Hi Everyone

[Guest guest]

I wanted to let everyone know how it is going here in Idaho Falls. I

found a rheumatologist who can see me before October 25th so that is

great news, he is in Pocatello, which is about 40 miles, but he is

actually on our preffered provider list so that may be a better

option than my other choice here in IF. I also found out that this Dr

is a nephrologist, as well as a rheumatologist and a lawyer! HA maybe

he can sue MCGHan for me right ha ha ha, probably not going to

happen. Well, I will be calling today to get my appointment. The

thing that is good is that my old rheumy states that he believes the

implants did do something to make me sick, so at least I have that.

At first I thought I would just go in and lie and pretend I never

even had implants, just the symptoms, but after thinking it over and

then of course needing the referal I am not going to do that.

SO on the other note I have been working full time hard, busy

hospital but fun and am feeling like I fit in now that i have been

there for a little over a month, I am really enjoying my new life

here. My husband and I bought a house, we close Wednesday, so that is

exciting, although moving is a pain, my husband is so take charge it

makes everything simple on me, how blessed I am to have found this

wonderfull man, it truely makes the suffering I have been through

worth it, as crazy as it sounds, I would rather have gone through

what I have and be married to him than be back where I was before

implants without him in my life.

I workout 4 times a week and am taking my supplements, but my diet is

so so at best, need to work on that part really bad, it is just hard

leading a hectic lifestyle to have time to prepare meals that are

healthy all the time. I do have my juicer now and make the best

juices that we both love, so that helps. I would say I have noticed

that the biggest change in my health is my ability to do things, stay

up late and have lots of energy, I still am achey, particularly in

the am's and I find that the more I sit or lay around the worse the

pain gets, if I get up, go to work go ride my bike, go to the gym,

anything active, it seems the pain almost disappears, I am

attributing this, in my own opinion to the fact that the toxins

settle into one place or several places in my body when I am

sedentary and when I am active I think things loosen up and move

around and cause 1. Less pain and 2. Less brain fog.

I recomend to anyone who is laying around allot to push yourself to

your full potential, I can almost guarantee the results are worth it..

working out, even if it is a walk around the block, lifting light

weights, joining a gym, etc...I really want to do yoga, I have been

reading that it can help with chronic pain and I believe it to be

true.

So that is my update, and I am about 9 months post explant, I have

made many many improvements and have no doubt the implants caused my

medical problems. I am no longer so confident I will ever be the same

as pre implants, but I have hope of having a normal life and working

on the areas of disomfort, and truely as long as I never get

worse...I think the life I have right now, today is so much better

health wise than it was with implants. I can only hope one day that

the truth will come out about these toxic dangerous devices so that

other lives will not be destroyed by them.

I also have an update on an anonymous friend of mine who recently had

explant and mastopexy performed by Dr Feng. She wasn't sick, but was

frightened by her implants(6 year old McGhan texture) she had the

guts to get explanted even though she was feeling fine, she just

chose to be proactive in her health and wanted to be free of the

possibilities of illness, rupture etc....she is doing fine after 2

weeks and I am so proud of her, I must admit I don't think I would

have done that had I not had symptoms, what a gutsy girl she is.

Well sorry for the long message but I thought it was time for a

little upbeat news here.

Bless all of you,

[Guest guest]

it is pretty much that same exact thing, an ache in my arch and heel

but in both feet, with the implants though it was all of my foot the

toes and all, so now it is mainly my heel and arch, esp the boney

part of my heel can't figure out what the heck it is

In @y..., " Patty " <fdp@l...> wrote:

> Thanks for that update, ! It is always good to hear from you

and how you are doing.

>

> By the way, do you still have the foot pain pretty bad? I don't

know what is going on with me, but I have had a chronic pain in my

left foot for the past month. It is like a tender spot on my arch by

the heel and hurts mostly in the morning when I get out of bed, but

loosens up during the day, although if I press on it, (massage it) it

is always aching. I haven't had this before, and I can't figure out

why my foot would hurt. What does yours feel like?

> Patty

[Guest guest]

Giving up coffee? Are you crazy???? I just couldn't

do that----I'm addicted to mochas. But then again, I'm

in Seattle, where there is a Starbucks, Tully's, or

Seattle's Best coffee shops every block. Plus they're

at gas stations and in many stores. I was addicted

before I came to Seattle, now I'm hopelessly addicted!!

But you're right, coffee is not good for you. It is an

irritant and I notice that it tends to bring on my

migraines much more often.

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> Just thought I would give a breif update on my diet here, it is going

> good, and I am learning lots about self control and being diligent

> about food and water and grapes HA HA HA. No seriously I am starting

> here on day 2 and it is going well. The book " the grape cure " was

> written in the 30's, and it basically tells how grapes are very

> pruifying and cleansing but it is strict about eating a little every

> two hours, so that is where I am right now and it is hard becaue you

> know me, the gym rat that I am up at 5:30 to go spinning this morning

> really took some of my energy, so I came home, ate some grapes and

> went back to bed for a bit. ANyhow i am not expecting a cure, but I

> am noticing some things that are different for me. My head is very

> clear even though I am kind of hungry, my stomach has stopped

> growling but that instinct to eat is strong and powerful and smell is

> intense, I can smell food a mile away ha ha ha.

>

> I also noticed I sweat much much more than I used to during my

> workouts both yesterday while doing my wieghtlifitng and then again

> today while doing the spinning. My feet still hurt and feel about the

> same, though a tiny bit better. The weather is changing dramatically

> in Idaho and me, lil ole California babe, well I think that had a

> profound effect on my pain while it was changing and now it seems to

> be easing up a teeny bit. Anyhow my energy levels are good and I am

> sleeping better so that in itself is worth this strange diet. It is

> also cleaning me out without an enema if you know what I mean, grapes

> are a powerful stimulant ha ha ha. SO I think it is a good way to

> clean out and probably even more important for me it showed me that

> yes, I do have will power to do a real fast but that I probably would

> not be working out so much if I did a real fast. I will be fasting

> next Sunday for church as it is fast sunday in the beginning of the

> month in the LDS church but they have to skip this week so it is next

> week. I may even do it longer but I enjoy my working out so much I

> don't want to stop that is my real problem I am addicted to the

> exercising.

>

> That in itself made getting the implants out worth it to me cause

> towards the end of my implant time I had to stop lifting weigths and

> it is one of my funnest things to do.

>

> I hope no one minds me just blabbering on and on here.

>

> For those who are also interested in shedding a few pounds or more

> important some body fat I would look into the spinning as I have def

> lost fat and a few pounds, and am down to a lean 120 pounds again

> after being stuck at 125 for a long time.

>

> Anyhow tomorrow I go back to work and will continue on my little

> grape fast for at least 1-2 more days, I am also completely off coffe

> and that was hard but it was starting to make me feel unexplainedly

> toxic!

>

> Bless all of us and may we all have an enjoyable weekend. I am going

> out with my husband to see Zoolander tonight it looks so funny I

> think I need to laugh right now, and also to buy a parka as I am

> freezing my lil butt off here and it is in the low 20's right now at

> night and in the morning soon there will be a blizzard I am sure ha

> ha ha.

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> Love you all

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