Re: Short Update

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This sounds so great.....I am sooooo happy to hear you writing these things.

Wow, makes me wonder what the hell is wrong with me????? Why didn't I feel

like that again that soon! It took me aLOT longer to feel like that. And

to tell you the truth, there is no way I could get up at 5:30 am and be

awake, having worked, worked out, dated and cleaned house and messed around

on the computerd till midnight. I am happy for you that you are finally

feeling this way.

Maybe I still have some scar tissue in there somewhere. Now that is a scary

thought. I don't remember the doctor telling me anything about scraping my

chest wall, and I didn't have drains either. But I know he did a total

capsulectomy.

Keep eating well, and keep posting on your progress!

Love,

Patty

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From: <carina063@...>

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Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 11:48 PM

Subject: Short Update

> Hi Group! Yes is smilling. I am afraid to jinx myself if

> I say too much about how GREAT I am feeling the last few days, but I

> feel I owe it to the women, Caren, Jackie, and others who come here

> who are confused sick and desperate. Jackie, ah, you sound so much

> like I was....the denial, the not wanting to part with those breasts

> you love, the illness, the struggle, the fight, the putting it

> off...waiting another four months...oh yes been there done that.

>

> Caren oh poor girl, I remember being where you are too, and I had the

> shingles girl, I also had a positive EBV titer...makes no difference,

> EBV is really another thing brought out by auto immune difficulties.

> I am sure, really that it is your implants. Why is my head the

> clearest it has been in a year and a half? I mean if it was stress

> and depression(HA) wouldn't all that be worse after what I have been

> through? How come at work I am suddenly able to concentrate, do

> complex work on the comuter that even two weeks ago was such a

> struggle? How can I go out on dates and feel like I am a real person

> in a real world not a fogged out world? Why are my once arthritic and

> achy feeling hands starting to feel normal again?

>

> No I am not 100% but I can tell you this, had I ever felt like this

> even one day with the implants I would still most likely have them.

>

> I can go into a florescent lit store and not feel like I am going to

> fall over. I am so happy the implants are gone....it was well worth

> it to feel like a person in the real world again.

>

> I am not so sure I won't have a relapse, but so far since Monday I

> have seen improvement everyday.

>

> Hang in there you guys...the worse parts may still be ahead, but the

> sooner you end your fight and get the implants out the sooner you

> will be on the road to where I am.....I cannot believe I am

> stillawake after being up since 5:30 am...I did a hlaf an hour on the

> stairclimber this morning, worked 8 hours, went walking all over the

> hospital which is huge....went out tonight till 10 pm and have been

> home cleaning up and burning some CD's on my computer...It is almost

> 12 midnight and I have to get to sleep so I can go to work in the

> morning.

>

> Oh yes...the scars are looking good. Not gone yet of course, but my

> breasts are starting to look good, and I am much less concerned with

> that anywyay. Once you start to get your health back none of that

> other crap even matters.

>

> I am thinking about all of you and hope you can come to terms with

> your situations as I have day by day.

>

> If tomorrow I am on here ranting and raving.....well, hey...lets not

> think about it....I am happy to be feeling well.

>

> Good luck

>

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