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Hello,

I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Allyson I live in

Virginia and I have had saline Implants for 3 years now. In December

I began having swelling in my right eyelid and in Feb. I was

diagnosed with hypertyriodism/ graves autoimmune disease. I have

been looking for a reason for the impairement of my immune system and

much to my disappointment, my reasearch is leading me to consider

that I may need to consider the removal of my implants. This is a

scary thought in it self. I am concerned about how my breast will

look after the removal and how the doctor will manage this with out

deflating the implants. If anyone could tell me how they had their's

removed. I am concerned about how he will remove them without having

to cut me wide open. Are there methods of removing the saline from

it's pouch without leaking it into your body. Also, i've been

reading about shipping them to this Dr. to look at then after they

are removed. Is this something I should consider and why. Also if

anyone knows how to locate a licensed herbalist or someone who can

assist me in the detoxification process that would be great. I'm

having difficulty locating them. If anyone has any words of advise

in what i should do I'm listening. I go back to the endo. on

Thursday, but I have a feeling that my blood work will still be off.

I don't think that she even has a clue as to looking at treating me

in a more holistic approach. She has basically told me to relax

because she is the specialist and thinks that she knows a little more

about this than me. Yet all she has done is put me on med's that have

not done anything for me. My eye lid is still swollen, and it is

sensitive due to the lid drawing back and it gets sore because of the

muscle issues. I'm sorry to go on this way, but after finding this

support for the first time I feel like I may be on the righr path to

my recovery. There is no way to know for sure if the implant are

what is causeing this, but I don't want to take that chance. It does

not seem smart. Thanks for the support!

Allyson