory1401 <glory2glory1401@...> Sent: Fri, April 9, 2010 8:55:32 AMSubject: Re: New to this Support Group- SO relieved I'm Not Alone!!!!

Sunny,I am curious about the acupuncture helping. I've heard of it helping other women, but it is not a cure I guess...just helps with symptoms?Patty> > > Â > >Hi, Becky> >Did you have your implant removed and are you feeling better now?> >I've had similar symptoms of mysterious bruise as well.> >> >Sunny> >> >> >> >> ____________ _________ _________ __> From: SaiLoRCoTTo <sailorcotto@ ...>> > > >Sent: Wed, April 7, 2010 2:22:56 PM> >Subject: New to this Support Group- SO relieved I'm Not Alone!!!!> >> >Â

> >Hi there, my name is Becky and I had saline implants put in exactly 5 years ago Today(4/05)I, like many of the ladies on here (within a year) began to feel kinda "ill" or sick or just generally not healthy like I had a cold that I couldn't really shake. Then came the body aches and extreme fatigue. All I did/all I felt like doing was staying in bed all day and night. This was aweful cuz My daughter was a preteen at the time and I feel I should have been there more for her. I started losing a disgusting amount of weight about a year after that-I'm 5'5" and I was close to 109lbs.(I'm normally 125lbs)I kept getting mysterious bruises all over My body, my skin hurt I had GI problems and GERD was an understatement. I had Extreme panic attacks ontopof everything else and intense migraines. I eventually stopped driving and then leaving the house all together, I was devistated!! ! I used to be So animated and flamboyant, I was Always the life of

the party...I> began to feel like an empty shell of Myself. It wasn't until the winter of '08 that my PCP found a lump on my right breast between my nipple and armpit. I had a sonogram done, a mammogram and an MRI they couldn't figure it out!!! Finally I realized it was on the other side too but in a different place!!! We looked up my implants- McGhan 68hp, it was the valve!!! Some how they shifted on both sides!!! After realizing this an the fact My right breast was all squashy after the mammo, I saw my plastic surgeon, they said my breasts looked perfectly fine and nothing was wrong and even took photos to compare to the original pix, I still saw a difference, they blew me off. The right on was clearly lower! After a few more months went by the REAL pain started- anytime I would reach right to left I felt a tearing/ripping feeling in my chest, after that things started to escalate into joint pain an stiffness I get electrical shock pains that

shoot through my knees> and radiate up an down my legs, I've been losing hair nonstop and finally my PCP ran blood work and my cpk count was increased a little bit more than double the normal/high range, I now have an appt. To see a rhuematologist to try to find out if I have fybromialgia but I jus was these things taken out!!! I KNOW from what I have read that they are the cause of this an I don't mean to carry on, but without sites like this, I NEVER would have made this terrifying connection! > >Thank You SO Much Everyone and God Bless You ALL!!!> >Becky > >> >> >>

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Thank You for telling Me about Your rhuematologist expirience Patty, I Swear, that's(sadly)what I'm expecting It seems like Everywhere You turn doctors act like You're completely Insane!!! My regular PCP even tried talking Me out of getting the implants removed because: "there will be so much scarring and I'll probably be deformed plus there's no proof that I'll feel any better" Are You kidding Me??? I Really Don't Care!!! He hasn't even seen My records regarding My implants and Why would he even say something SO DUMB???I Have looked into local Plastic Surgeons that have done explants and are familiar with the 'en bloc' procedure as I know from reading up on this stuff it's MEGA Important!!! I'm nervous to set up a consult with Him jus' cuz I'm scared something won't work out I explained on the phone how the implants. Hurt So Much an were making Me Really sick and they Do

take My medicaid managed care plan(if I can get it approved that implants ARE making Me sick)this is where Everyone KNOWS I'm gonna get( pardon Me)skrewd :(Thank You Very Much for the Diet/Food info, that's Super helpful to know although I'm always really nauseous and not very hungry, I'll have to look intothings that would be better for Me when I do eat!Thank You So Much(Again)Patty!!!It was Very Nice to Meet You,Hope to hear from You Again.Have a Great Weekend!!! :DBecky I felt the sun on My face for the first time and tasted blood on My tongue for the last... On Apr 9, 2010, at 11:38 AM, "glory2glory1401" <glory2glory1401@...> wrote:

Hi Becky,

Welcome to this group! I wish you didn't have to be here, because that means you are suffering. And your story tells it all...you have suffered greatly and I have no doubt that your implants are to blame.

