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Today is Thursday 5th May and in 18 days I will be...
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Today is Thursday 5th May and in 18 days I will be having my 12 year old PIP ruptured implants removed. The silicone has emigrated to my under arm lymph nodes now because I cancelled surgery 2 years ago to remove my intact PIP implants. I put my love of having breasts over my health - crazy, hey?!
Prior to implants my natural breast size was 36AA. My love of sports particularly years of gymnastics meant breasts never grew - my body obviously thought they would be a hindrance!?! I chose 310cc implants which took me to 36B. I never wanted big boobs, I just wanted to feel feminine and have some shape. I felt I was trapped inside a girls and not woman's body. I had also been born with a large red birthmark covering my right cheek and dumbo ears so I'm sure many of you reading my story will realise why I had confidence issues and struggled with depression thanks to ignorant others in our society. I always put up a good fight but I'm human and have feelings too! I had successful laser treatment on my birthmark and had my ears put back....so of course my focus then became my breasts or lack of! It was my loving father, seeing my struggles, who suggested breast implants and offered to pay for them if it was what I wanted and if it would help me? I was 30 yrs old and this felt like a gift from the gods at the time!
2 years ago I learnt my implants were the PIPs. They were intact but I booked myself in to have them removed. But as the day grew closer I just couldn't say goodbye to having breasts. Yes I could have them replaced at a cost but ... At the time intense, debilitating depression had kicked in....over having breasts!?! Between then and last year I was not well at all and was regularly at the doctors. To cut a long story short it was discovered I had large ovarian cysts. I had surgery to remove them. Wow, life certainly changed for me once they were gone. I'm now feeling happy, happy! I totally forgot about my breast implants until one day I found a painful lump on my left breast, close to my breast bone a few weeks ago. My GP referred me to the breast clinic and this is where I learned the truth. At the time my world crumbled at the news. The nurse practitioner left me for a very brief time and it it was then when I knew what I had to do. I remember the strange but wonderful euphoric feeling when I said to myself " it's time to be who you really are and accept who you are!"
So today I'm excited. I can't wait to have my implants removed. I feel absolutely fine about what is ahead. I did experience a horrible 'wobble' after the appointment with my assigned surgeon....but then I discovered this site and read one ladies healing journey, then another....then I smiled again - thank you ladies for sharing your stories!
Yes I should have had my implants removed well before now....but all I can say in my defence was that I just couldn't...I just couldn't....but today I'm mentally in the right place to say I am 100%. Yes I have no choice, they have ruptured and the silicone is in my lymph nodes...this didn't need to be the case but I guess for me it did need to happen - what a crazy b* I am?!
Prior to implants my natural breast size was 36AA. My love of sports particularly years of gymnastics meant breasts never grew - my body obviously thought they would be a hindrance!?! I chose 310cc implants which took me to 36B. I never wanted big boobs, I just wanted to feel feminine and have some shape. I felt I was trapped inside a girls and not woman's body. I had also been born with a large red birthmark covering my right cheek and dumbo ears so I'm sure many of you reading my story will realise why I had confidence issues and struggled with depression thanks to ignorant others in our society. I always put up a good fight but I'm human and have feelings too! I had successful laser treatment on my birthmark and had my ears put back....so of course my focus then became my breasts or lack of! It was my loving father, seeing my struggles, who suggested breast implants and offered to pay for them if it was what I wanted and if it would help me? I was 30 yrs old and this felt like a gift from the gods at the time!
2 years ago I learnt my implants were the PIPs. They were intact but I booked myself in to have them removed. But as the day grew closer I just couldn't say goodbye to having breasts. Yes I could have them replaced at a cost but ... At the time intense, debilitating depression had kicked in....over having breasts!?! Between then and last year I was not well at all and was regularly at the doctors. To cut a long story short it was discovered I had large ovarian cysts. I had surgery to remove them. Wow, life certainly changed for me once they were gone. I'm now feeling happy, happy! I totally forgot about my breast implants until one day I found a painful lump on my left breast, close to my breast bone a few weeks ago. My GP referred me to the breast clinic and this is where I learned the truth. At the time my world crumbled at the news. The nurse practitioner left me for a very brief time and it it was then when I knew what I had to do. I remember the strange but wonderful euphoric feeling when I said to myself " it's time to be who you really are and accept who you are!"
So today I'm excited. I can't wait to have my implants removed. I feel absolutely fine about what is ahead. I did experience a horrible 'wobble' after the appointment with my assigned surgeon....but then I discovered this site and read one ladies healing journey, then another....then I smiled again - thank you ladies for sharing your stories!
Yes I should have had my implants removed well before now....but all I can say in my defence was that I just couldn't...I just couldn't....but today I'm mentally in the right place to say I am 100%. Yes I have no choice, they have ruptured and the silicone is in my lymph nodes...this didn't need to be the case but I guess for me it did need to happen - what a crazy b* I am?!
