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What are you supposed to do if you have been given the textured implants (linked to lymphoma)?
I have the Mentor Memorygel textured implants which are on the "voluntary recall" list in the US but I don't know what the advice is here in Australia. I had my reconstruction (after double mastect...
@Jane221 yes they say very rare...but as I said it wasn't reportable until a few years ago and the stats for my implant range from 1 in 1,000 to 1 in 10,000 presently. I consider rare to be 1 in 250,000.
My reasoning is if you bought a lotto ticket with only 1000 tickets sold, you'd consider you'd have a good chance of winning.
My discussions with my surgeon was my health risks if I did get the cancer as chemo did have effects on my heart. So this lead to the decision that the risk isn't worth waiting on "wait and see". Again my implant is an allergan which has the highest risk.
So yes...discuss with surgeon and go from there.
My reasoning is if you bought a lotto ticket with only 1000 tickets sold, you'd consider you'd have a good chance of winning.
My discussions with my surgeon was my health risks if I did get the cancer as chemo did have effects on my heart. So this lead to the decision that the risk isn't worth waiting on "wait and see". Again my implant is an allergan which has the highest risk.
So yes...discuss with surgeon and go from there.