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34yr Old with 9yr Old Ruptured Silicone Implants - United Kingdom
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What a gem this site is - wish it'd been here 9yrs ago!! Hopefully sharing my experience will help someone else!
I still haven't made up my mind which way to go yet so any nuggets of wisdom will help me!
Pre B/A I was a 34AA with slight chest wall deformity (pigeon chest meaning achieving a cleavage was always going to be a challenge). I had my 275cc McGhan 510 (dual gel) implants placed sub muscular in 2007. I was 147lb at 5'8". Since then I have had weight fluctuations up and down of around 20lb and carried and breastfed 2 babies.
2 months ago after ending breastfeeding my 2nd child I found a lump. The NHS ran an ultrasound and evidence indicates ruptured left implant BUT they want to carry out an MRI to confirm and also check for extracapsular leak.
The NHS will remove the implants if they have leaked but won't replace or complete any lift/reconstructive work.
So! I have my MRI on the 17/8 and then a consultation with my NHS dr on 24/8 and my private PS on 26/8.
It's going to be decision time soon- explant + wait and see, explant + lift or explant + replace. Having 2 young children I ideally don't want to be going under GA more than I need to, not to mention the repeated recovery. It's such a tough one!
Anyway, I'll sign off for now and update again after the MRI next week
Take care xx
I still haven't made up my mind which way to go yet so any nuggets of wisdom will help me!
Pre B/A I was a 34AA with slight chest wall deformity (pigeon chest meaning achieving a cleavage was always going to be a challenge). I had my 275cc McGhan 510 (dual gel) implants placed sub muscular in 2007. I was 147lb at 5'8". Since then I have had weight fluctuations up and down of around 20lb and carried and breastfed 2 babies.
2 months ago after ending breastfeeding my 2nd child I found a lump. The NHS ran an ultrasound and evidence indicates ruptured left implant BUT they want to carry out an MRI to confirm and also check for extracapsular leak.
The NHS will remove the implants if they have leaked but won't replace or complete any lift/reconstructive work.
So! I have my MRI on the 17/8 and then a consultation with my NHS dr on 24/8 and my private PS on 26/8.
It's going to be decision time soon- explant + wait and see, explant + lift or explant + replace. Having 2 young children I ideally don't want to be going under GA more than I need to, not to mention the repeated recovery. It's such a tough one!
Anyway, I'll sign off for now and update again after the MRI next week
Take care xx
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August 17, 2016
Implants are not for everyone and in my experience, I would encourage you to go without replacement and be happy with what you have naturally. Wishing you all the luck! Do you have an explant date yet?
August 17, 2016
Thanks so much!!
I'm pretty sure that's the way I will go. I'm just over having to worry about having another surgery.
November the 4th.
August 17, 2016
Good for you!! That's got to be so scary knowing about the rupture and having them inside you like that. I'm surprised they are making you wait so long for surgery! It seems like it should be a more urgent thing, that stuff is scary!
UPDATED FROM K82B
My symptoms and worries...
I'm waiting for my MRI - it's the day after tomorrow but I know myself that the implant is ruptured. I thought jotting down my symptoms here might help someone else who is in a similar predicament (as well as being somewhat cathartic for me). I've taken a picture and adjusted the contrast a little to highlight the lumps- there are now 3. When I initially presented to the GP at the end of June I actually had lumps behind both nipples which resolved themselves (end of breastfeeding issues) however I kept my breast clinic appointment and glad I did as during the following week I found the a lump. It was a strange thing as it would appear at the end of the day and often appeared more prominent depending on which bra I'd been wearing. By morning it was gone again! This baffled my NHS surgeon who initially put it down to breast tissue nestling in an implant ripple. I'm now waiting for confirmation on whether it is this or actually a siliconoma. I fear it is the latter :(. The shape of the breast and feel of it has definitely worsened since my last appointment, and over the last few days the breast has become achey at times and uncomfortable at night. When I lie down flat the implant drags my breast into my armpit. When the hospital first told me that they suspected rupture I panicked wondering how long it had been like it for? What caused it? Was it something I did? My mind is playing over all the different scenarios- could it have been an intra-capsular rupture that has been there for a good while and has only recently progressed to extra-capsular? I've recently lost my 2st of baby weight so is it just because I'm thinner now that I can see / feel it? Did I rupture my implant with my breast pump? Have I poisoned my child? Jeez, the cycle of worry and guilt just keeps going round. With every day that this is in me, I worry it is another day of it getting worse and causing a more challenging explant!
Of course this is all in my head as I haven't actually had a diagnosis yet - what a bloody nutter I am!!
Of course this is all in my head as I haven't actually had a diagnosis yet - what a bloody nutter I am!!
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August 16, 2016
That's so scary. I'm very sorry you are going through this. There are other women on here who have had rupture and they are able to get all the silicone out. I think it's just a more involved surgery, might need general anesthesia. Glad you'll have some answers tomorrow. Take care! xoxo
August 17, 2016
Hi, firstly I'm sending you a BIG hug [RS bleep] I was in the same over my implants so I know there's no point saying try not to worry or beat yourself up and no, your definitely not a bloody nutter! What you are is human, experiencing normal human reactions when confronted with a very difficult and challenging situation you have no control over. I felt like I was going to self combust and warned my boyfriend he might come home from work to find smoking trainers!!! So you're not alone is what I would like you to know - and I know you know thanks to this wonderful forum :) I love running and even when I had found out one had ruptured and the silicone was in my lymph nodes I still had to go running - for my sanity! I did wear 2 support bras however I must confess but I needed to exhaust myself and gentle, slow running helped me an awful lot ( and at the end I was an hour closer to my operation!). I'm not suggesting you should do the same but maybe taking yourself out on a brisk walk for an hour might help?? Yes it won't change your current physical health situation but may help your mental health which is equally important- just a thought anyway - and hope I don't sound patronising as I certainly don't mean it that way! X I've everything crossed the news will be better than you expect and fear...but if it is what you are fearing there are lots of us here to support you [RS bleep]
August 18, 2016
Hi! Thanks so much for taking the time to write this reassuring note! I don't think that you are being patronising at all! My mental health is actually something I'm concerned about equally if not more than the implants- I suffer with health anxiety (so god only knows why I thought it'd be a good idea to have the implants). It's funny I was only saying last night to my sister that going out for a long walk with the kids helps take my mind off things (we've been going to local country parks and doing 5mile walks to the local play centre- no mean feat with the 6yr old perched on the pram too! Lol)
Anyway, thanks again for the support- it really is appreciated [RS bleep]
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I hope everything is Ok.
Good luck
Xoxo