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Relapse

I write this almost 3 years after I got breast implants on 12/26/06. I relapsed over 9 weeks ago - very severely. I went off my medication in May because I was doing so well. I had been on it almost 2 years and was even thinking of doing a fitness competition again. I was loving life and so happy again. I took a vacation to the lake in August and came home with a bladder infection. I went to the urgent care & they gave me the antibiotic Cipro. I took it and immediately relapsed... I couldn't concentrate at work again, my speech slurred, my brain and vision were foggy, I was terrified that this was happening again. Within 2 weeks, I was relying on everyone around me to drive me to the doctor, calm my fears, and take care of me again. I went on disability from work again, this time for 2 months. I was depressed and regretful again and it has been terrible. Cipro has made lots of people sick, as I have found on the Internet. My Dr. thinks the UTI and the Cipro were trauma to my body and my body went into memory mode from the implant illness. I don't have any diseases, my bloodwork is perfect.. but my immune system attacks itself when something foreign enters it ever since the implants, so I have to be careful. I am thankful to God that I am slowly getting better again and I had supportive people to take care of me.. but this is just a reminder of how much I have to take care of my body for the rest of my life now.

Photo of Sickness

Here is a photo taken of me only ONE WEEK after implants. I already couldnt drive to work because I forgot how to get there. I could barely see & I was so dizzy I could barely stand. My parents were driving me to the Doctor and couldn't really leave me in a room alone because I couldn't concentrate on anything. So, they drove me down to the beach so I could concentrate on the rocking of the car. They didn't know what was going to happen to me. We were all so scared. My dad asked me to smile.. not sure if he knew or not, but I wouldn't smile for the next year as I suffered from breast implant sickness. Thank God I got my implants taken out a few weeks after this picture was taken.. and finally I got my health back over a year later. I get so sad and scared and quiet seeing this picture and remembering how scared i felt.. and I didn't even know the worse was yet to come.

2 year explant anniversary!

Let the party begin… it is my 2 Year Explant Anniversary! 2 years since my painful journey began and started coming to an end. Told you I would be here to blog about it. Rather than ramble & reiterate all that I have said before.. I think it will be good to list the pros & cons of this terrible journey.

Cons:

• Went through hell for 9 months - sick as heck, no memory, foggy, body pains, dimentia, chills, blurry vision, a sezuire, a coma, the list goes on….
• 2 scars under my breasts
• Scary memories that will last forever.. and the scary things people tell me that happened that I have no memory of
• Seeing breast implants seen as such a great thing in the media and how women’s beauty is portrayed
• Missed1 yr of work & life
• Lost my apartment & ruined a relationship
• Found out who my real friends were
• Frusteration that nothing is being done about this crisis
• Lost a lot of money & got into debt trying to get better

Pros:

• Appreciate life now & don’t take it for granted
• Help other women either make the right decision or comfort them and help them in sickness, as they find my site
• Am able to save some money now to buy a house one day
• Got into a wonderful new relationship
• No more anxiety.. I have been through the worst.. now I am a brave woman!
• New challenging job that makes me happy!
• Became closer to my family
• Found an amazing Dr. who helped me get better
• Have met tons of amazing women who love & support me
• Feel beautiful the way I am!

The list goes on & on.. but that felt good and I just wanted to share my anniversary of getting my implants out with everyone. The worst decision I ever made was to put those objects in my body.. and the best thing I ever did was to take them out

Absolutely Safe sparks this long overdue cultural conversation....

I will be buying this video in November and I hope it sheds some light on women who are sick from breast implants.

Every year more than 250,000 teenagers and women choose breast implants, yet fewer voices than ever seem to be asking “Why?” And fewer still are asking “Are they safe?” Absolutely Safe takes an open-minded, personal approach to the controversy over breast implant safety. Ultimately, Absolutely Safe is the story of everyday women who find themselves and their breasts in the tangled and confusing intersection of beauty and business.

This is why I do this!

Hi Gretchen,

I wanted to write and commend you on your efforts of educating girls on the risks of implants. I have always wanted implants and after wanting them so long, I set up 3 consultations last week. They went great, I picked a doctor got my finance agreement in order, etc. All i was waiting for was to schedule the date of the surgery. Ever since last week after the consultations I feel anxious, couldn't sleep at night, couldn't stop weighing the pros and cons, and didn't stop bugging my fiance to convince me that implants were not a big deal.. He, however, was uneasy about the whole thing and was actually trying to talk me out of it.

Last night I found your website...after staying up late every night doing research. I found stories on bad experiences but non of them touched me the way your story did. After reading your experiences and others you shared, I made a decision that big boobs were not worth the risk of long term suffering.
Just wanted to thank you and let you know that your suffering wasn't in vein as you are making a difference! I am glad God lead me to your site, there must of been a reason why I felt so insecure about the decision i was about to make.

All the best!

"J"

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