Why do we, as women, sometimes want what we don’t have?
To have curly hair when you have straight hair.
To be tall when you are short.
To be tanned when you are pale.
Is it society telling us we need to look a certain way to fit in or be accepted or normal?
Quite possibly yes.
I’d always wanted to have bigger breasts, as I thought I would look more “normal”.
So in 2009, after giving birth to three children, I decided to go and do the one thing I’d always wanted to do to boost my self confidence.
I went and got a boob job.
I loved them, they were everything I’d dreamed of. I felt great. I looked great!
Until 6 weeks after I got them I started to get unwell.
I started to develop pain in my feet. My toes started to swell. I couldn’t walk without the aid of my double pram!
My hips and back would ache terribly.
My ribs were so sore I had to sleep sitting up.
I lost vision in my left eye.
I went from specialist to specialist seeking a diagnoses. Querying whether my implants were the cause of this. Each time I was given the answer no.
I was placed on a concoction of drugs to ease the pain, including a chemotherapy drug.
I had been a healthy 31 year old mum, now I felt like I was in my 70’s.
Over the course of 6 years I was put on weekly immune suppressing injections, which I would give myself.
These sustained me and took away the pain but for how long?
In 2016 I went downhill, developing chronic fatigue, heart palpitations, ms symptoms, lupus symptoms, lyme symptoms, fibromyalgia, disturbed vision, tremors, rashes, anxiety, chronic thrush.
I couldn’t drive, work or look after my kids. I was bedridden.
Again after visiting countless GP’s, cardiologist, neurologist, rheumatologist, ER doctors, they again confirmed my implants were not contributing to my sickness.
After trying different diets, consuming excessive supplements and researching till all hours of the morning, I discovered an online forum where there was over 30,00 women all with the same symptoms as me and all with breast implants. All incredibly ill and doctors not acknowledging their cries for help!
They were all suffering from Breast Implant Illness.
An illness which causes immune responses and system shutdowns because implants are wreaking havoc on your body.
I had to acknowledge the elephant in the room . The fact that there was a foreign object in my body. I was sick. Sick since the implants had been put in. They had to come out.
6 months after removing the implants my 20 plus symptoms have all but gone!
I’m still strict with my diet, but NO MORE MEDS!
Amazing right!!!!
I queried it from the beginning. Deep down I knew my body wasn’t happy.
Womens intuition?
Heck Yes!!
We are perfectly made as we are!
Let us embrace that and accept and love ourselves!
https://healingbreastimplantillness.comhttp://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/beauty/cosmetic-surgery/sydney-mothers-dire-warning-after-breast-implants-almost-ruined-her-life/news-story/4599e87b21ff8fb65d875083be924b78
