Silicone implants removed 06/15 My health is so improved!! It's like a miricle I am so grateful!

I want to say thank you to all those women who have bravely told their stories here, because of you I am now moving toward the goal of removing the implants in my body. Several weeks ago, not feeling well I went on my support group forum and saw a posting where a women who had breast implant removal and she had regained much of her health. The "light bulb" went on. I had very old implants, could they be affecting my health? I started doing research and I have many of the symptoms of Silicone poisoning my body. Wow, could I have become so ill because I put these things in my body?

30 years ago, young and with not a lot of self esteem, I decided instead of going to Europe, I would get Breast implants. I was very happy with them. they looked great, if a bit bigger than I would have wanted, but I loved having boobs when I had a AA before. I would tell anyone how great they were and encouraged women who asked me, to go for it. Thank god no one I know went ahead with implants, knowing what I know now , I would feel terrible. For 15 years I never had any health problems and aside from the occasional pain under the arms or in the chest area , all was well. I did have a rather extreme reaction to a virus I picked up but nothing to say that I was ill or anything. Around 16 years ago I had a mama gram that showed a possible leak in one of the implants. I was referred to a PS. He was very interested in how my breasts looked, as his mentor had done the BA. He never pointed out that then they were rather old and maybe I should consider a revision. All he said was that he could only tell me if they were leaking by doing surgery. That scared me for many reasons, I was in a new marriage, with a new house, I had an active job and two little boys. The timing was bad and quite frankly I forgot all about it. Forward too 16 years down the road and I have been really ill for 10 years at least. 

In 1999 after suffering with terrible pain in my abdomen, and frequent urination, I was diagnosed with IC, interstitial Cystitis, chronic inflammation of the Bladder wall. It kinda feels like a 24 - 7 Bladder infection, very nasty! I managed to work for 5 more years, but as I became increasingly more ill I finally could not work anymore. I have tried every treatment, every prescription and nothing has made any difference. I eat well, walk and do yoga and yet I have been getting worse. I am now pretty much bedridden in the winter. So now that all this has come to light, I am pursuing explant surgery. First I need an MRI to look at the state of these old implants. That proved to be a bit of a battle with my family doctor, who by the way does not believe in Silicone breast disease. She was very defensive and it was quite a fight to get her to send a referral to an MRI clinic. I have an appointment on 23rd of January, it feels like forever. I will try to post pictures of my breasts with the implants, I do not know if I can find any pre implant pics. I cannot wait till I can find out more and move forward to getting these toxic bags out of me!