Decision to have explant surgery.

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Hi - I just joined this group, looking for some support. I am 45 and

got saline implants when I was 37. After three years, I began to get

stabbing chest pains, pains in between my shoulder blades, fatigue with

sort of a burning sensation running through me, among other things. It

would come and go, but for the last year and a half has become

relentless. I have been diagnosed with seronegative

spondyloarthropathy (arthritis) of my sternoclavicular joint, and no

explanation for the pain in my shoulder blades. My rheumatologist says

it is definitely not the implants, but I really feel inside that they

are making me sick. The surgeon who implanted them said he will take

them out, and thinks I am doing the right thing. I feel each day that

I get weaker, but want to do this right. I don't even know what

support I am asking for, but just feel like crying, wanting to get

better, or maybe hear someone else's story with a happy ending. Thank

you.