Worth The Risk?

Imagine one day you're a healthy, athletic female in the prime of your life. The next day you have aches and pains in places you didn't even know could have aches and pains. Over time your life becomes a series of doctor visits, surgeries, and medications to the point where it is determined by the doctors that you are permanently disabled and have to use a scooter to get around.

What is causing all of these medical issues? The breast implants that were inserted into your body many years before.

I'm going to let my friend, Robin, tell you more about this, because she can tell it much better than I can. She lived through it.

"I am a Breast Implant Illness survivor. I know the dark side of breast implants because I've been sick for the last 18 years. Little did I know that implants were slowly killing me. I was given two years to live due to the amount of stress and sickness my body was going through.

My whole life I was very athletic, tennis, bike riding, hiking, and my favorite joy was dancing with my husband. I was appointed as the Associate Chaplain'Abuse Chaplain of the Contra Costa County Juvenile Hall in Martinez, CA. I was also a Public Speaker against child abuse. Over the years my health deteriorated to the point that I was no longer able to work or be the Mother and Wife I use to be. I was tired and I didn't want to live anymore. I was so frustrated I was losing hope. I felt like I was on a merry-go-round with doctors, hospitals, surgeries, and medications. For all this time I used wheelchairs, walkers, and canes to get around. I was taking five different medications every day. Even then, the pain got worse and I ended up spending most of my days in bed. ...I was totally disabled.

One day my husband was watching a health program and the woman on the program had all my symptoms. She too had saline breast implants and the same symptoms I was having. I started doing research and to my shock and fear I realized I was a candidate for breast implant illness. I met with a cosmetic surgeon who confirmed my fear that I had all the symptoms. It was time to have them removed, which I did 8 months ago.

Within two months all of my symptoms went away slowly. Today I no longer need any assistance to walk. The pain and depression are gone. The only thing I need to hold on to is my best friend's arm, my husband of thirty nine and a half years, with God leading the way to a healthy new beginning.

These were my symptoms:
Seizures - at times two per day
Lesions and cysts
Hair loss
Joint pain and soreness
Low libido
Sudden heart palpitations
Metallic taste in the mouth
Skin rashes
Excruciating lower back pain...for many years
Weight gain
Bruising and bleeding
My blood smelled like metal
Neuropathy in my feet
Brain fog and memory loss
Burning pain down my legs
My skin was turning gray

I became incapacitated...and there is a lot more to this story including my biggest fear that I might have had breast cancer, thank God it was negative. Today 90% of my symptoms are gone."

Robin also lost use of her hands. They would shake and she had difficulty writing.

I have known Robin for 17 years. We met on vacation and have stayed in touch since. When we met she had to hang on to someone or use a cane. Other than that you would not have known that these saline breast implants, which were supposed to be safe, were killing her. She was so full of life! Over the last 17 years I have listened as Robin's health deteriorated. I couldn't understand why all of these doctors she was seeing couldn't figure out what was wrong with her and fix it. No one suspected the breast implants.

Robin called me a few days after her implant removal surgery. I immediately heard a difference. She was more alert and coherent and easier to talk too. I am so happy to say that my happy, full of life friend is back! She is hopeful about her future and sees a reason to live.

I have another friend who is a breast cancer survivor. She had reconstructive surgery using saline breast implants. After about 8 years she started to have symptoms - pain and a pulling sensation. She too, had her implants removed and is feeling much better. While this friend didn't need much convincing to have the implants removed, the telling of Robin's story confirmed that she was making the right decision.

Please help Robin spread the word that saline breast implants are NOT safe!
Thank you!

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