Beware of Silently Leaking Implants -- Arizona

Long ago (over 30 yrs ago) and far away (I was living in a foreign country) my mother suggested we have breast implants. She did not need them, so I am to assume she found me as flat and uninteresting in that department as I had...I came back to the U.S. to get the surgery and have that bonding time with my "far too young for her age" mother. Two weeks after I left the country to return to my then expatriate home, my left breast filled with blood! Called the doctor (who yelled at me, blaming me for it) and he told me what to do. It involved rest and a lot of ice and a lot of time to brood about my plight. Six months later I had that implant replaced. Then I developed very hard capsules on both sides....but lived with those for 30 years.

Six years ago I was referred (by a plastic surgeon) to another doctor out of town as he said my breasts required basically more skill than he had...and I had them replaced with the nipples hoisted into a new and better place. No more capsules, no more tightness! The breasts seemed normal in every way and I even got some sensation back in my nipples! I was ecstatic. Bear in mind, too, that I never did want really large breasts, just breasts that had some aesthetic value to my husband and to myself when passing a mirror undressed. So at last I had it--the look I wanted, the normal feel, just everything.

I was careful to have my mammograms, too. I know it is not supposed to happen, but I am sure the pressure of those mammograms was what caused the leaks. The leaks have been there 5 years and I WAS NEVER TOLD UNTIL A MONTH OR SO AGO.

I know I could just get them removed, but I keep visualizing what my result would be and cannot live with it....So...I will be scheduling surgery for the 4th time as soon as the girl from the doctor's office calls me back....

I think people should be aware that they could have these silent leaks and not even be told by their docs or by the radiologist who took the mammogram xrays.