Copy of my letter to , it is long

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Dear :

I am writing to you to tell you about my incredible story with breast

implants, I am asking you to read this with an open mind and to take

into consideration that I am and was just like you, a woman looking

to improve my bust.

I was 34 years old when I had accomplished a feat most find

difficult, I lost 60 pounds and I had kept it off with a combination

of running, weightlifting and all kinds of activities. I was a single

divorced mom, working in a busy Intensive Care Unit at A major

teaching hospital in CA.

I was sharp, energetic, healthy and looked great in my size 5 jeans !

Only one problem, saggy breasts, deflated from the weight loss and

the birth of a child.

I didn't have allot of money, but I was smart and very determined and

always could get what I set out to and I started thinking about

implants. I became pretty obsessive about it, I am a strong

determined woman and when I set out to do something I accomplish my

goals, this would be no different, although it took me a while I came

up with the money for the implants.

I thought I had done enough homework, I new I wanted saline and as

far as size I trusted the PS to make the determination, my goal was

simple, fill out my saggy breasts so they were nice and full but not

too big. We agreed a Full C cup would be perfect for me, and achieved

this with 390 cc's of McGhan Textured round under the muscle implants.

My surgery was successful as far as healing went, but I did have one

breast with slight double bubble look to it. I agreed with my PS that

we would wait 6 months and if I was still not pleased completely with

the right breast we would do a revision. I was still happy with my

size and shape and loved the way I looked in my clothes and even out

of them, though the right breast did bug me a little, I new my PS

would make it right if need be.

I was back at work in 2 weeks, a little soon maybe, I still hurt

allot and the implants felt very heavy and uncomfortable, but oh it

seemed so worth it to have my breasts full again! I wanted to get

back into working out right away, but of course this was not to be,

even 6 weeks later when I was told I could start to jog again I just

couldn't do it, no energy, felt fatigued and blah. I decided to try

swimming and that was ok, but suddenly I had this hip pain that was

really disturbing me. Around this time I found a lump in my breast, I

freaked out of course, this was 8 weeks post op, I thought how on

earth could this be happening to me now.

They said it was a lymph node and that it was not to be concerned

about. I wondered if it had anything to do with the implants and was

told possibly. Some immune reaction, not to worry, ok, so now the hip

is killing me and I bring it up as well, they tell me to stop running

take up biking, take ibuprofen rest and it will all be ok.

I am trying to function but things are declining, my hands and feet

ache all the time, I cannot figure out why and I am really worried

now, what is happening to my body I always was the picture of health,

I am becoming clumsy, I end up with a third degree burn on my rear end

(not funny) in a sauna and also break my toe, my balance is

off......one day I am vacuuming my house I almost faint, the room is

spinning, I feel sick. I lay down thinking I need to rest , been

pushing too hard.

Well things don't get better...in fact it gets worse and

worse...........my head is in a constant fog, my body hurts all over.

I am tired, oh so tired, I am convinced I am dying of something they

just have not figured out what it is yet.

Blood tests are all negative, MRI negative, other neurological

testing negative.. the nightmare continues, all I can do is go to

work and that is my life, I come home and sleep and feel so terribly

ill, and no one, no one can help me.

By this time I am thinking hmm....could this be the implants, OH NO

not my beautiful implants that I wanted for so long, that I scrimped

and saved for.

My life went on this way for a year and a half and during that time I

thank god that I survived and didn't kill myself out of frustration.

I found a support group on called Saline Support and

joined. I fought with everyone on there, I wanted them to prove it

was my implants, prove that I should take them out and that I would

get better, of course they couldn't do that, but I didn't want to

give them up at all.

Long story short I relented finally and decided I could no longer

live this way, by now I had bloodwork showing signs of autoimmune

disease, they diagnosed me with undifferentiated mixed connective

tissue disorder. I was sick, and life just didn't seem worth living

with boobs if I couldn't enjoy them, I didn't know if it was my

implants but I had no other choice really than to find out.

I found a surgeon who is highly regarded and respected and

knowledgeable about implants and problems, she felt that my textured

implants were the root of my problem, she said textured implants have

a high incidence of stimulating the immune system.

I set a date and had the surgery, capsulectomy, explant, mastopexy, 5

hours of picking and praying and digging my attached saline implants

out of my inflamed chest wall.(I can and will send you a copy of my

op report to back this up)

I am in pain again and it is bad, I fly back to CA 8 days later, and

I am back at work, with a compression bandage on and flat as a

pancake the next day after flying home, I am strong, but this was the

hardest thing I have ever in my life encountered.

It takes a good 6 months for me to start to notice much improvement

and also for my breasts to start to look normal, now the scars at 10

months post op are invisible.

I am no longer fatigued, I am no longer dizzy, I do get foggy

sometimes, I work out 5 times a week again, I am married since all

this happened and moved out of state to start a fresh new life, I

work again, long 12 hour shifts in a hospital in Idaho. I work hard,

I play hard and I am forever and ever on a mission to help others

know that this can and does happen to others and even with saline

implants there is no guarantee, I know you are healthy and god bless

you dear that you stay that way, but I get emails everyday from women

with similar or worse problems than mine and I believe and know the

risks are real.

My health is not completely returned, I still have allot of aches and

pains, they may or may not go away, but I am so much better and I

know it was the implants that caused this in me. Right now I know of

no one studying me, or any of the women I know who are ill, so I

would like to know how they can say implants don't cause disease when

they aren't really studying the sick ones, myself included.

I am going to close this letter by inviting you to join the support

forum I belong to on called saline support and read our

stories, we also have some before and after explant pictures that are

real and recent, I think our stories may soften your heart and even

bring a tear to your eyes.

I also ask that you add a link to our group so that others may have

access to us and our stories before they make this decision to get

implants, while it may appear we are anti implant, I like to think I

am more pro health than anti anything. I don't want to push myself or

my opinions on anyone all I ask is to be heard. I chose to write to

you rather than cause a disturbance on your support board, all I ask

is for our site to be linked on your link page.

Can you do this? I will say it again, Saline support.

Please let me know if you will do this and I will post a copy

of my letter on my support forum.

I thank you for your consideration

ez Heer

Idaho Falls, Idaho

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Good job, ! I will really be shocked if she replies to you, or does

anything, though. I don't think she is that compassionate of a person.

Patty

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Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 10:50 AM

Subject: Copy of my letter to , it is long

> but worth reading, now lets see what she does. Feedback please!

>

> Dear :

>

> I am writing to you to tell you about my incredible story with breast

> implants, I am asking you to read this with an open mind and to take

> into consideration that I am and was just like you, a woman looking

> to improve my bust.