Last week I attended my hospitals breast clinic as I had asked my GP to refer me to discuss getting my breast implants removed. They are about 20 years old and possibly PIP implants thought he clinic has gone and I've no way of checking. At the clinic theylooked at and felt my breasts then sent me for a mammogram even though this is the least effective way of checking if implants are intact.
After the mammogram, which was extremely uncomfortable, I was told that they recommend I leave the implants as they look fine and come back when I have a problem. I explained that I am concerned that they may well be PIP implants and I would rather they were just removed. I can't afford to have them removed privately, my circumstances have changed in the last 20 yrs and I don't have any savings. It's not an option though until they have actually burst.
Now I don't really know what to do next. Should I just leave them until I notice silicon migrating around my body or go back to my GP again. On top of this I feel like I've done 10 rounds with Tyson, mammograms with implants are not fun at all. I wish I'd known all this 20 yrs ago.
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What to do about old breast implants
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LBDD · 18/05/2015 12:42
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