Re: Hemorrhage and hematoma

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In a message dated 9/30/01 8:27:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, lsleret@... writes:

Caracas,

I don't know what to say. Oh my gosh, you poor woman. I have no insight to give you and I, am, sure that is what you are looking for. I will leave that to the more experienced women in the group. I just wanted to say my prayers go out to you. I am talking on the phone with my Mom right now and I am going to ask her to put you on her prayer list.

God bless you,

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One of the saddest feelings of all for me was knowing that my kids were suffering from me being sick as well, that I wasn't able to be a good mom to them like before, and that I was less of a wife to my husband. I became so filled with guilt for what happened to my whole family because of implants....a tragedy that manufacturer's close their eyes to. They hurt not only women, but men, children, mothers, fathers, all of us.

Patty

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From: dc l

Cc: jldell@...

Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 7:12 PM

Subject: Re: Hemorrhage and hematoma

Dear , I am so very sorry to hear of your nightmare...thank you for sharing it with this group. I had the same kind of bruising that you have mentioned. Mine did not make it all the way down to my groin but close. The docter told me this was from the belt that they pull you up with during surgery to check the asymetry. My husband is a surgeon (not plastic) and he felt differently. My mistake was that I left them in. I intially healed from my disaster but 14 months later became very ill. The plastic surgeon felt my many symptons were not related to the implants. My health declined quickly over about 5 months...I was so sick I could not hardly get out of bed. I am 37 and was very active. I ran, biked, skied, worked out three or four times a week and I have five wonderful children who depends on me for everything. I was sooooo sad that I was not the mom I had always been. I tried so hard but my body stopped funtioning. My lymph nodes became swollen and painful, tingling! in left arm and right foot, rash on chest, painful left breast, all over body aches and pains, headaches, heart palpatations, anxiety, chest pain, slurred speech, unsteady gait sometimes and the list goes on. My husband did not know what to do. He had never really even seen me sick. Initial thought was...it was in my head. I still have not gotten over that one fully. I have forgiven but not forgotten. I had my implants removed 9 months ago most all of my symptons cleared soon after the surgery. I had pain in my left breast for about four or five months but has is gone for the most part. I am so happy with my less than flat chest (scar tissue had to be removed on the left side). The left side is sunken in a little and the skin has adhered to my ribs, but that's okay. I feel like I have been given a second chance on life and my kids have been given back their mom. I do most things I did before and have most of my energy back. The only regret I have was not having them ! removed sooner. Please let me know if I can help you in any way. Also, if you decide to have them removed please get a surgeon that is familar with these problems and save your implants. It is also a good idea to send them off to be analyzed. The cultures taken for from around my implants and the tissue came back possitive for staph. That is why I was so very sick. My sed rate was elevated nothing else showed up in my blood work.