I wanted to share my experience with a rheumatologist...because I don't want you to get your hopes up about them. Of course, you may end up with a very good doctor, but in the end, rheumatologists offer no help other than to make your life more comfortable WITH a disease, rather than find a solution to the root cause of the disease. My rheummy did not believe that the implants had anything to do with my illness, and not only that, but he blew my abnormal bloodwork off and told me to stop taking my vitamins!!!! Needless to say, I stopped going to him, and chose a naturopathic doctor instead, who treated me with understanding and kindness and offered help that I could accept.

I choose natural therapy over drugs every time I can.

In order to get your implants removed properly, you will need to search out a very good explanting doctor. We caution women against using their original surgeon, mainly because the original surgeon has an investment in their work, and usually downplays any illness. Mine did. I went to a recommended surgeon for explant instead and was very happy with my care.

We have a list of surgeons, so please be sure to check it out. It is not all inclusive, and in fact is old enough to probably have some errors, but it is the best we can do under the circumstances. However, there are 4 surgeons in the USA that we recommend highly, because they understand our illnesses. These are:

Dr. Lu Feng, Cleveland OH

Dr. Kolb, Atlanta, GA

Dr. Huang, Denver, CO

Dr. Ed Melmed, Dallas TX

I honestly don't know what we are going to do when these doctors retire because there are so few coming up behind them who understand the nature of our illnesses and the need for en bloc/total capsulectomy removal. These doctors have been involved enough in the controversy over implant safety to know that it takes courage to stand with us and our illnesses.

So, proper removal requires the complete removal of not only the implant, but the capsule around it as well. We have articles in our explant folder that will help guide you through this process.

Please ask questions! We are here to help!

Patty

>

> Hi there, my name is Becky and I had saline implants put in exactly 5 years ago Today(4/05)I, like many of the ladies on here (within a year) began to feel kinda "ill" or sick or just generally not healthy like I had a cold that I couldn't really shake. Then came the body aches and extreme fatigue. All I did/all I felt like doing was staying in bed all day and night. This was aweful cuz My daughter was a preteen at the time and I feel I should have been there more for her. I started losing a disgusting amount of weight about a year after that-I'm 5'5" and I was close to 109lbs.(I'm normally 125lbs)I kept getting mysterious bruises all over My body, my skin hurt I had GI problems and GERD was an understatement. I had Extreme panic attacks ontopof everything else and intense migraines. I eventually stopped driving and then leaving the house all together, I was devistated!!! I used to be So animated and flamboyant, I was Always the life of the

party...I began to feel like an empty shell of Myself. It wasn't until the winter of '08 that my PCP found a lump on my right breast between my nipple and armpit. I had a sonogram done, a mammogram and an MRI they couldn't figure it out!!! Finally I realized it was on the other side too but in a different place!!! We looked up my implants- McGhan 68hp, it was the valve!!! Some how they shifted on both sides!!! After realizing this an the fact My right breast was all squashy after the mammo, I saw my plastic surgeon, they said my breasts looked perfectly fine and nothing was wrong and even took photos to compare to the original pix, I still saw a difference, they blew me off. The right on was clearly lower! After a few more months went by the REAL pain started- anytime I would reach right to left I felt a tearing/ripping feeling in my chest, after that things started to escalate into joint pain an stiffness I get electrical shock pains that shoot

through my knees and radiate up an down my legs, I've been losing hair nonstop and finally my PCP ran blood work and my cpk count was increased a little bit more than double the normal/high range, I now have an appt. To see a rhuematologist to try to find out if I have fybromialgia but I jus was these things taken out!!! I KNOW from what I have read that they are the cause of this an I don't mean to carry on, but without sites like this, I NEVER would have made this terrifying connection!

> Thank You SO Much Everyone and God Bless You ALL!!!

> Becky

>

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Becky.......

When you see the doc, tell them how much your breasts hurt.....

and about all the symptoms you have related to pain.....and how

all the pain makes you so tired......and non-functional.

As long as the doctors say implants dont do anything then

go thru the other aspect....the medical aspect that something

is causing you great incapicitating pain, and beg them to go in

and explore in there.....and while they are at it, to remove anything

in there that doesnt belong there naturally.