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Replies (24)
May 12, 2016
I'm having mine removed on May 25th, so I will be right after you! I am 56 years old with 26 yr old implants. I am so ready for them to be gone. The days are dragging by. . .so slowly . . .
May 13, 2016
Oh good luck! I know what you mean about the days dragging by....OOOF! My boyfriend said I'm grinding my teeth at night now and I know I'm clenching my jaw tightly...I don't realise I'm doing it. So now my jaw aches and my upper and lower teeth don't feel like they sit together properly....grrrrr! I know it's due to the stress of waiting...and waiting... We're nearly there....sigh!!!!!
June 9, 2016
Nooo you're not crazy sweetheart, just human! It's wonderful you've shared this for others to feel understood! Love your honesty and hey we are twinnies! Darn PIP implants that poison us even more!... :( Im reading the rest of your post then will message you! [RS bleep]
July 18, 2016
You look wonderful!
I just had my explant surgery almost 3 weeks ago. I also had a ruptured silicone implant.
My surgeon was amazing and wanted me to see what happened during surgery. I posted a small clip from my surgery on YouTube. It's shocking how dangerous these things are. https://youtu.be/QQnsGcLb7pI
So happy you are going to begin a new life!
I just had my explant surgery almost 3 weeks ago. I also had a ruptured silicone implant.
My surgeon was amazing and wanted me to see what happened during surgery. I posted a small clip from my surgery on YouTube. It's shocking how dangerous these things are. https://youtu.be/QQnsGcLb7pI
So happy you are going to begin a new life!
August 14, 2016
So sorry for my late reply :( i remember reading your message at a time when life was rather painful and stressful for me so finding it tough to think straight.
Sending you a big congratulations for finally being free of these toxic blobs. I'm sooooo happy for you too :)). Yes here's to a new life! So far, so good and very liberating! Worth the armpit pain I had to be honest because I'll never ever have implants again nor recommend them everrrrrrr! Lesson learned for sure! Xxxxx
Sending you a big congratulations for finally being free of these toxic blobs. I'm sooooo happy for you too :)). Yes here's to a new life! So far, so good and very liberating! Worth the armpit pain I had to be honest because I'll never ever have implants again nor recommend them everrrrrrr! Lesson learned for sure! Xxxxx
May 22, 2017
Wow, that video is something. Everyone getting implants put in should see this. I am having mine out in 6 weeks, due to ruptures and I am afraid this video is what mine will be! Are you feeling better now?
August 2, 2016
Thanks for sharing you have no ideas how it helps me, it's really life change and for people like me without any experience whatever. I live in Yangon right now too close to Thailand and I am getting myself attempted to get a Breast lift in Thailand or somewhere southesteasia. So it's great to ready your storie because I have no ideas in this kind of business
August 14, 2016
So sorry for my late reply :( Pleasure, glad sharing my experiences can be of help to other ladies such as yourself. Wishing you all the best [RS bleep]
UPDATED FROM Cally74
6 days pre
The hospital have changed my operation date to 6th June :'(
So today I received the absolutely devastating news that the hospital have had to cancel my operation on 23rd May and reschedule for 6th June - almost 4 painful weeks away. There is a small chance I could have it before then but only if someone cancels. I don't hold much hope if honest. I've cancelled work, my boyfriend has booked time off work to care for our 2 large dogs, my mum has booked time off work to care for me. She lives over 200 miles away and has bought her train ticket....unbelievable...! I have no more tears left in me to cry....
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June 2, 2016
I have just discover your review! I had the same problem but even worse.. Firstly my date was 14th of May, later wa 21th, I was at the hospital 5 hours waiting and at the last minuts, when de nurses was going to take me to the operating room, came my surgeon and he proposed me to change the process and the day!!
So now I am waiting again to go the next 18f of Juny!!
I hope that day I leave the hospital without the plastic boobs!! :D.
I am seeing that you were finally luck. ;)
So now I am waiting again to go the next 18f of Juny!!
I hope that day I leave the hospital without the plastic boobs!! :D.
