HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM PUBLIX. >> More and more women are
saying their breast implants
are making them sick. They’re
calling it breast implant
illness local woman is among
them now desperately wants to
warn others about what happened
to her and how she says that
illness took over
her life. Joy’s here now with
Joe you know this one yes can’t
marry she’s an old family
friend who contacted me out of
the blue really.
>> Because she has a message
that she says
she has for those thinking
about having breast implant
surgery for cosmetic reasons or
even for reconstruction after a
battle
with cancer. Julie McCarthy
said she had the surgery for
both reasons when I sat down
with her she was so excited.
She was having X plan surgery,
having her implants taken out.
>> It’s not often you find someone this excited about having surgery
just minutes before going under
the knife 7/29/2019 Julie
McCarthy celebrating the day
her breast implants were
removed I actually think this
is the first surgery, my life,
the
other side. Can’t wait she
blames them for a litany of
ailments. She’s suffered
since February. The teen hair
loss brain fog, joint
inflammation and soreness and
short term memory loss I.
>> Couldn’t walk of a normal.
>> Black around are blocked
because I would be so out of
breath and.
>> I would honestly be week
that meant I think it really
walk my kids in their strollers
even even if I was just pushing
them. It was hiring me out.
>> 5 years ago, Julie was
pregnant when she says she was
diagnosed with a hereditary
type of
breast cancer. It was a tough
fight which included a
mastectomy but she beat it.
And gave birth to a healthy
baby You it
was this past February to be
decided she wanted breast
reconstruction.
>> I’m young I’m 38 years old.
I want to have a normal body if
I can
and it’s out there and then my
of course my insurance covers
it so why not.
>> She says that’s when her
symptoms started and
hit hard. The most debilitating
really extreme exhaustion and
joint soreness which she said
her doctor dismissed you’re
tired and.
>> I was so they had to
exercise I have Lyme disease I
have fibromyalgia I just knew
there was something wrong with
this in no way and I was
believing the doctors like OK
well then it’s just less than
that.
>> A lot of the symptoms are
proved proved by
medical practitioners and when
the think that they’re crazy
they’re
not crazy.
>> Doctor Scott Ackerman
doesn’t know the specifics of
Julie’s case the medical
director of Ackerman cancer
Center says breast implant
illness is not only real he
says women are finding relief
after having their implants
removed, I see.
>> Many women report to me that
they have less symptoms.
After that surgery than they
had before. Now again what I’m
saying is purely an to total
we really need science to back
that up the problem
governing health authorities
like the FDA are still
investigating the symptoms to
better understand their
origins.
>> And don’t recognize be I as
an illness in part
because many of the symptoms
also describe a dozen different
kinds of auto immune diseases
like
rheumatoid arthritis, multiple
sclerosis, even type one
diabetes.
>> Some women get the symptoms
immediately after an implant
some get the symptoms. Many
years later from the implant
and the symptoms that women get
kind of wax and wane says
really hard for us to get the
handle really get our
arms around with this illness
really is as Julie searched for
answers, she found others like
her.
>> Take a look at this face
book page titled breast implant
illness and healing by Nicole.
It’s a private support group of
90,000 mostly women with story
after story and debilitating
symptoms. Symptoms so many say
all but disappeared after
having X plans
>> are awaiting
as she was wheeled into the
operating room Julie is
convinced her symptoms and
suffering will subside of
course when she’s so she can
enjoy quiet moments like oh so
asked for
>> I mean I feel like it’s
really around me I I feel like
I’ve lost a lot with my kids
and my husband, and I missed
out on the family trips.
I’ve missed out on a lot