Re: just linked my illness to saline implants

[Guest guest]

Hi Tina,

Your situation is classic for implant issues. It's so sad the way we are

treated...medical mystery when the problem is literally under their noses!!!!

They just choose to never see the implants as a source of the problem. Even

when the manufacturer's own inserts admit that implants can have these side

effects. Guess they make it a point to never read the inserts, huh?

One of the very, very best explanting surgeons in the country is very close to

you, so I would recommend that you contact her for explant.

She is Dr. Lu Feng in Cleveland, OH

www.drfeng.com

She is fantastic, according to every report we've ever gotten from her patients!

Please let us know if you are able to see her, and how everything goes for you.

Be sure to check into our files section in the " explant " folder, where we have

compiled valuable information about this important surgery.

Take care,

Patty

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> Hi! I just figured out what has been making me sick for the past 3 years. The

saline implants. I have been researching this for days and have so many symptoms

in common with these other women. I would have never known about this if I

didn't see it on MTV's True Life. I have been so sick for the last 3 years. I

had my implants done 7 years ago.I asked the DR. how safe they were and was

assured that they were perfectly safe because they were saline.I started feeling

very weak and tired. I was achy and my muscles and joints hurt.I was loosing

alot of weight and I was very disoriented, confused and off balance. I went to

my primary DR. he took blood and told me that all my bloodwork was fine that and

I had ebstein Barr.I went back and forth for a year getting worse and getting

down to a size 0. I was fainting and had to be brought to the ER a few times, I

was told my blood was fine to see a Rheumatologist. I started to get very itchy

and my face,hands,feet began to swell really bad.I was finally admitted into the

hospital. I was there for 2 weeks getting worse and worse to the point that I

couldn't walk and I had a hard time swallowing. The DR'S said I was a medical

mystery and they didn't know what was wrong with me I had gone through so many

,tests everything was coming back fine.I had a muscle biopsy and they figured

out that I have DERMATOMYOSITIS. This is a very rare muscle inflamatory disease.

I was always extremely healthy before this happened.I worked out 4 to 5 times a

week I ate very healthy. I have been through so many different types of

treatments in the last 2 years. Nothing is really working for me except The

prednisone,which has really bad side effects. I have asked my Rheumatologist if

the implants had anything to do with this disease, they said no. I have symptoms

not related to my disease such as the confusion,the dizziness. I also never

sinus issues before. For the past few years I get constant sinus infections. I

still have chronic fatigue, muscle weakness,my hair is falling out.I also have

pain in my left breast.I'm going to the breast surgeon tomorrow.I have

ranauds,and joint pain. I want these implants out of my body,LIKE YESTERDAY!!!!

I'm so sure this is contributing to my sickness.I've been saying for years that

I feel like I'm being poisoned. I want to find a DR. that supports this even

though the FDA doesn't. I want to be explanted asap. If anybody has info on a

DR. I would appreciate it or any other input or information you can share.

Thanks so much!! Tina from New York

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Tina!I'm not sure where you live, but Dr. Kolb is also very good, and performs many total capsulectomies.She is located in Atlanta, GA.On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:09 AM, glory2glory1401 <glory2glory1401@...> wrote:

 

Hi Tina,

Your situation is classic for implant issues. It's so sad the way we are treated...medical mystery when the problem is literally under their noses!!!! They just choose to never see the implants as a source of the problem. Even when the manufacturer's own inserts admit that implants can have these side effects. Guess they make it a point to never read the inserts, huh?

One of the very, very best explanting surgeons in the country is very close to you, so I would recommend that you contact her for explant.

She is Dr. Lu Feng in Cleveland, OH

www.drfeng.com

She is fantastic, according to every report we've ever gotten from her patients!

Please let us know if you are able to see her, and how everything goes for you. Be sure to check into our files section in the " explant " folder, where we have compiled valuable information about this important surgery.

