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Hi, first I want to say that my english might be...

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Lia71
WORTH IT$5,000

Hi,
first I want to say that my english might be not perfect, but I will do my best.
I got my implants in, May 2010.
425ml Silicon under the muscle.
I used to be a 32C, now I am a 34E, some bras 34F.

I am not sure why I choose to get them in, probably to make me feel better, I went through a difficult time.
I never did feel better, just big and fat, and heavy.
Just weeks after the implant I started not liking them, I was allways trying to hide them. It was hard to join the fitness classes, I was used to join, so I gained weight.

All I want is to get them out of me, this feeling of having them moving inside me is aweful. I am at a point where I can say, I am hating them. I want them out.

I am very scared what I am going to have left, but I know for sure, i don't want to live with what I am now.
I know now, that I just want to be me, and like myself as I am.

I had my pre-op on the 6th this month, and the removal is planned for the 22nd of November.
I have chosen to do it with just local anaesthesia, does anyone have had it done like that?

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November 10, 2012
Lia71, I think you will be surprised how you will look after you remove your implants. Mine were in a total of 24+years and at this moment in time, they look pretty good out. It's only been a week, but so far so good. A few ladies on this site had theirs out via local anesthesia and did fine. I always felt fat with mine too. Now I feel so much thinner!!!
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November 11, 2012
Hi Mel, After reading your first two sentence, I had tears in my eyes. It was so encouraging for me. I read the journey you shared with us, and it sounds awesome, like the best way to go. I thank you so much. And yes I want to feel thinner too :)
November 10, 2012
Hi, I did it with local and was awake during it all. It wasn't so bad. You may want to ask for a relaxer to calm your nerves. Good luck! Xoxo
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November 11, 2012
Hi Flora, Thank you for letting me know. Yes that is an awesome Idee to let them give me something to relax first, i will definatly. And thank you for the good wishes. I am sorry to read you are going though a difficult time after your removal. I want to say, no prayer will stay unanswered, the lord did hear you, its just time that your body needs to get back to where it was, its like after a pregnancy. Thanks again. XXOO
November 10, 2012
I had my breast augmentation done in Sep 24 and i had removed in now 5. The reason why, I suffer an inffection on my left one. I feel great without them, I think that getting a BA was the worst decission I have made in my live. I suffered so much pain and disscomfort. Its been 5 days and my breast look about the same as they did before, maybe they sag a little more but I feel great and look great too !! I have the option of putting them back in 6 months but I rather loose $4500 than to go through all that trauma.
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November 11, 2012
Hi Fabi, thank you for sharing. Sorry to read your disappointing experience with implants, and the pain that you have had to go trough, in such a short time. Yes if I would be you, I would just let the $4500 go and keep what I am now.
November 10, 2012
Best of luck on your journey Lia71.
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November 11, 2012
Hi, and thank you very much. I have read your journey, very interesting I must say. Thank you for sharing with us. It is very encouraging to read how positive and obviously happy you are, and that despide the hard time you have.
November 11, 2012
Hi Lia71, Thanks for sharing your story. I too hated the feeling of implants inside me...and feeling heavy...I love the feeling of lightness after explant and looking much better in clothes. Everyone keeps remarking on my "weight loss" Ha ha! I'm flat chested again but I love it...just wear padding if I want too...much safer than implants!! There's afew women on here chose a local with no problems...Keep us updated! x
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November 12, 2012
Hi Demi, you made me smile. Thanks. I was following your story from the beginning and I am glad you can smile now too. You had a hard time, but I was amazed that you were still so brave and posted pictures....this is when I decided to post mine! Thank you
November 12, 2012
Bless you...I love the way the women on here support each other and share our highs and lows! I think you're going to look beautiful by the way xx
UPDATED FROM Lia71
9 days pre

So today I talked to the nurse, she had a few...

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So today I talked to the nurse, she had a few questions and did let me know a few things....and it made me even more nervous.
We talked about having it dome with just local anaesthetic, and insured me that it will be Ok, even if I am awake. So thats good.

Its now 9 days before surgery, and I get more and more anxiety. I wake up at night asking myself what people will think and say. Not that it should matter, because its my body, but I still do think about that.

Especially what my husband will say. He was against them in first place, but probably more because of the huge amount of money that it cost...well i am not sure he ever liked them, but I don't know. Asking him now, he just sais that it is my body, thats all on answer I get, which makes me feel lost.
And that is why it is so good to stay connected with you all, and so helpful. I don't think I would have had the courage to remove them, if I wouldn't have found all of you...thank you for every one of you, you all are so strong and brave!
When I found this side, I started crying, went down to my daughter (20 years old) and said: I am getting them out!!! I was never so happy and sure about anything in my life, I said I am not the only one, I thought I am the only.

And here I am just a little over a week away form it, and each of you, have helped me! Thank you!

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November 14, 2012
Hi Girl--I'm having mine explanted Nov 27th--shortly after you. You are making a wonderful decision--and husbands, bless their hearts, can't understand the emotional journey! We have an amazing support network here for us--grab onto that and hold it close to your heart over the next several days. Soon, you'll be "you" again!!!
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November 14, 2012
Hi Amanda, thank you very much. I feel like you're taking my hand and tell me to go, and not to look back...and that all will be all right, just the way it suppose to be. You touched my heart! Thank you.
November 14, 2012
Hi Lia, if it makes you feel any better, my husband is exactly the same. Some days it feels like he is very supportive about the explant, saying things like "I really liked your small breasts better" and other days he will say things like: "So if you dont like it, you will need two operations"... then I think, what is he saying, should I just replace them from the start and save myself an operation? But no, my mind is made up! With or without his approval, I am done with them :-) Good luck, I wich mine was coming out soon, but I have to wait until January.
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November 15, 2012
Thank you, and yes it feels good to read, because most woman write that there husbands support them. Yes I understand what it means to have made up your mind, I made my mind up too, and I want those bags out of me...and as you said it so well...with or without his approval!! Thanks
UPDATED FROM Lia71
3 days pre

Its now only 3 days away, and my emotions are up...

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Its now only 3 days away, and my emotions are up and all over the place.
This morning my husband said to me, soon there going to be small again...and I had so much joy in my heart visualizing me like that, so much that I smiled full of joy.
I don't think he meant it as an compliment, because he also said that they will be stretched out, but I couldn't care less at this moment, all I want is this pressure and movement of this bags out of me.

I don't know how its going to turn out, because I let my PS remove some of the fat in my left breast ( how stupid of me) the left breast was bigger, so he said well I will remove a little of the fat there, and I thought its OK, I wish I wouldn't have, he remover 60cc, thats I think a lot, and I am very scared that its going to show, but I still want to be brave and go for it, because it is what I wish for myself out of the deepest of my heart :)

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