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    • The HIPPOCRATIC OATH Changes When You’re Considered A MEDICAL LIABILITY

      Posted at 4:54 am by motherima, on June 20, 2015

      Blog Photo Hippocratic Oath 2

      My health is irrevocably damaged, my quality of life poor due to 16 years of undiagnosed rupture. IF rupture had been diagnosed earlier my outcome would have been very different. My explant surgeon stated my prognosis is poor.

      I hoped that if my situation could be the learning curve and prevent other women from this nightmare then I would be at least glad of that. I hoped it would make a difference for women with implants locally. When a regional surgeon told me he would not proactively screen women with breast implants for possible complications or rupture, even if they presented with symptoms consistent with it, due to possible liability issues, stating that they should not expect care here, my blood curdled and I felt assaulted knowing my rupture had been ignored, my life and my worth devalued because I was perceived a medical liability. And similarly for other women with breast implants in this region.

      I had already committed to using the remaining time I have left on this planet to advocate the truth of breast implants, and this leaves me all the more committed.

       

      Posted in Blog, FYI's | 2 Comments | Tagged breast implants
    • Seeing With Awareness

      Posted at 5:07 pm by motherima, on April 15, 2014

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      Blog Photo 16 FLATFLAT RESIZED

      The day the photograph wearing clothes was taken I was already very ill. In the photo (a friend cropped out) I struck a playful pose feigning energy and vitality that had long ago left me. I could barely function. I was still trying to push through the illness that would eventually become too much to pretend through.

       

      The photo with my ruptured implant superimposed was taken during my ‘BEFORE’ photo shoot for an upcoming gallery project.

       

      When we see images of implanted women we see only the exterior. Inside, long before the women themselves are aware, their chest wall is undergoing destructive changes. Even if there is not yet ‘gel bleed’ or rupture; the body’s immune system is working hard from the time of implant.

       

      Inevitably there will be leaching of silicone and chemicals, which the immune system tries to wall off, forming a protective capsule around the implant. It works for a while, but then the silicone and chemicals breach the capsule exterior and the immune system creates another layer. This process will repeat until the time of explant, with the capsule becoming ever thicker. If there is rupture the response is greater. The capsule can eventually become hard and painful; this is called capsular contracture. It can cause the breasts to become misshapen.

       

      In time calcification, acute inflammation, necrotized tissue, infection (fungal and/or bacterial), granulomas and other complications can develop in the chest wall. Out of sight, out of mind.

       

      When the immune system has to fight too hard, for too long, it fatigues and becomes confused; this is the point where autoimmune illness happens. The immune system attacks everything, including the woman’s own body.

       

      We are bombarded with media images glamorizing breast implants with no real dialogue around consequence. Considering that breast augmentation has become alarmingly prevalent, especially with young women, I feel we need to create some awareness around it. The implications and potential consequences beyond what implanted women can even imagine.

       

      The next time you see an image of an implanted woman I hope you will ‘see’ with awareness and imagine what her chest wall looks like, instead of just seeing the exterior.

      Posted in Blog, FYI's | 1 Comment | Tagged bombarded, breast implants, media
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    • ‘Seeing with Awareness’ Campaign
    • REMEMBERING FALLEN ANGELS OF BREAST IMPLANT ILLNESS – SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
    • A Little Context
    • Make Good Trouble Campaign – Letter Template
    • BREAST IMPLANTS – MAKE ‘GOOD TROUBLE’ CAMPAIGN – ACCOUNTABILITY LONG OVERDUE
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    • Remembering Fallen Angels of Breast Implant Illness SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
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