I am seeing that you were finally luck. ;)
July 31, 2016
Hello! thank you very much for sharing your story with us you are so inspirational and I really hope you got better! What caused the silicone to rupture does that happen in all cases? i AM A 22YEAR OLD AND i WNAT TO GET IMPLANTS BUT READING THIS MADE ME WANNA CHANGE MY MIND :(
July 31, 2016
Pleasure and thank you x. The implants I had were called PIPs and at the time were marketed as the best and safest available. The NHS in the UK used them too so I was more than happy to have them. Sadly and unknown to me and many many many ladies, the French manufacturer of my implants SECRETLY changed the medical grade certified silicone to a much cheaper silicone that was ONLY certified for industrial use, NOT medical use, to improve their £ profit margins. My health was also compromised further by my surgeon placing my left implant in back to front. I had absolutely no idea and only found this shocking news out when they were removed by a different surgeon. No mammogram, CT scan or ultrasound will reveal such an awful medical error. During the latter years of having implants my health began to deteriorate - 2 teeth on the left side of my mouth became loose and had to be removed, I had an ovarian cyst the size of a tennis ball on my left ovary which required surgery, problems with my left arm, immense chest pains and my whole body ached like I was an old woman plus terrible tiredness. Now I had to have 3 lymph nodes removed from my left armpit because they were full of silicone...and I still have silicone in others and who knows where else in my body?? Today, personally I honestly feel that no woman should have breast implants and I wish they were banned! They are manmade and have the potential to rupture at any time, there is no guarantee they won't- just like you wouldn't expect a new car to break down but they do! Personally I believe now that our bodies start to fight these foreign blobs as soon as they are put in - it produces a protective skin around them after all doesn't it?! Also take into consideration that your skin will has to stretch to accommodate them so remember your breasts will not look or feel the same after. Personally I would say to you, use the money to go travelling, experience and enjoy life - then maybe have another think about breast implants? But I'd rather you loved yourself for who you are and not the size of your breasts ;). I know that's easy for me to say to you now...wish I'd loved myself before implants as I do today after implants :( 10 years goes by so quickly too!
July 31, 2016
I am honestly so thankful to you and thank you for the time you took to reply to me, I am seriously thinking of not getting implants after this. You are an amazing person and I am really glad you finally feel good about yourself because you truly are a beautiful person inside out. I really hope your health becomes better and that no more cysts appear anymore please take care of yourself you are a fighter and I am always here for you if you want to talk. Please be safe and I am so lucky that I read your words. God bless.
July 31, 2016
Gosh your kind words have put an emotional lump in my throat, thank you- you too are an amazing person, I truly mean that - and I'm here for you too. Feel free to ask me any questions and I'll do my best to answer honestly. I couldn't help but read you had lost weight and this being the cause to consider implants. Firstly, big congratulations! I'd put weight on in the past and lost it so I know the effort it takes and also how much better it feels not to be carrying excess body weight around! Implants will add weight onto your chest of course and it's only now they are gone that I realise and feel the difference - it feels soooo much nicer and freer without them in! The weight of the implants has a negative impact on your breathing which again I hadn't considered or really realised until they were gone- so some more aspects to take into consideration! I don't know if you're going to a gym but if not then I'd certainly recommend upper body exercises with weights, press ups, swimming etc and investing in a good supportive sports and everyday bra....and keep positively complimenting yourself because you deserve to xx
UPDATED FROM Cally74
3 days pre
Fabulous News!
I'm having my operation on Monday - WOOOOHOOOOO!
The hospital contacted me today and after a MDT meeting (multi disciplinary meeting) they agreed my case was urgent and reinstated me back onto Monday's list for surgery - thank you!
I can't begin to tell you how overjoyed I am. I can feel my breasts are changing and the lumps in my under arm lymph nodes are definitely getting bigger. It's become unpleasant to have my arms down now- in what feels such a short period of time. Hopefully I'll be able to pick myself up off the floor for my pre op assessment tomorrow morning - legs are like jelly! Not because I'm nervous- I'm HAPPY!!!
The hospital contacted me today and after a MDT meeting (multi disciplinary meeting) they agreed my case was urgent and reinstated me back onto Monday's list for surgery - thank you!
I can't begin to tell you how overjoyed I am. I can feel my breasts are changing and the lumps in my under arm lymph nodes are definitely getting bigger. It's become unpleasant to have my arms down now- in what feels such a short period of time. Hopefully I'll be able to pick myself up off the floor for my pre op assessment tomorrow morning - legs are like jelly! Not because I'm nervous- I'm HAPPY!!!
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June 9, 2016
Soo thrilled for you! Yes I was given an estimate of a date to be seen by a hospital doctor about surgery, not even the actual surgery, for months after my actual surgery had I not gone private! Ugh, glad they recognised it's dangerous!... I lost 13 lymph nodes to my ruptures, both sides!... Dam things were both ruptured into my capsule... No wonder I was having so many health issues?!... :( Well I'm reading the rest of your post now so hope to see the good news!... Xx
Hey there! Welcome to the community, and thank you for sharing your story with us. Have you checked out the Breast Implant Removal forum yet? I'll share a link for you underneath my comment. Hope you'll enjoy browsing, and I look forward to seeing you posting in there soon :) Are you having a general or local anesthesia?
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You're welcome! I suffer with low blood pressure after anesthesia too, so I know how that feels. I'm so glad you're going to share photos. It'll be awesome to watch your transformation :) Keep the updates coming so we can support you on your journey.