It should be covered.....

Best wishes in your journey !

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Thank You for telling Me about Your rhuematologist expirience Patty, I Swear, that's(sadly)what I'm expecting

It seems like Everywhere You turn doctors act like You're completely Insane!!!

My regular PCP even tried talking Me out of getting the implants removed because: "there will be so much scarring and I'll probably be deformed plus there's no proof that I'll feel any better" Are You kidding Me??? I Really Don't Care!!! He hasn't even seen My records regarding My implants and Why would he even say something SO DUMB???

I Have looked into local Plastic Surgeons that have done explants and are familiar with the 'en bloc' procedure as I know from reading up on this stuff it's MEGA Important!!! I'm nervous to set up a consult with Him jus' cuz I'm scared something won't work out I explained on the phone how the implants. Hurt So Much an were making Me Really sick and they Do take My medicaid managed care plan(if I can get it approved that implants ARE making Me sick)this is where Everyone KNOWS I'm gonna get( pardon Me)skrewd

Thank You Very Much for the Diet/Food info, that's Super helpful to know although I'm always really nauseous and not very hungry, I'll have to look intothings that would be better for Me when I do eat!

Thank You So Much(Again)Patty!!!

It was Very Nice to Meet You,

Hope to hear from You Again.

Have a Great Weekend!!!

Becky

I felt the sun on My face for the first time and tasted blood on My tongue for the last...

On Apr 9, 2010, at 11:38 AM, "glory2glory1401" <glory2glory1401 > wrote:

Hi Becky,

Welcome to this group! I wish you didn't have to be here, because that means you are suffering. And your story tells it all...you have suffered greatly and I have no doubt that your implants are to blame.

I wanted to share my experience with a rheumatologist...because I don't want you to get your hopes up about them. Of course, you may end up with a very good doctor, but in the end, rheumatologists offer no help other than to make your life more comfortable WITH a disease, rather than find a solution to the root cause of the disease. My rheummy did not believe that the implants had anything to do with my illness, and not only that, but he blew my abnormal bloodwork off and told me to stop taking my vitamins!!!! Needless to say, I stopped going to him, and chose a naturopathic doctor instead, who treated me with understanding and kindness and offered help that I could accept.

I choose natural therapy over drugs every time I can.

In order to get your implants removed properly, you will need to search out a very good explanting doctor. We caution women against using their original surgeon, mainly because the original surgeon has an investment in their work, and usually downplays any illness. Mine did. I went to a recommended surgeon for explant instead and was very happy with my care.

We have a list of surgeons, so please be sure to check it out. It is not all inclusive, and in fact is old enough to probably have some errors, but it is the best we can do under the circumstances. However, there are 4 surgeons in the USA that we recommend highly, because they understand our illnesses. These are:

Dr. Lu Feng, Cleveland OH

Dr. Kolb, Atlanta, GA

Dr. Huang, Denver, CO

Dr. Ed Melmed, Dallas TX

I honestly don't know what we are going to do when these doctors retire because there are so few coming up behind them who understand the nature of our illnesses and the need for en bloc/total capsulectomy removal. These doctors have been involved enough in the controversy over implant safety to know that it takes courage to stand with us and our illnesses.

So, proper removal requires the complete removal of not only the implant, but the capsule around it as well. We have articles in our explant folder that will help guide you through this process.

Please ask questions! We are here to help!

