Considering having my implant removed

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MaryChris
MaryChris Member Posts: 2
edited November 2016 in Breast Reconstruction

Hi everyone,

I'm new here, please forgive me if I'm in the wrong place. A bit of background, I have had Crohn's disease most of my life, but have never had joint pain... until my mastectomy. A few weeks after the expander was in place I started having debilitating joint pain. My remicade infusion helped dramatically the first time, post surgery. Then I had the permanent saline implant surgery, and the joint pain has been getting worse. The remicade didn't help as much. I have chronic joint and muscle pain every day now. I'm beginning to wonder if the implant is causing this. Has anyone experienced bad joint pain or an exacerbation of an autoimmune disease with an implant? Has anyone found relief from this kind of pain after having the implant removed?

Thanks

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  • sandcastle
    sandcastle Member Posts: 587
    edited November 2016

    I, did have an emergency Revision Surgery....I was so sick....once they removed that implant I felt so much better and decided NEVER to do that again....Liz

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  • MaryChris
    MaryChris Member Posts: 2
    edited November 2016

    Hi Liz, What were your symptoms before your emergency revision surgery?

    Thanks for your response,

    mar

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  • sandcastle
    sandcastle Member Posts: 587
    edited November 2016

    To, begin with I was very uncomfortable with the implant....then I ran into an infection which we tried to clear up for weeks and it was removed 8 weeks after surgery....felt better instantly....Liz

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited November 2016

    Hi MaryChris,

    We just wanted to pop in and welcome you to our amazing Community! As you can already see, there's always someone here willing to help.

    For some more information and some tips to help manage the pain you're having, you may want to check out the main Breastcancer.org site's page on Bone and Joint Pain.

    We hope this helps and we look forward to hearing more from you soon!

    --The Mods

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