SALLY HUGHES
In the end, however, it wasn’t a doctor who
saved me from the hell I couldn’t seem to escape.
In June 2016, I came across an article in
People magazine about Hugh Hefner’s wife,
Crystal Hefner, who’d had her breast implants
removed because she said they were causing
her debilitating illness.
I was sitting in the waiting room of a doctor’s
office as I read through the article, which
described an experience eerily similar to mine.
When I discussed my concerns with the surgeon
who performed my breast augmentation, he
dismissed them immediately. I told him my
hormones were out of whack, and I was having
all kinds of pain and looked to him for a response.
The surgeon looked directly at my husband and
me and said, “Well, bitches be trippin‘.”
Immediately, I was on a mission and began
asking every doctor who’d listen, “Could
breast implants really be causing this?” The
general consensus was no. I even contacted the
manufacturer of my implants and asked if they’d
ever had complaints like mine. They told me via
phone no one had ever complained of any of
these symptoms in relation to their implants.
Still, I made the decision to have my breast
implants removed in October 2016 with nothing
to go on but my own instincts and the hope that
there was a way for me to get my life back.
There wasn’t a single doctor offering me
a solution for my condition, but there were
three who acknowledged that it was possible
my symptoms were, in fact, being caused by
my implants. That was enough for me to take a
chance. What I would potentially gain was worth
way more than what I would definitely lose.
Within four weeks of having my implants
removed, I knew that they were the source of my
misery, and I continued to make improvements
over the next six to eight months.
My anxiety and joint and muscle pain went
away almost entirely, and my fatigue was reduced
by at least half. The ringing in my ears went
away, and my heightened sensitivity to loud
noises disappeared. My body odor and acne
went away. My hair stopped falling out. As more
time passed my periods and bowel movements
became normal again; my short-term memory
improved; and I was eventually able to go to
work full-time.
Today, I have some of my life back, but not
all of it.
My marriage suffered a lot of damage, and we
eventually divorced, leaving heavy consequences
for the whole family. I still have to take hormones
and constantly work to keep them balanced. I
still struggle with debilitating chronic fatigue
that seems to strike out of nowhere. My body
has a noticeable physical reaction to almost any
medication or chemical. I do not tolerate alcohol
well and a night of celebration can set me back
for a week or more. And I have not been able to
run again, which is an activity that I loved dearly.
I estimate that the entire ordeal cost me about
$50,000 so far and continues to cost me every
month. I see doctors who don’t take insurance
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