2 Year Explant Anniversary!
Let the party begin… it is my 2 Year Explant Anniversary! 2 years since my painful journey began and started coming to an end. Told you I would be here to blog about it. Rather than ramble & reiterate all that I have said before.. I think it will be good to list the pros & cons of this terrible journey.
Cons:
- Went through hell for 9 months - sick as heck, no memory, foggy, body pains, dimentia, chills, blurry vision, a sezuire, a coma, the list goes on….
- 2 scars under my breasts
- Scary memories that will last forever.. and the scary things people tell me that happened that I have no memory of
- Seeing breast implants seen as such a great thing in the media and how women’s beauty is portrayed
- Missed1 yr of work & life
- Lost my apartment & ruined a relationship
- Found out who my real friends were
- Frusteration that nothing is being done about this crisis
- Lost a lot of money & got into debt trying to get better
Pros:
- Appreciate life now & don’t take it for granted
- Help other women either make the right decision or comfort them and help them in sickness, as they find my site
- Am able to save some money now to buy a house one day
- Got into a wonderful new relationship
- No more anxiety.. I have been through the worst.. now I am a brave woman!
- New challenging job that makes me happy!
- Became closer to my family
- Found an amazing Dr. who helped me get better
- Have met tons of amazing women who love & support me
- Feel beautiful the way I am!
The list goes on & on.. but that felt good and I just wanted to share my anniversary of getting my implants out with everyone. The worst decision I ever made was to put those objects in my body.. and the best thing I ever did was to take them out ![]()













Happy anniversary Gretchen. Isn’t it wonderful to feel healthy again???
Comment by bethtaylor — February 12, 2009 @ 9:14 am
Wow, what an ordeal! I am glad you are better now.
Comment by Beth — February 12, 2009 @ 3:32 pm
Gretchen . ..
It’s wonderful to see you doing so well! . . . I remember how lost you were - and how concerned your mother was at seeing you slip away! I wish everyone could read the messages you wrote when you were searching for help! They would never, never consider breast implants!
Thank God you got your health back! You are very fortunate!
Hugs, Rogene
Comment by Rogene — February 13, 2009 @ 8:30 am
Congratulations, hope more women hear your story (and question all plastic surgery, men included)
Comment by mikeymikemike77 — February 27, 2009 @ 3:19 am
hi there - stumbled across your site and was so glad to see this post. i’m about to go through the explant process and hope to be as liberated as you are in the near future! i’m very fortunate to have had no problems with the actual implants, but i do regret getting them done at such an early age. now i’m completely comfortable with myself and can’t wait to have my flat chest again. congratulations on your anniversary and health : )
Comment by rosebud — June 8, 2009 @ 8:20 pm
thank you so much!!
Comment by gretchen — June 15, 2009 @ 12:10 pm