Guest guest Posted August 16, 2002 Report Share Posted August 16, 2002 In 9993 , I lost a breast to an infiltrating interductal carcenoma, stage 2. I was " rebuilt " with a Mentor implant that contained both silicone and saline. when the implant became hard, i was tole by the plastic surgeon that this was " normal " . Three years ago, I developed symptoms that I did not associate with the implant. They included hives, terrible fatigue, nausa. One day,as I prepared to go to work, I touched what I thought was a pimple under my arm. a massive amount of pus shot out. I saw a surgeon and was told that I had a life threatning infection as a result of my implant coming apart.It took a long period to recover from the infection and additional surgery.Of course, Mentor paid none of the costs. I am a otherwise healthy women, having run two marathons in the two years prior to being diagnosed with cancer.I am damn mad about what happened and hope other women will not suffer as I have. I will be glad to send a picture of my mulatated chest to anyone who wants to see it. My e- mail address is:kestrelnst@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2002 Report Share Posted August 21, 2002 Good to have you here on the group, I don't blame you for being mad, I am mad too! Hugs PS send any pics you have to me and I will post them on the site as well, either anonymously or with your name idagirl@... ----- Original Message ----- From: " kestrelnst " <kestrelnst@...> < > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 3:35 PM Subject: the danger of implants > In 9993 , I lost a breast to an infiltrating interductal carcenoma, > stage 2. I was " rebuilt " with a Mentor implant that contained both > silicone and saline. when the implant became hard, i was tole by the > plastic surgeon that this was " normal " . Three years ago, I developed > symptoms that I did not associate with the implant. They included > hives, terrible fatigue, nausa. One day,as I prepared to go to work, > I touched what I thought was a pimple under my arm. a massive amount > of pus shot out. I saw a surgeon and was told that I had a life > threatning infection as a result of my implant coming apart.It took a > long period to recover from the infection and additional surgery.Of > course, Mentor paid none of the costs. I am a otherwise healthy > women, having run two marathons in the two years prior to being > diagnosed with cancer.I am damn mad about what happened and hope > other women will not suffer as I have. I will be glad to send a > picture of my mulatated chest to anyone who wants to see it. My e- > mail address is:kestrelnst@... > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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