Hi friends. I am having Explant and Reconstruction surgery on February 18th. Insurance is not cooperating with covering it with a properly skilled and qualified surgeon, but instead, one in network who even stated in my chart that she is not able to guarantee anything but “will try”. With a ruptured silicone implant it is critical the surgeon can perform an En Bloc procedure if possible, which means the implant comes out with the scar tissue capsule still surrounding it vs being opened inside then removed. It has been submitted to insurance for surgery now and I should have an answer early this week. If it’s a no, $11,000 is due in full by next Friday, which is 2 weeks before surgery. I have saved every penny I have been able to for a few years now, but am $4000 short of that. I’m terrified to keep these inside me a day longer than I have to, and Feb 18 needs to happen. Those who know me know some or all of my journey with autoimmunes and health problems, all since I switched from saline to silicone in 2017, due to a rupture. I’d had saline ones for 10 years. I was convinced the new silicone gummies are now safe, not knowing that none of them are safe. Saline or silicone. But a rupture is a whole different issue. I just need them out. I don’t want them replaced, five surgeries is enough for me. I’m having them removed along with the scar capsule, which is surely attached to my ribs in areas, hopefully minimally. I’m having another procedure similar to a lift - but not to lift. I have nothing to lift, that’s why I got implants to begin with. It’s a fold procedure, and instead of removing it like a lift, it is used to “create fullness”. We are hoping to just be able to make me not concaved or deformed badly. I’m just hoping for the best, I am in great hands with a very skilled plastic surgeon, who does these procedures weekly. He is very sought after and usually months (4-5) out for surgery, and fit me in in only 4 weeks because my rupture is “advanced” and I’m not doing well. Recovery will be long - 4 weeks. I will have drain tubes which I’ve never had so I’m pretty terrified to be honest. Worrying about the money on top of the normal worries I have with this surgery, while feeling like garbage and worrying what is actually inside me right now, is just too much. If you can donate anything towards the $4000 I am short, I would be so thankful! If insurance does miraculously pay, I will return any donations of course. I just need to come up with $4000 by Friday Feb 11th just in case I have to pay it, which is most likely. They have denied it already once. But it is possible!!

Thank you friends I really appreciate your help. I just want them out so I can get my health back. I’ve been sick since I got them in 2017. I’ve lost most of my hair and keep adding new autoimmunes, they have stolen my health. I’m ready to take it back!!

I will share everything about this journey on my FB page. Thanks for reading and supporting me. ❤️