Patty

>

> Hi there, my name is Becky and I had saline implants put in exactly 5 years ago Today(4/05)I, like many of the ladies on here (within a year) began to feel kinda "ill" or sick or just generally not healthy like I had a cold that I couldn't really shake. Then came the body aches and extreme fatigue. All I did/all I felt like doing was staying in bed all day and night. This was aweful cuz My daughter was a preteen at the time and I feel I should have been there more for her. I started losing a disgusting amount of weight about a year after that-I'm 5'5" and I was close to 109lbs.(I'm normally 125lbs)I kept getting mysterious bruises all over My body, my skin hurt I had GI problems and GERD was an understatement. I had Extreme panic attacks ontopof everything else and intense migraines. I eventually stopped driving and then leaving the house all together, I was devistated!!! I used to be So animated and flamboyant, I was Always the life of the party...I began to feel like an empty shell of Myself. It wasn't until the winter of '08 that my PCP found a lump on my right breast between my nipple and armpit. I had a sonogram done, a mammogram and an MRI they couldn't figure it out!!! Finally I realized it was on the other side too but in a different place!!! We looked up my implants- McGhan 68hp, it was the valve!!! Some how they shifted on both sides!!! After realizing this an the fact My right breast was all squashy after the mammo, I saw my plastic surgeon, they said my breasts looked perfectly fine and nothing was wrong and even took photos to compare to the original pix, I still saw a difference, they blew me off. The right on was clearly lower! After a few more months went by the REAL pain started- anytime I would reach right to left I felt a tearing/ripping feeling in my chest, after that things started to escalate into joint pain an stiffness I get electrical shock pains that shoot through my knees and radiate up an down my legs, I've been losing hair nonstop and finally my PCP ran blood work and my cpk count was increased a little bit more than double the normal/high range, I now have an appt. To see a rhuematologist to try to find out if I have fybromialgia but I jus was these things taken out!!! I KNOW from what I have read that they are the cause of this an I don't mean to carry on, but without sites like this, I NEVER would have made this terrifying connection!

> Thank You SO Much Everyone and God Bless You ALL!!!

> Becky

>

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In addition, we also suggest Vitamin K injections to patients with bruising symptoms.

Hi, Becky

Did you have your implant removed and are you feeling better now?

I've had similar symptoms of mysterious bruise as well.

Sunny

From: SaiLoRCoTTo <sailorcotto > Sent: Wed, April 7, 2010 2:22:56 PMSubject: New to this Support Group- SO relieved I'm Not Alone!!!!

Hi there, my name is Becky and I had saline implants put in exactly 5 years ago Today(4/05)I, like many of the ladies on here (within a year) began to feel kinda "ill" or sick or just generally not healthy like I had a cold that I couldn't really shake. Then came the body aches and extreme fatigue. All I did/all I felt like doing was staying in bed all day and night. This was aweful cuz My daughter was a preteen at the time and I feel I should have been there more for her. I started losing a disgusting amount of weight about a year after that-I'm 5'5" and I was close to 109lbs.(I'm normally 125lbs)I kept getting mysterious bruises all over My body, my skin hurt I had GI problems and GERD was an understatement. I had Extreme panic attacks ontopof everything else and intense migraines. I eventually stopped driving and then leaving the house all together, I was devistated!! ! I used to be So animated and flamboyant, I was Always the life of the party...I

began to feel like an empty shell of Myself. It wasn't until the winter of '08 that my PCP found a lump on my right breast between my nipple and armpit. I had a sonogram done, a mammogram and an MRI they couldn't figure it out!!! Finally I realized it was on the other side too but in a different place!!! We looked up my implants- McGhan 68hp, it was the valve!!! Some how they shifted on both sides!!! After realizing this an the fact My right breast was all squashy after the mammo, I saw my plastic surgeon, they said my breasts looked perfectly fine and nothing was wrong and even took photos to compare to the original pix, I still saw a difference, they blew me off. The right on was clearly lower! After a few more months went by the REAL pain started- anytime I would reach right to left I felt a tearing/ripping feeling in my chest, after that things started to escalate into joint pain an stiffness I get electrical shock pains that shoot through my knees

and radiate up an down my legs, I've been losing hair nonstop and finally my PCP ran blood work and my cpk count was increased a little bit more than double the normal/high range, I now have an appt. To see a rhuematologist to try to find out if I have fybromialgia but I jus was these things taken out!!! I KNOW from what I have read that they are the cause of this an I don't mean to carry on, but without sites like this, I NEVER would have made this terrifying connection! Thank You SO Much Everyone and God Bless You ALL!!!Becky

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Good Morning, Dr. Tan:

Thank you for helping to give information to our group, because we all appreciate it so much. Are you aware that many women have developed Multiple Myeloma (MM) from having breast implants? We have lost several women to this cancer, and I am positive for MGUS, which means that I could eventually end up having MM. I am on blood thinners, and that causes me to bruise at times; therefore, I am not to have too much vitamin K. All women should be tested for MGUS if they have breast implants. The tests are SPEP and UPEP, and my doctors check me every few months to make sure that I am okay.

I would not want to frighten anyone; however, it is important that every woman should be aware of this cancer. Dr. Aristo Vojdani did the research on the risk of MM and silicone breast implants. I am one of the older group leaders here in Canada, and Dr. Vojdani sent out a letter to all group leaders regarding this rare cancer. Many of the women in our groups here are positive for MGUS, and that is a concern for me.

