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Hello everyone,

I just recently joined and wanted to say 'hi'. Also your input would be greatly appreciated if you have any comments about my situation.

I got silicone implants in 1991. Shortly after that, it was announced that they are not safe. Following after that there seemed to be a controversy and I was so busy with my job, I really didn't pay this too much attention.

In 1994, I felt the devil might have paid me a personal visit. I was only 35. In 94, I came down with some very strange neuro stuff. Just out of no where, I got hydrocephalus along with Pseudotumor cerebrai. To make a very long story short, since then I have had 4 surgeries, 3 of them in my head to place shunts.

That year I found out that I also had a bone marrow disorder which causes me to make too many platelets. I now have to take meds for the rest of my life with constant blood tests to keep checking the blood levels.

A year later, I came down with Melanoma. In 2000, symptoms continued and that is when I had to do 2 more brain surgeries.

I am now in permanent disability. Also, I can hardly walk from the pain in my ankles and basically all of my joints. Also I have tested positive for an auto-immune disorder but they haven't put a name on it like Lupus for example.

Some of the other smaller things that are going on lately is heart arrhythmia, heart murmur I had from much younger, high blood pressure (I've always had very low), low thyroid, fibromyalgea and a fatigue feeling that is too extreme to express.

It just donned on me the other day that maybe my implants have contributed to my whole system going 'hey-wire"! I have had them now for 11 years. Also I just recently read some of the dangers with them and I started crying with the idea that perhaps they contributed to all of my health issues. What do you guys think?

Also, I get on the side of each of my breasts some red spots that almost look like red stretch marks. The thing is, the markings aren't there all the time so I know they are not stretch marks. My doc told me to just put a topical cream on it. Why am I getting that? I also have a constant rash around my cheeks and I hardly wear make-up, maybe once a week.

At this point, just the thought that the implants may have contributed to this, makes me want to take them out. I'm going to do just that. I don't feel like another surgery but that's all I can do. Also I keep getting pains around me liver area which is scaring me a bit.

Please let me know what you guys think. Your input is appreciated it. By the way, is there anyone out there who has experienced some of the neuro stuff that's happened to me? Share-share...

Thanks for listening,

Leanda