IronTina: Fear No Lesion

I skipped ahead in the timeline a bit from  my last post to save (many) people the agony of my life’s minutia…this is supposed to be a recap!   Summer 2018, a friend of mine added me to a Facebook group about Breast Implant Illness. It was around the time I started opening up about my MS diagnosis. I had a lot on my mind. I disregarded it at first but after a chance interaction with a woman one day in January 2019, I began to dig deeper.   Another long convoluted story... In July 2008, I had a breast augmentation for cosmetic reasons. I remember at one of the visits surrounding my surgery, the plastic surgeon told me that in ten years I would need to have the implants exchanged. Well, by March 2019, I was closing in on 11 years with those toxic bags of silicone fixed under my pectorals (chest muscles for those not as nerdy as myself). Anytime I mentioned random/weird symptoms to a physician wondering if there was a relationship to MS, I was m...

6.Oct.2019 marked four years since my “MS” diagnosis. Today, 3.Dec.2019, marks one year from the initial venoplasty that changed the course of my life. What a ride. I've been reflecting a lot lately. 6.Jan.2019 (my last blog post) I wrote about BIG changes I experienced after a procedure 3.Dec.2018.   I’m sad to admit it’s almost been A YEAR since the last post (and you might NOT be able to read them here anymore because my previous posts have disappeared or at least they do when i attempt to search on my desktop...). I can hear my social media manager saying "That’s not the way to keep anyone’s attention and get followers to your blog!!!" Wait, I don't have a social media manager! But, to make an excuse, I’ve been to HELL, literal HELL on Earth. To use St John of the Cross' term: The Dark Night of the Soul. Medically speaking, it wasn’t hospitalizations or near death experiences, but for me worse. Why? Because on the outside, ...