Ready to Explant
Everyone, thank you so much for your honesty and...
My health has suffered as a result of having implants. I won't really get into it but I have recently been diagnosed with THREE auto immune disorders! Can it really be the implants you might be thinking ? Before I started doing research day and night on breast implants and auto immune disorders, I thought well there's a chance, but now that I have read stories and seen pictures of what comes out of peoples bodies, these combined with with my own experiences, I know without a doubt. My older sister died because of Breast implant illness. She also had implants for years then she got sick and passed away from an auto immune disorder, ALS. I must stress that nobody else in our family has had autoimmune disorders. And now here I am sick with a different auto immune disorder and I never thought it would happen to me...My primary care told me that there is a belief in the medical field that breast implant capsules are a result of a low-grade infection. That is scary.
I've been searching for a plastic surgeon for weeks now. Although I was prepared to fly to California and spend $15,000 in order to find a doctor who would take all of the capsule out, I found one here, in OKC.
Dr. Bajaj was on the recommended list on more than one website as a plastic surgeon who would do implant explant enblock. En block means the Dr. takes out the capsule along with the implant. Most doctors will just pull the implant out and disregard the capsule, as a result they're leaving poison in your body. Some doctors will say no that's dangerous I don't do that --well it's not true it's more dangerous to leave the poison in your body --the capsules need to come out !! So I went to her with a list of questions I got off-line which basically were asking her if she was willing to make sure she got all of the capsule, would she send it off Pathology, return the and the implants to me ( in case I need to be involved in a lawsuit ), either do a video or take pictures of the implants and more. I was nervous but when I met her it immediately faded! She was not challenged by the questions at all but instead was relaxed and friendly. I am trying to decide whether not I should get a lift at the same time. She was totally neutral said it just up to me... Just have a feeling that if I don't get a lift done this time I won't go back under the knife. I don't want to regret not getting it done. On the other hand I think I'm 60 years old! Should forget the lift and give my body a break and let it go!! But deep down inside me I have this little spark of hope that I will get the implants out, detox and get healthy again, get a nice boyfriend..But i don't think I will have the coursge to do that if I have the same saggy empty balloons I had before implants ....lol. Currently the lift is scheduled to be a part of the surgery (Its a thousand dollars more)...
To prepare for the surgery Dr. Bajaj told me she needed some preop tests done- getting some blood drawn and doing an EKG. My primary care did the EKG last week and 24 hours later I got a call from the nurse and was told they want to send me to a cardiologist! Now I have this appointment I have to go to and I don't know what it means! The appointment is in a couple of weeks. I hope it's nothing weird and that it doesn't hinder my surgery or the date or anything!!! So I'm taking this one step at a time because what else can I do right? Prayer would be good...All I know right now is that I have an appointment for breast explant en bloc, and it is January 11.
Thank you for listening I love each and everyone of you !!
My explant surgery is in one week. I suffer from...
My explant surgery is in one week. I suffer from breast implant illness, I need to get the silicone out of my body ASAP. Right now I'm having second thoughts about my decision to wait on the lift!! Initially I decided not to do the lift (even though I will have very sad little baggie breasts that desperately need one). My thinking was that it would be better for my chest wall if the surgeon just took the implants out, and focused on getting all of the capsule out / worked on the chest wall. Also because my breasts are going to have such little tissue and be so saggy it seemed wise to let them settle in first then the doctor would know what she had to work with and thus would do a better lift. Also, as I'm a teacher, I would have the summer to recover from the lift. Although I will have five days off after the explant surgery day....but I am 60 years old and I know it'll probably knock me on my butt a little bit! One of the biggest issues I'm looking at is that I have been diagnosed with multiple autoimmune disorders and I've been working very hard at healing my gut, this is been successful as my symptoms are much better. So if I get two separate surgeries it means two separate rounds of anabiotic's on my gut, plus the pain meds and everything.... and it will cost a few more thousand dollars if I wait on the lift. My PS just totally left the decision up to me... I also think I'm very impatient and I'm feeling like I just want to get this thing done and done one time and move on with my life!! I appreciate your your comments and input as I'm getting down to the wire!!
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after being diagnosed with autoimmune disorders, ( culmination of symptoms going on for two or three years), in my research, I found a book called The Infection Connection. The doctor talks about environmental toxins that can cause inflammation illness autoimmune disorders. Breast implants are on the list. There is research that says implant capsules are a result of infection. I found that alarming!! I've had three different sets of implants over 30 yrs and each time I have formed capsules so that could mean I've been walking around with a low-grade infection in my body for 30 years? But one way or another there is no doubt they are toxic, invasive and an
affront to our bodies. I think this information is a blessing the really because it helps me to affirm the fact that these toxic bags of poison must be removed from my body. in addition to getting the implants out I am addressing healing a leaky gut - and I didn't even know I had one!! Until I read a very informative book called The Autoimmune Solution by Dr. Amy Meyer. She explains about autoimmune symptoms/disorders and how many many people are affected by these diseases and many are really just borderline on developing..There are quizzes you can take, information about the thyroid etc. and all of it resonated with me. It has a gut healing eating protocol that I have been following for seven weeks. It is very very specific you don't eat or drink anything that is not on her list... it requires a lot of cooking you don't eat one bite of processed foods...because I'm fighting for my life here I was so ready to delve into it and lo and behold on day four, some of the crippling symptoms in my hands and feet especially my feet begin to dissipate and I had no doubt in my mind it was the diet !!! It also surprised me to think I have a leaky gut?!? So it gives me hope that I can maintain my symptoms anyway plus getting the implants out.. I have put my body through a lot and I owe it that.
Thank you for responding to my post and I hope you have a good day today. XO
Preparing for explant
As far as the wound -nurse said later I will apply another cream that will help me heal and help with scarring. Ive read about girls taping their incisions but i'm not clear on this -- was that for a lift and not just explant ? Do you all agree with my nurse? Or do i need anything else for the wound and healing?
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Welcome, and thanks so much for sharing your story. I'm so sorry for the loss of your sister. I'm glad you've joined us in this amazing, supportive community. Please keep us updated so we can follow your story, and if you're looking to build a support network, please feel free to browse the Breast Implant Removal forum. It'd be great to see you joining in the conversations going on in there!
Implant and he said he would. Should I have asked for pictures of implants after surgery?