With respect always....Lea

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New to this Support Group- SO relieved I'm Not Alone!!!!

Hi there, my name is Becky and I had saline implants put in exactly 5 years ago Today(4/05)I, like many of the ladies on here (within a year) began to feel kinda "ill" or sick or just generally not healthy like I had a cold that I couldn't really shake. Then came the body aches and extreme fatigue. All I did/all I felt like doing was staying in bed all day and night. This was aweful cuz My daughter was a preteen at the time and I feel I should have been there more for her. I started losing a disgusting amount of weight about a year after that-I'm 5'5" and I was close to 109lbs.(I'm normally 125lbs)I kept getting mysterious bruises all over My body, my skin hurt I had GI problems and GERD was an understatement. I had Extreme panic attacks ontopof everything else and intense migraines. I eventually stopped driving and then leaving the house all together, I was devistated!! ! I used to be So animated and flamboyant, I was Always the life of the party...I began to feel like an empty shell of Myself. It wasn't until the winter of '08 that my PCP found a lump on my right breast between my nipple and armpit. I had a sonogram done, a mammogram and an MRI they couldn't figure it out!!! Finally I realized it was on the other side too but in a different place!!! We looked up my implants- McGhan 68hp, it was the valve!!! Some how they shifted on both sides!!! After realizing this an the fact My right breast was all squashy after the mammo, I saw my plastic surgeon, they said my breasts looked perfectly fine and nothing was wrong and even took photos to compare to the original pix, I still saw a difference, they blew me off. The right on was clearly lower! After a few more months went by the REAL pain started- anytime I would reach right to left I felt a tearing/ripping feeling in my chest, after that things started to escalate into joint pain an stiffness I get electrical shock pains that shoot through my knees and radiate up an down my legs, I've been losing hair nonstop and finally my PCP ran blood work and my cpk count was increased a little bit more than double the normal/high range, I now have an appt. To see a rhuematologist to try to find out if I have fybromialgia but I jus was these things taken out!!! I KNOW from what I have read that they are the cause of this an I don't mean to carry on, but without sites like this, I NEVER would have made this terrifying connection! Thank You SO Much Everyone and God Bless You ALL!!!Becky

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Hi Lea:

Nice to see you on this site again. Am I at risk for MM, as well, because of the silicone shell of the saline implant? I would like to know more about the bloodtests, as I am not certain my GP will know what I am talking about. Please let me know more, or where I can read more about this. Thank you.

From: Lea <leamary@...> Sent: Sun, April 11, 2010 10:41:00 AMSubject: Re: New to this Support Group- SO relieved I'm Not Alone!!!!

 Good Morning, Dr. Tan:

Thank you for helping to give information to our group, because we all appreciate it so much. Are you aware that many women have developed Multiple Myeloma (MM) from having breast implants? We have lost several women to this cancer, and I am positive for MGUS, which means that I could eventually end up having MM. I am on blood thinners, and that causes me to bruise at times; therefore, I am not to have too much vitamin K. All women should be tested for MGUS if they have breast implants. The tests are SPEP and UPEP, and my doctors check me every few months to make sure that I am okay.

I would not want to frighten anyone; however, it is important that every woman should be aware of this cancer. Dr. Aristo Vojdani did the research on the risk of MM and silicone breast implants. I am one of the older group leaders here in Canada, and Dr. Vojdani sent out a letter to all group leaders regarding this rare cancer. Many of the women in our groups here are positive for MGUS, and that is a concern for me.

With respect always....Lea

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New to this Support Group- SO relieved I'm Not Alone!!!!

