More questions

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Thanks so much to everyone; I am printing out all of these responses plus some stories for Tish to read.

More questions first to be sure I understand: What is it about the saline implants that causes these symptoms-- is it the silicone shell, the metals in the silicone and the potential bacteria that can grow in the saline? Am I missing any other component? Everyone has such bad thoughts about silicone implants that they think nothing is wrong with the saline. Also, I mentioned to Tish's husband the other day about how it seems there are women with saline implants that are having the same problems as Tish and the first thing he said was, "They aren't silicone implants" the second thing he said was, "I've met several women at work (he's a drug rep) who said they are having migranes etc suddenly so I think it is just something going around" and then he said after I mentioned the silicone shell, 'Well, don't tell Tish about getting them out because I'm not paying for that!" Denial ain't just a river in Egypt, huh? So I am just going to print these out and hand them to Tish and then back off because I don't want to get in between her and her husband.

Also, does it seem that the women who have problems/reactions had a propensity for auto-immune diseases and the implants caused a flare? Perhaps if the women never had implants they could have gone longer, possibly for life without an auto-immune episode?

I did read most of the stories right after I joined and I was just horrified to see Phyllis killed herself. Poor dear.....you all must feel such a loss without her. It is such a shame that people have such dispair that they take their own life, yet no one seems to think implants aren't healthy and it is all in the woman's head. My husband told me when he was a medical student he did summer research with some Rheumatologists and they rounded on a women with silicone implants who was having mini-strokes because of her implants. That is what made him think of Tish. Dh said he would order an ANA for her is she wanted it, and he didn't understand (and was kind of mad) that none of her other doctors would order it.

Thanks again,