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Rehoboth, MA

Last week at a plastic surgery check up, I was made aware of recent finding that women with textured implants have a risk of developing non Hodgkin lymphoma. Has anyone else heard of recent research?

January 23, 2019
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A MyBCTeam Member

I have been on letrozole now for over a year and it is quite miserable
Prior to the second diagnosis of bone Mets after I was first diagnosed with breast cancer and 15 years ago I took Arimidex for three years And then gave up on it because I felt so awful so here I am again with a variation on the theme called letrozole
I did not have chemo subsequent to my first diagnosis and while radiation was recommended and I opted for a bilateral mastectomy because the tumor was located right in the middle right above my heart and when I asked the radiation oncologist how he was going to protect my heart she simply said he do his best which I didn’t think was good enough I have heard about lymphoma subsequent to implants I have quite a story with implants I first had saline implants and while on the trip to India I had a flat tire One Of them began to leak I subsequently had what I call gummy bears inserted they are now starting to bother me
If I have learned one thing with respect to breast cancer is that it’s important to do your own research and ask your questions relying on your MD is not good enough well at least that has been my experience

January 28, 2019
A MyBCTeam Member

Good information wags and sharing of resources.
It is BiA- ALCL ( breast implant associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma) for those trying to do some research or find details and resources.

January 23, 2019
A MyBCTeam Member

Yes and it is all implants, saline and silicone, textured and smoothe. Robyn Towt posted a lot about it last fall and was removed from this site for doing so. I applaud your PS for warning you about the risk. I think 33 countries have already taken many of these implants off the market until the companies can prove they are safe. There is a group in FB that shares a lot of the new research . It is called

Breast Implant Ilness and Healing by Nicole

https://healingbreastimplantillness.com/bia-alc...

They also have an online website with lots of links to studies. Many of these Lymphomas have been known about for years and the medical community has hidden this from us.

January 23, 2019 (edited)
A MyBCTeam Member

Yes and I had mine removed because of it. There has been some discussion on here in the past about it.

January 23, 2019

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