Re: Any other tests? Implant vs AutoImmune?

[Guest guest]

If you have a dysfunctional immune system, implants would be

contra-indicated in any case.

Lynda

At 09:20 PM 3/8/2005, you wrote:

>Hi all,

>I had a mammogram & ultrasound today, which didn't show anything.

>Before we decide if I can reimplant, Dr Kolb has suggested I have a T-

>cell test, by Memphis Pathology Lab, to see if I'm silicone

>sensitive. The test is $250 and I'd have to have it drawn and sent by

>my primary doc. Just wondering, how did any of you that were sick

>determine it was from your implants and not just a dysfunctional

>immune system that you would've had anyway? Thank you for any

>advice/suggestions and for your support!

>Cheryl

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>Opinions expressed are NOT meant to take the place of advice given by

>licensed health care professionals. Consult your physician or licensed

>health care professional before commencing any medical treatment.

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> " Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians mislead you.

>Find out what the facts are, and make your own decisions about how to live

>a happy life and how to work for a better world. " - Linus ing,

>two-time Nobel Prize Winner (1954, Chemistry; 1963, Peace)

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[Guest guest]

I knew it was without a doubt my implants causing me to be ill

because before implants I never had ANY symptoms & then 2 wks after

getting them I start getting all kinds of weird symptoms such as

sinus congestion, weakness, dizzy spells, flu-like feeling, aching

everywhere etc etc. so that was the only thing explanation that made

sense!

JEn

--- In , " Cheryl " <sunbum256@a...>

wrote:

>

> Hi all,

> I had a mammogram & ultrasound today, which didn't show anything.

> Before we decide if I can reimplant, Dr Kolb has suggested I have

a T-

> cell test, by Memphis Pathology Lab, to see if I'm silicone

> sensitive. The test is $250 and I'd have to have it drawn and sent

by

> my primary doc. Just wondering, how did any of you that were sick

> determine it was from your implants and not just a dysfunctional

> immune system that you would've had anyway? Thank you for any

> advice/suggestions and for your support!

> Cheryl

[Guest guest]

Cheryl,

You may have a positive ANA, your thyroid my be off (high or low),

generally its mostly in the symptoms. We've all had almost identical

symtoms. Pain, fatigue, etc. I think you need to make good sense of

this. If you're having the similar symptoms as listed on the cover

page of this group you should not reimplant. I hope you will love

yourself for who you are. I was looking at pictures of me in a

bathing suit before I got implants and realized they were fine. I

wish I would have left them small and not be in the physical health I

am in now. Its hard to turn back, and it seems to be getting worse

for me. I had silicone for 15 years. I think I have Discoid Lupus.

Will go for biopsy tomorrow. Its not something to play around with.

Your life is at stake. There's much more valuable things than

looking nice in a bathing suit. Accepting who you are for yourself

and the people around you to love you for who you are is so much more

important. I hope you will not remimplant.

Take Care and Peace in your decision.

>

> >Hi all,

> >I had a mammogram & ultrasound today, which didn't show anything.

> >Before we decide if I can reimplant, Dr Kolb has suggested I have

a T-

> >cell test, by Memphis Pathology Lab, to see if I'm silicone

> >sensitive. The test is $250 and I'd have to have it drawn and sent

by

> >my primary doc. Just wondering, how did any of you that were sick

> >determine it was from your implants and not just a dysfunctional

> >immune system that you would've had anyway? Thank you for any

> >advice/suggestions and for your support!

> >Cheryl

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >Opinions expressed are NOT meant to take the place of advice given

by

> >licensed health care professionals. Consult your physician or

licensed

> >health care professional before commencing any medical treatment.

> >

> > " Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians

mislead you.

> >Find out what the facts are, and make your own decisions about how

to live

> >a happy life and how to work for a better world. " - Linus ing,

> >two-time Nobel Prize Winner (1954, Chemistry; 1963, Peace)

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Cheryl,

Please listen to me . . . With implant illness, things

don't always make sense. . . Getting your implants

replaced right now, after you've been so sick, doesn't

make sense.

Even if you want to replace them, please give yourself

time after having them removed to make the decision.

Give your body time to recover.

As traumatic as not having the breasts you would like

may be, repeating this scenario on a regular basis the

rest of your life should be enough to make you stop

and think. As Dr. Melmed told the woman who I

accompanied to see him . . . " could replace them, but

you will be back in the same condition sometime in the

future " .

Please consider, not just your breasts, but your

health and your life! . . . If nothing else, give

yourself a year to get well before getting them again!

Hugs and prayers,

Rogene

[Guest guest]

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Cheryl

Most people determined that the implants were involved because they

didn't get sick until after implants, because their symptoms sound

so much like others with implant disease, and because they

experienced improvements after explant. There would be no reason to

experience improvement after explant if they weren't involved. In

fact, I would think the stress of the surgery would make them worse,

as many people I know that have immune dysfunction--i.e. lupus, RA,

etc. definitely experience relaspses after surgeries for various

conditions.

Also, if you have a dysfunctional immune system, you are certainly

not a good candidate for implants because immune system is much more

likely to react to implants than someone with a normal immune

system. I also am not sure what Dr. Kolb hopes to obtain with that

silicone sensitivity test. There are many people with fibromyalgia

who show a positive result on that test that have never had

implants. In my opinion, there is no connection between that test

and an assurance that you won't get sick.

In my opinion, I would not risk getting sick again. Nothing in this

life is worth being sick and I am sure I know hundreds of women who

would say amen to that! Why take chances with the most important

thing you will ever have ----your health. NOthing--not money, not

success, not recognition, not even love, means much when each day is

a struggle to survive the pain and overwhelming fatigue of being

sick from implants.

Kathy

-- In , " Cheryl " <sunbum256@a...> wrote:

>

> Hi all,

> I had a mammogram & ultrasound today, which didn't show anything.

> Before we decide if I can reimplant, Dr Kolb has suggested I have

a T-

> cell test, by Memphis Pathology Lab, to see if I'm silicone

> sensitive. The test is $250 and I'd have to have it drawn and sent

by

> my primary doc. Just wondering, how did any of you that were sick

> determine it was from your implants and not just a dysfunctional

> immune system that you would've had anyway? Thank you for any

> advice/suggestions and for your support!

> Cheryl

[Guest guest]

Cheryl if your sick why would you want to reimplant? Is Dr. Kolb a Dr that is recomended on this site? If so then has she told you that you can even go that route? I would think she would not want to put them in you unless you took them out and never got better, than I asume it would be concluded that you did not have implant illness and that it was someting else.

If it is not the implants, what do you think you have?I hope you will really think about this choice. I love my explanted breasts and think they look so much better than the fake ones.

Good luck Cheryl, I know it is a tough choice.

Cheryl <sunbum256@...> wrote:

Hi all,I had a mammogram & ultrasound today, which didn't show anything. Before we decide if I can reimplant, Dr Kolb has suggested I have a T-cell test, by Memphis Pathology Lab, to see if I'm silicone sensitive. The test is $250 and I'd have to have it drawn and sent by my primary doc. Just wondering, how did any of you that were sick determine it was from your implants and not just a dysfunctional immune system that you would've had anyway? Thank you for any advice/suggestions and for your support!Cheryl Opinions expressed are NOT meant to take the place of advice given by licensed health care professionals. Consult your physician or licensed health care professional before commencing any medical treatment. "Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians mislead you. Find out what

the facts are, and make your own decisions about how to live a happy life and how to work for a better world." - Linus ing, two-time Nobel Prize Winner (1954, Chemistry; 1963, Peace)