crystal

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Crystal, I was great talking to you again about things last night! God, we have so much in common. Realy. Keep me up to date on the guy thing,

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Hi ,

Looking back on it I think I probably started reacting within months because I started having minor little things creep up i.e. migraines, rashes when I used certain things on my skin etc. I got really ill in 1998 at exactly the 4 year mark. I am glad they never ruptured or leaked since I had them so long. No telling what that would have done to contribute to my declining health.

I was never happy with my implants. I didn't keep them so long because I couldn't part with them, I started having a lot of phobias about having surgery so I kept putting it off. I told my implanting surgeon a month after getting implanted that I wanted them out. How I wish I had acted sooner. Maybe I wouldn't be in this boat now. I have recovered significantly but I have had some new stuff to pop up since explant. I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Disease and I have not been getting a period. I went today for a sonogram, so maybe I can get to the bottom of this soon. I am afraid I am going to have to go on birth control pills as I tried naturally compounded progesterone without much success. I keep trying to think positive and hope that someday I this time in my life will be a distant memory.

Take Care,

Crystal

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It is interesting to me how many women with implants when looking

back see that they had been reacting to them for awhile. It is almost

just as interesting to see how many more are in denial about it. I

still feel that there are even more of the latter out there. It sucks

because I also believe if more women would speak up about this

illness it would help the cause and help to get to the bottom of this

issue. As long as women live in denial and fear and don't speak up,

the travesty of implant illness will just continue.

In , CrystalRDH@a... wrote:

> Hi ,

>

> Looking back on it I think I probably started reacting within

months because

> I started having minor little things creep up i.e. migraines,

rashes when I

> used certain things on my skin etc. I got really ill in 1998 at

exactly the 4

> year mark. I am glad they never ruptured or leaked since I had them

so long. No

> telling what that would have done to contribute to my declining

health.

>

> I was never happy with my implants. I didn't keep them so long

because I

> couldn't part with them, I started having a lot of phobias about

having surgery so

> I kept putting it off. I told my implanting surgeon a month after

getting

> implanted that I wanted them out. How I wish I had acted sooner.

Maybe I

> wouldn't be in this boat now. I have recovered significantly but I

have had some new

> stuff to pop up since explant. I was diagnosed with Polycystic

Ovarian Disease

> and I have not been getting a period. I went today for a sonogram,

so maybe I

> can get to the bottom of this soon. I am afraid I am going to have

to go on

> birth control pills as I tried naturally compounded progesterone

without much

> success. I keep trying to think positive and hope that someday I

this time in

> my life will be a distant memory.

>

> Take Care,

> Crystal

[Guest guest]

,

Are you using a cream or pill? I saw a holistic gyno and he put me on 100mg of naturally compounded progesterone (similar to Prometrium- which I couldn't take due to a peanut allergy) He said a cream wouldn't be strong enough. The article you sent me said to use a cream. I am seeing the endo this Friday because of the possible insulin resistance. i don't know what to do. i don't want to take synthetic hormones again but the natural progesterone was giving me terrible acne. I think I got this PCOD from taking the birth control for so many years (15) .

Anyway thanks for the info and I will let you know how it goes.

Crystal