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>>> LOT
>>> LOT OF WOMEN ARE CONCERNED ABOUT PROBLEMS THAT SURFACE
AFTER BREAST IMPLANTS.
THE FDA ISSUED A WARNING.
MORE AND MORE WOMEN ARE MAKING
THE DECISION TO REMOVE THEM.
HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS IS
PHYSICIAN AND PATIENT.
>> THE FDA RECALLED ONE
SPECIFIC TYPE OF IMPLANT
BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED RISK
OF LYMPHOMA, A CANCER OF THE
IMMUNE SYSTEM.
IMMUNE SYSTEM. MANY BREAST IMPLANTS ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE RISK OF
LYMPHOMA.
LYMPHOMA.
LYMPHOMA. YOU HAVE A FOREIGN BODY INSIDE
YOUR CHEST AND YOUR IMMUNE
SYSTEM MOUNTS A REACTION AND
CAUSES THE IMMUNE CELLS TO BE
CANCEROUS.
CANCEROUS. >> THIS IS SO PERSONAL.
ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS WAS
RECOVERING FROM BREAST CANCER
AND GOT RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
AND JUST GOT THROUGH WITH
CHEMO.
CHEMO.
CHEMO. AND SHE GETS A NOTIFICATION
THAT HER IMPLANT IS CANCER
CAUSING.
CAUSING.
CAUSING. YOU JUST GOT DONE WITH THE
HARDEST PART OF TREATMENT AND
NOW YOU COULD BE FACING THESE
PROBLEMS.
PROBLEMS.
PROBLEMS. SHE REPORTED PAIN AND BACK
PAIN.
PAIN.
PAIN. >>
PAIN. >> USUALLY THERE'S LOCAL
REACTIONS.
REACTIONS. REDNESS, SWELLING, OR PAIN.
AND ONCE THE LYMPHOMA SPREADS
WHICH TAKES SEVERAL YEARS,
YOU'LL HAVE SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS.
THERE'S OTHER COMPLICATIONS YOU
CAN HAVE WITH LYMPHOMA SUCH AS
LEAKAGE OR RUPTURE.
SCAR TISSUE IS PAINFUL.
AND IT CHANGES THE SENSATION IN
YOUR BREAST.
YOUR BREAST. AND IT CAN AFFECT YOUR ABILITY
TO GET MAMMOGRAMSES AND THE
ABILITY TO BLESS FEED.
>> TELL US YOUR STORY.
>> IMPLANTED 12 YEARS AGO.
AND I STARTED TO HAVE STRONG
AUTOIMMUNE RESPONSES AFFECTING
MY BREATHING.
MY BREATHING. I HAD A WHOLE LIST OF
SPECIALISTS, AN IMMUNOLOGIST, A
PULMONOLOGIST, AND IT WAS
RECOMMENDED THAT I HAVE
IMMUNOGLOBEN REPLACEMENT
IMMUNOGLOBEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY.
THERAPY.
THERAPY. AND NO ONE THOUGHT IT COULD BE
MY IMPLANT.
MY IMPLANT. AND I WENT DOWN THIS LONG PATH
OF INFLAMMATION, CHRONIC
MIGRAINES, I HAD A NEUROLOGIST.
AND FINALLY, A BRAVE AND LOVING
SISTER-IN-LAW EXPLANTED AND IT
WAS SO COMPELLING I STARTED TO
SEEK OUT MY OWN INFORMATION AND
MADE THE DECISION FOR MYSELF TO
EXPLANT.
EXPLANT.
EXPLANT. SIX WEEKS AGO.
CAN
CAN
CAN >>
CAN >> AND YOU'RE FEELING --
>> FANTASTIC.
>> FANTASTIC. THE HEAL IS REEL.
CHRONIC INFLAMMATION, JOINT
PAIN, STIFFNESS, DEFINITELY
CHRONIC MIGRAINES.
CHRONIC MIGRAINES. IT'S LIKE MY BODY WAS WORKING
SO HARD BECAUSE I HAD THIS
FOREIGN BODY IN ME THAT, YOU
KNOW, IT WAS OVERTASKED.
AND I'M TURNING 50.
AND I'M GOING TO RECLAIM MY
HEALTH.
HEALTH.
HEALTH. >> THAT'S SO SCARY.
>> SOMETHING THAT WANTS TO HELP
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. A
YOU. A LOT OF WOMEN WANT THEM FOR
FEMININITY REASONS, AND IT'S
ACTUALLY KILLING YOU.
HOW COMMON IS THIS?
WHEN I WAS DOING RESEARCH ABOUT
BREAST IMPLANTS AND
CONTRADICTIONS, IT SEEMED LIKE
THERE WASN'T A CONSENSUS ABOUT
WHETHER IT EXISTS OR NOT.
>> THE FDA DOESN'T RECOGNIZE IT
AS A FORMAL DIAGNOSIS.
AND AT THIS POINT MORE AND MORE
RESEARCH IS EMERGING, AND MORE
WOMEN ARE REPORTING IT.
AND WE HAVEN'T MADE THE LINK
YET.
YET.
YET. AS
YET. AS THE WOMEN ARE COMING
FORWARD, THE FDA IS CONTINUING
TO EVALUATE THE DATA AND DECIDE
WHETHER WE SHOULD SUGGEST MORE
WOMEN REMOVE THE IMPLANTS.
>> IT'S A SPECIFIC TYPE OF
IMPLANT THAT IS THE SCARY PART
FOR LYMPHOMA.
FOR LYMPHOMA. IF SOMEONE GOT THE IMPLANTS TEN
YEARS AGO WILL THEY GET A
NOTICE FROM THE DOLLARS OR IN
THE MAIL LETTING THEM KNOW?
>> ALL IMPLANTS INCREASE THE
RISK OF LYMPHOMA.
BUT THIS INCREASES IT MORE THAN
ALL THE OTHER IMPLANTS.
ALL OF THEM DO INCREASE THE
RISK A LITTLE BIT.
AND I WANT THE WOMEN TO BE
AWARE OF THAT.
AND WITH THIS ONE, THE SURGEON
SHOULD HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF NOTIFYING THE PATIENT.
WHETHER THAT HAPPENS IN OUR
MEDICAL SYSTEM.
MEDICAL SYSTEM. PEOPLE MOVE AND SURGEONS MOVE.
AND THAT REMAINS UP IN THE AIR.
IT BECOMES THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF WHOEVER PUT IN THE IMPLANT
TO MOISTURE THEM.
>> TREATMENT OPTIONS IS THAT
JUST GETTING THEM OUT IF YOU
FEEL NOT GREAT.
>> IF YOU WANT TO AVOID THE
MEDICAL APPLICATIONS, SOMETIMES
YOU CAN REPLACE THE IMMONTH.
AND SOMETIMES THEY CAN
REINFLATE IT.
REINFLATE IT. BUT FOR LYMPHOMA, YOU HAVE TO
TAKE OUT EVERYTHING, INCLUDING
THE CAR TISSUE AROUND THE
IMPLANT.
IMPLANT.
IMPLANT. AND THEY ADVICE TAKING OUT THE
ENTIRE IMPLANT BECAUSE THAT'S
STIMULATING THE ISSUE.
>> YOU GET THROUGH A DIFFICULT
THING AND WHY CAN'T I RECOVER.
>> AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR
SELF-IMAGE AS WOMEN.
>>