Don't Do It - Ellicott City, MD

Did you get them out? I'm thinking about getting a BA...need guidance. ...thank you

Hi. The debilitating fatigue is gone and the fibromyalgia symptoms are gone. Unfortunately, the constant head and face pain I've had for almost four years is at its worst. I'm glad I had them out though. I completely understand about life before implants. My life is destroyed due to this chronic pain but I don't know the cause. I do 100 percent know that the fatigue and fibro was caused by the implants. Good luck with your explant.

I haven't yet, but I'm scheduled to get them out on February 25th. It was a hard decision to make, but now I'm actually starting to get excited about it. I'm really nervous about how I'll look, but the hope that I'll get my energy back is great. Up until now I've been just thinking everything is in my head and I'm just getting old. I hadn't even considered getting them out until early this year and suddenly it just clicked with me that this is what I should be doing.

I'm so sorry you are having the headaches and facial pain still. That's awful. I'm sure you are getting great medical advice but of course I need to throw in my two cents :-) Sinuses? My ex husband used to be crippled with facial pain and headaches every time a different weather pattern came in. We could always tell it was going to rain and he'd miss work every time there was a storm! He was in pain probably 50% of the time for a couple years. Removing dairy from his diet for a few years actually took it away. He even eats some dairy now, but still mostly avoids. I really hope you find your solution soon and can get your old life back soon.

Thank you for your comment. They did ct scan of sinuses and they were normal. I don't know what to do. I'm in pain management now and the narcotic that was helping me smile again has stopped since explant. I am about to start a very strict diet with no dairy, etc. I've done it before and it didn't help. I'm really desperate and don't know what to do anymore. The explant was my hope. It has been almost four years with this pain.

I know restricted diets are so hard! I personally switched to a Paleo diet when I was diagnosed with Hashimotos and couldn't do it without this website www.onceamonthmeals.com. It is a lifesaver. I have one day of hell cooking and then it's heaven the rest of the month. They have several different types of menus including an immune protocol one. Maybe worth trying it out for a month if you are desperate just to see. Constant pain has to be so depressing, you are a strong woman to have dealt with it so long! All the best.

I'm so sorry for your awful experience with implants :( I have heard for some just surgery can trigger autoimmune diseases and fibromalgia. I personally had been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia & chronic fatigue syndrome and Hoshimotos form of low thyroid at age 27 way before my first ba at age 32 457 ccs silicone implants had for six years and second ba I got saline implants 1050 ccs. I have a lot of syndromes Pots and Raynaud's and severe food and chemical allergies but I've always had poor health worsening at college and after a very stressful job for me stress is a huge trigger. I have reduced my inflammation by 90% by stopping all sugar,grains even whole grains,no potatoes not even sweet potatoes basically no starch. I eat protein, olive oil, cashews, almond's I only tolerate few veggies most sadly cause excruciating joint pain and migraines I guess they are food sensitivities my anaphylactic shock allergies I developed at college all dairy,soy,eggs,citrus and laundry detergent and all chemicals so I carry a Epi pen always. I also developed severe TMJ after extensive dental work had porcelain crowns put on threw off my bite plus my neurosurgeon said people with already narrowed spinal canals when their neck is hyper extended to long causes canals to become more narrow leading to spinal stenosis which I had surgery for had posterior cervical laminectomy 2-7 but 6 month's post op I went unstable front of neck and back of neck need fusion now and this is typically a successful surgery my primary care doctor told me but not for me except it did improve my scoliosis and hump on upper back and my neurosurgeon is a top well known neurosurgeon so it wasn't his fault. I also had swan neck deformity and anterior cervical kyphysis which basically means I have missing vertebra in front of neck not sure why but my neurosurgeon believed I never had them. Anyway sorry for long post I understand your frustrations pain is no fun. Thankfully neither of my BA's have worsened my symptoms. I'm so sorry for your experience though that just terrible I'm putting you on my prayer list ;)

Face pain sounds like neuralgia but I'm no expert have you seen a Neurologist or rheumatologist?

I hadn't either until 15 years ago when I was having spine pain. They ran some blood tests and checked for this because it can be related to a spinal condition. I tests positive for it but don't have the spinal condition. Since then, I never really put anymore thought into the hlab27.