implant-explant-implant??

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Hi, I am scheduled for explant on Monday and am starting to get cold

feet, really. I feel nauseous today and for the first time since I

scheduled the appointment, I am really wondering if I have made the

right decision. Dr. M has already indicated to me I am going to look

'worse' (his exact words) than I do now. Just for the record, the

implants have never given me any problem, no hardness, they are very

small 150cc, and very light and comfortable. I decided to take them

out a couple months ago because my thyroid antibodies which I

developed 3 years following implant, kept skyrocketing to a high of

5400 (norm under 60), I couldn't regulate my thyroid, I had dry eyes,

and then developed adrenal weakness which really scared me. After I

scheduled the appt, I began to take 5mcg of cytomel and now for the

first time my tsh has stabilized, and all of a sudden within 1 month

my antibodies fell from 5400 to 3700 then 2 wks later to 3446. BTW, I

started taking Isocort for the adrenal fatigue. Back to my original

fears, Dr. M even wrote to me 2 days ago telling me it was ok to

change my mind, that there was no rush if I wanted to think it over a

bit more (I had written to him that my husband was non-supportive and

if he could enlighten him a bit when he meets him about the ill

effects of the implants). I suppose I am going ahead with it because

it's friday night, I have my reservations for Dallas on Sunday

morning, and the surgery is scheduled for Monday morning since I have

already met with him personally for a consult. My question is if I

hate the way I look afterward, and my symptoms don't abate, I want to

re-implant. Has anyone had experience with this? Since I have had no

problems now, is the experience usually the same when one re-implants?

I would hate if I took these out, nothing happened to correct my

problems, and if I re-implanted, I then begin to experience hardness

and subsequent problems. I am really getting crazy now thinking how

I'm going to regret the operation. Sorry this is so long, I think I'm

just trying to get something out of my system. Bye, Sandy