Wednesday, June 22, 2011

It begins at 19 years old.

I am 19 years old and unhappy with the size of my breasts.  I was in many pageants and talked my mom into buying me new tata's in 1990.. I am so happy with them.. they looked and felt real.  Everything is GREAT.. then my mom gets diagnosed with colon cancer and dies a little more than a year later.  I am now 20. 

Lets jump to November of 1992 I move to south Florida.. things are wonderful.. I start getting these very sharp pains in my right shoulder blade.. it would spasm so bad I couldn't even move.. this went on for a while, but then the pain went away and I was left with numbness in that area.. It is still this way today.  I NEVER once thought about my implants having something to do with it.  Now I know better, I think that is when the right implant ruptured.

I mean I was told that they would last forEVER that they would dig up my grave one day and there my implants would be, lol..

So things are okay, I don't really feel bad or anyting.. I do get a lot of neck spasms and back pain, but I just brush it off.

In the year 2000 I get married.  I am working as a Veterinary Technician at the UofM in the ICU for small animals.  

2001 I give birth to my son and develop keritosis piloris a skin thing, huh, never had that before.  I LOVE being a mom and am happier than ever before in my life.  2003 I have my daughter, life is so GREAT.  Some time after that I start not feeling so well.  Dr. can't find anything wrong with me.  I am tired, depression, ect....

I try this and that and things get a little better.   Then in 2005 I think it gets worse.. I just do NOT feel well.. still they can't find anything wrong with me.  I start looking into getting my implants out.. but all the plastic surgeons tell me even with their age which was about 16 then, that if I am not having any problems with them, they're fine and not to worry.  So that puts my mind at ease and on with life I go.

Jump ahead to 09.. I am worse, I am foggy all the time, cant think, concentrate, my vision is fuzzy, more headaches.

Jump to 2011 and shit has hit the fan.. I am just NOT well. I have all of the above symptoms along with, hair loss, brain lesions, pain in my breasts, systemic yeast, tingling, numbness, stabbing pain in my back, depression, anxiety, apathy, lack of motivation,  the list goes on and on.

I have been to more Dr.s in the last 6 months it's unreal.  I have been checked for MS, Lupus, lyme, ect... all of my blood work is normal.. all but the brain lesions and the MRI said there is at least 11 of them.. more than someone my age should have.   Neurologist wants to re-check my mri in 2 months.

I found an online forum of other woman with the same symptoms as I am having that also are sick from there implants and many of them get much better after having them removed.  I hope I will be one of them.

I am having my explant surgery on July 6th with Dr. Lu-Jean Feng in Cleveland OH.

I want to do this blog to hopefully help someone going through this as well and maybe stop someone from getting implants in the first place.

I didn't believe implants could make you sick either.. BUT.. now I know that they do.  I wish I would have never gotten them.

3 comments:

  1. You are strong, courageous women with an important story for all women to hear. If not for women like you willing to open up your personal life and struggle, others may never know the truth. Breast Implants are Dangerous for our bodies on so many levels. Thank you for standing so TALL through all the RAIN! I am excited to be following your story and to hear of all your explant success. Thank you for letting me and others share your journey. God Bless you!

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  2. I love the idea that you are blogging this. I had no idea how much suffering is caused by implants. I am praying for you Meems.

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  3. Congratulations on your removal. I had mine on the 8th. A few days later and I am starting to already notice huge changes in my vision, hearing, site and lack of pain.

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