Hi there, my name is Becky and I had saline implants put in exactly 5 years ago Today(4/05)I, like many of the ladies on here (within a year) began to feel kinda "ill" or sick or just generally not healthy like I had a cold that I couldn't really shake. Then came the body aches and extreme fatigue. All I did/all I felt like doing was staying in bed all day and night. This was aweful cuz My daughter was a preteen at the time and I feel I should have been there more for her. I started losing a disgusting amount of weight about a year after that-I'm 5'5" and I was close to 109lbs.(I'm normally 125lbs)I kept getting mysterious bruises all over My body, my skin hurt I had GI problems and GERD was an understatement. I had Extreme panic attacks ontopof everything else and intense migraines. I eventually stopped driving and then leaving the house all together, I was devistated!! ! I used to be So animated and flamboyant, I was Always the life of the party...I

began to feel like an empty shell of Myself. It wasn't until the winter of '08 that my PCP found a lump on my right breast between my nipple and armpit. I had a sonogram done, a mammogram and an MRI they couldn't figure it out!!! Finally I realized it was on the other side too but in a different place!!! We looked up my implants- McGhan 68hp, it was the valve!!! Some how they shifted on both sides!!! After realizing this an the fact My right breast was all squashy after the mammo, I saw my plastic surgeon, they said my breasts looked perfectly fine and nothing was wrong and even took photos to compare to the original pix, I still saw a difference, they blew me off. The right on was clearly lower! After a few more months went by the REAL pain started- anytime I would reach right to left I felt a tearing/ripping feeling in my chest, after that things started to escalate into joint pain an stiffness I get electrical shock pains that shoot through my knees

and radiate up an down my legs, I've been losing hair nonstop and finally my PCP ran blood work and my cpk count was increased a little bit more than double the normal/high range, I now have an appt. To see a rhuematologist to try to find out if I have fybromialgia but I jus was these things taken out!!! I KNOW from what I have read that they are the cause of this an I don't mean to carry on, but without sites like this, I NEVER would have made this terrifying connection! Thank You SO Much Everyone and God Bless You ALL!!!Becky

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My Dear :

Honey, I do not want to frighten you; however, it might be a good idea to have these two tests. The UPEP test is a 24 hour urine collection, and the SPEP is just some bloodwork. I know that the research showed that some of the women who had silicone implants were at risk; however, I never looked at the saline implanted women, because we thought that saline was a safe implant....wrong.

I am so happy that you are helping other women, because you are so loving and you have been through the explant. How are you feeling, because I thought that I saw a message from you a few weeks ago? I hope that you are feeling better.

is writing a course for the university, and he must have solitude. That course is killing us both...but he will be a bit more famous when he has finished writing it. I have to read each unit as he writes it, and I am not into history, but another set of eyes could catch a mistake.

Stay close....love you....Lea

New to this Support Group- SO relieved I'm Not Alone!!!!

Hi there, my name is Becky and I had saline implants put in exactly 5 years ago Today(4/05)I, like many of the ladies on here (within a year) began to feel kinda "ill" or sick or just generally not healthy like I had a cold that I couldn't really shake. Then came the body aches and extreme fatigue. All I did/all I felt like doing was staying in bed all day and night. This was aweful cuz My daughter was a preteen at the time and I feel I should have been there more for her. I started losing a disgusting amount of weight about a year after that-I'm 5'5" and I was close to 109lbs.(I'm normally 125lbs)I kept getting mysterious bruises all over My body, my skin hurt I had GI problems and GERD was an understatement. I had Extreme panic attacks ontopof everything else and intense migraines. I eventually stopped driving and then leaving the house all together, I was devistated!! ! I used to be So animated and flamboyant, I was Always the life of the party...I began to feel like an empty shell of Myself. It wasn't until the winter of '08 that my PCP found a lump on my right breast between my nipple and armpit. I had a sonogram done, a mammogram and an MRI they couldn't figure it out!!! Finally I realized it was on the other side too but in a different place!!! We looked up my implants- McGhan 68hp, it was the valve!!! Some how they shifted on both sides!!! After realizing this an the fact My right breast was all squashy after the mammo, I saw my plastic surgeon, they said my breasts looked perfectly fine and nothing was wrong and even took photos to compare to the original pix, I still saw a difference, they blew me off. The right on was clearly lower! After a few more months went by the REAL pain started- anytime I would reach right to left I felt a tearing/ripping feeling in my chest, after that things started to escalate into joint pain an stiffness I get electrical shock pains that shoot through my knees and radiate up an down my legs, I've been losing hair nonstop and finally my PCP ran blood work and my cpk count was increased a little bit more than double the normal/high range, I now have an appt. To see a rhuematologist to try to find out if I have fybromialgia but I jus was these things taken out!!! I KNOW from what I have read that they are the cause of this an I don't mean to carry on, but without sites like this, I NEVER would have made this terrifying connection! Thank You SO Much Everyone and God Bless You ALL!!!Becky

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