Re: one month post explant and have a problem

[Guest guest]

Certainly a pocket of fluid will wall itself off and become hard, and this

is undoubtedly what it is. Aspiration may help, but sometimes women have

to have a minor surgery to correct this. It is not common, but it does happen.

Lynda

At 09:07 PM 7/11/2005, you wrote:

>I am almost 5 weeks from explant and from the beginning, the left

>breast wasn't draining properly. Dr. Melmed aspirated it in his

>office and thought it was fine, but the swelling didn't go down. He

>said it would probably resolve on its own, but it hasn't, and now it

>has become very hard and painful. I never had this problem with my

>implants, and now I see what women have gone through when their

>capsules hardened. It is terrible. I wrote Dr. Melmed and he said

>this is the same principle as the capsule that it's walling off the

>fluid. I made an appointment to fly to Dallas on Monday. Before I

>thought it was a simple aspiration problem, but now I'm concerned

>because it has become so hard. I asked Dr. M about this, and if he

>still thought it was only an aspiration or if it was something more

>complicated and he sidetracked and said he couldn't say without seeing

>(this makes sense but it's not too encouraging for me). I'm getting

>nervous now, has anyone had this problem or know of this happening

>POST EXPLANT? S.

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[Guest guest]

Sandy,

I'm so sorry you are still having problems. . .

I can understand Dr. Melmed not wanting to commit to

what the problem is. . . I'm sure, once he sees what's

going on, he'll be able to tell you more. Hopefully it

will be a simple procedure . . .

That's a heck of a long way to go for a " simple "

procedure though!

Hugs and prayers,

Rogene

[Guest guest]

Sandy,

It is way too early to start seeing resolution of thyroid problems.

This is more than likely going to take years.

In fact, after my explant, my rheumatoid factor got higher! I was

explanted in February, tested in April with elevated RF, and by

August (being in the same boat as you, wanting to see evidence of

the numbers going down), that RF was even higher than before. I was

very disappointed. In fact, I was so scared about the results that

I quit getting tested, because the doctor was a jerk and he

basically made a joke out of the appointment. That's when I went

with naturpathic medicine instead.

It took several years before I got tested again, and my RF went from

159 to 58. Normal is below 40 and so I hope I am there by now. I

don't know for sure because I just don't worry about the tests.

I am really sorry you are having post explant issues, but I am sure

it is something that can be resolved. It will just take a little

time and effort, and so being patient about the healing process is

going to help you in the long run. Dr. Melmed will know what is

going on when he sees you.

But as for those thyroid issues, don't get overexcited about

testing. Take some deep breaths, relax, get on with life as best

you can, and do some good detoxing. In time, you are going to see

improvements if you are diligent, but in my opinion, you need to be

thinking in years instead of weeks where the thyroid is concerned.

may have been a special case where her antithyroid antibodies

came down by the thousands right after explant. Her were higher than

everyone else's too. But I am not sure how long after explant we

are talking about...she's been through a successful pregnancy now,

and that is huge! I hope that will give you inspiration that your

thyroid issues can get better in time, but it took years to

get to that point too.

Love,

Patty

--- In , " sandy " <interart81@y...>

wrote:

> In a way I'm wondering if I made a mistake on explanting....I never

> had any problems with the implants themselves. Also I was hoping

> explant would resolve my thyroid problem but on retesting last

week I

> found my thyroid antibodies are still about the same, still very

high.

> That was a real letdown because I had really envisioned those

> antibodies just slowly disappearing....all this not to mention

that I

> am really uncomfortable now with one very hard breast that is twice

> the size of the other....S.

>

> --- In , Rogene S <saxony01@y...>

wrote:

> > Sandy,

> >

> > I'm so sorry you are still having problems. . .

> >

> > I can understand Dr. Melmed not wanting to commit to

> > what the problem is. . . I'm sure, once he sees what's

> > going on, he'll be able to tell you more. Hopefully it

> > will be a simple procedure . . .

> >

> > That's a heck of a long way to go for a " simple "

> > procedure though!

> >

> > Hugs and prayers,

> >

> > Rogene

[Guest guest]

Sandy

You are in my thoughts and prayers that you will get this situation

resolved easily when you see Dr. Melmed on monday. It is rare to

have a complication, but that doesn't make it easier when you are

the one to experience one. Please try to keep positive that you

have done the right thing. It is way too early to tell if your

explant will affect your thyroid antibodies. Right now getting this

situation taken care of is a priority. After that, try working on

cleansing your body, changing any diet deficiencies, etc. I do

believe that getting the implants out will affect your body for the

better.

Hugs kathy

--- In , " sandy " <interart81@y...>

wrote:

> In a way I'm wondering if I made a mistake on explanting....I never

> had any problems with the implants themselves. Also I was hoping

> explant would resolve my thyroid problem but on retesting last

week I

> found my thyroid antibodies are still about the same, still very

high.

> That was a real letdown because I had really envisioned those

> antibodies just slowly disappearing....all this not to mention

that I

> am really uncomfortable now with one very hard breast that is twice

> the size of the other....S.

>

> --- In , Rogene S <saxony01@y...>

wrote:

> > Sandy,

> >

> > I'm so sorry you are still having problems. . .

> >

> > I can understand Dr. Melmed not wanting to commit to

> > what the problem is. . . I'm sure, once he sees what's

> > going on, he'll be able to tell you more. Hopefully it

> > will be a simple procedure . . .

> >

> > That's a heck of a long way to go for a " simple "

> > procedure though!

> >

> > Hugs and prayers,

> >

> > Rogene