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Explant & Recovery

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When I first learned about Breast Implant Illness, it did not take me long to decide that I would explant. Knowing it would be a process, I got started right away. Women who have already gone through the process have compiled a list of well respected doctors who are known to either recognize BII or at the very least be willing to remove both the implants and capsules properly. FYI-capsules are the scar tissue that forms around all implants. It is our body's natural defense against a foreign object. In the plastic surgery world it is thought of as normal and many surgeons will say there is no reason to remove it. For women with BII, it is believed that the scar tissue absorbs many of the toxins from the implants and that healing cannot take place if it is not removed in its entirety. Because my intentions are to heal my many ailments I, of course, would not have it any other way. I was pleased to find a Kaiser doctor on the list and I immediately scheduled a consultation with him. I...
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Buh bye

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Chances are if you’re reading this or have been in my life for any part of the last few years you’ve witnessed the slow decline of my health, so you can spare yourself some time and skip to the end. But for the sake of those who maybe don't know or who care to relive it with me, this might be long winded, so bear with me. I can almost pinpoint the exact time everything took a turn. It was the morning of Logan’s 6th birthday party (October 2014) and someone called to say they weren’t feeling well and wouldn’t make it. I thought to myself “I don’t feel well either, but I have 30+ people showing up to my house in the next hour”. I ended up having a terrible sinus infection that refused to go away and was treated with 3-4 rounds of antibiotics. By the beginning of January when I was still not feeling well it seemed my sinus infection had gone but I now needed antibiotics for an ear infection. Along with that I had started experiencing a sharp pain in my chest so they performed an EKG...
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