Take care,

Patty

>

> Hi! I just figured out what has been making me sick for the past 3 years. The saline implants. I have been researching this for days and have so many symptoms in common with these other women. I would have never known about this if I didn't see it on MTV's True Life. I have been so sick for the last 3 years. I had my implants done 7 years ago.I asked the DR. how safe they were and was assured that they were perfectly safe because they were saline.I started feeling very weak and tired. I was achy and my muscles and joints hurt.I was loosing alot of weight and I was very disoriented, confused and off balance. I went to my primary DR. he took blood and told me that all my bloodwork was fine that and I had ebstein Barr.I went back and forth for a year getting worse and getting down to a size 0. I was fainting and had to be brought to the ER a few times, I was told my blood was fine to see a Rheumatologist. I started to get very itchy and my face,hands,feet began to swell really bad.I was finally admitted into the hospital. I was there for 2 weeks getting worse and worse to the point that I couldn't walk and I had a hard time swallowing. The DR'S said I was a medical mystery and they didn't know what was wrong with me I had gone through so many ,tests everything was coming back fine.I had a muscle biopsy and they figured out that I have DERMATOMYOSITIS. This is a very rare muscle inflamatory disease. I was always extremely healthy before this happened.I worked out 4 to 5 times a week I ate very healthy. I have been through so many different types of treatments in the last 2 years. Nothing is really working for me except The prednisone,which has really bad side effects. I have asked my Rheumatologist if the implants had anything to do with this disease, they said no. I have symptoms not related to my disease such as the confusion,the dizziness. I also never sinus issues before. For the past few years I get constant sinus infections. I still have chronic fatigue, muscle weakness,my hair is falling out.I also have pain in my left breast.I'm going to the breast surgeon tomorrow.I have ranauds,and joint pain. I want these implants out of my body,LIKE YESTERDAY!!!! I'm so sure this is contributing to my sickness.I've been saying for years that I feel like I'm being poisoned. I want to find a DR. that supports this even though the FDA doesn't. I want to be explanted asap. If anybody has info on a DR. I would appreciate it or any other input or information you can share. Thanks so much!! Tina from New York

>

[Guest guest]

similar story for me. had mine out last may. dr. melmed in texas. great surgeon. best of luck to you. you may want to visit breastimplantsupport.org and see how many stories there are out there. the doctors won't admit to anything. we are not crazy. it's all about money. talk to dr. melmed. xxoo -linda dodd

[Guest guest]

I have to say this about Dr. Melmed, as well as any of our doctors who

explant....

Please, please, please make sure you ask for a total capsulectomy if you have

saline implants!

Dr. Melmed has stated that he believes that the capsules will dissolve in time,

and therefore he sometimes leaves portions of the capsule in. (Dr. Huang, Dr.

Feng and Dr. Kolb always remove all of it).

I mean no disrespect to Dr. Melmed because I think he is a great man and has

done so many good things for so many women, but I disagree with him on his

position about capsules dissolving over time. There is absolutely no, NONE, NOT

ANY, evidence of that, and in fact, there is evidence of the complete opposite:

that capsules over time morph and evolve into dangerous blobs of tissue,

sometimes filled with bacteria or other gunk that creates a bio-reactor. Dr.

Pierre Blais, who is a failed medical devices expert in Canada has in fact

written a paper discussing the risks associated with long term residual capsules

in the body. YOu can read this report in our links section as well as our files

section. It is an important paper and the basis for our strong urging to make

sure all of the capsule is removed.

Dr. Feng has also written a statement for us that lists the only exceptions to

NOT removing the capsule surrounding a saline implant, and almost NOBODY will

qualify for these exceptions.

So....for those who choose to go to Dr. Melmed, please discuss thoroughly your

desire for a total capsule removal at the time of explant and make sure you get

it in writing that he will do this for you. Take Dr. Blais's paper with you as

support documentation. There are other studies listed as well, if you want to

take even more.

Patty

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> similar story for me. had mine out last may. dr. melmed in texas. great

> surgeon. best of luck to you. you may want to visit

> breastimplantsupport.org and see how many stories there are out there. the

doctors won't admit

> to anything. we are not crazy. it's all about money. talk to dr.

> melmed. xxoo -linda dodd

>