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I go to see two doctors Tuesday to see about explant. I need all the

advice I can about the scrapping and the capsul. I don't know this is

new to me. I don't want to walk in there and act like I have no clue

what i'm talking about. Please help.

caren

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If you decide to get the implants out, and feel they are causing your

problems, then you really should find a PS who is knowledgable about

taking them out and about the problems they cause. You want someone

you can trust to do the job right. You need a capsulectomy and you

need the implants removed enbloc. That means that they take them out

with the scar tissue intact around the implant. This is the only way

to be sure that everything comes out and that nothing is left inside

you, also that the implants are not broken so that none of the

contents are emptied out inside of you. You said your implants are

smooth, so hopefyully you won't be dealing with so much scraping and

digging as they had to do when they took out my textured implants.

What part of the country are you in? Patty should still have a list

of PS's who are recommended to take out implants. I would ask her for

it. The ones that I have heard the best things about are Dr.Kolb in

Atlanta, Dr.Feng in Ohio, and Dr.Huang in Denver, but there are

others too. If you can get to Dr.Feng I recomend her higly because

she is very talented and very knowledgable, but Dr.Kolb is awesome

too, and she has lots of experience as well. It just depends on where

you are and how far your able to travel. I will pray for you and for

all of us who are still going through this nightmare.

As far as my recovery goes it is still up and down, and while I have

had some major ups, the downs are killer. I went jogging today and I

am so sore, I guess I overdid it, bad. But I felt ok when I was doing

it, now I am paying the price

I will keep ya all informed of my recovery......I can't believe how

slow it seems at times. But hey, I rode my bike 15 miles yesterday,

and did 6 miles today(walk/run) and Friday. The only thing is that I

was still doing this with the implants, so it seems pretty

insignificant realy. I am still achey achey achey and my chest is

sore, I cannot believe it still hurts after 6 weeks!

In egroups, JCKCI@l... wrote:

> I go to see two doctors Tuesday to see about explant. I need all

the

> advice I can about the scrapping and the capsul. I don't know this

is

> new to me. I don't want to walk in there and act like I have no

clue

> what i'm talking about. Please help.

>

> caren