Shauna Cancerous Silicone Injection Recovery Fund

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I hope sharing my journey will STOP another individual from making the same mistake I made!

I’ve advocated against undergoing butt injections or butt shots. I’ve said it on E! Botched, Atlanta’s hit radio station streets 94.5, with my girl Jazzy Mcbee and even joined forces supporting my girlfriends K Michelle, Anivia Cruz and Janelle Butler on their silicone journeys. Being emancipated as a teenager and considered an adult. While also being a transexual woman of color growing up in the era that I was transitioning in. There weren't any American doctors offering board-certified medical procedures for gender dysphoria patients. There were no BBL’s or fat transfers available for us then. It led me to an individual known for ‘pumping’ who injected foreign material into my hips at the tender age of 16. I did not know what it was, nor was I even sure if it was 100% medical grade silicone unlike many other people’s immediate bad experiences. I had only minor redness and itching but NO significant complications until over a decade after it was injected.

Right before COVID in 2019, I found myself unable to work & even walk at times. I had the feelings of like a pinched nerve in my knees & ankles, that prevented me from walking, wearing heels or standing on my feet or sitting down. Not knowing then that the silicone was slowly migrating, I started suffering from extreme hip pain, nightly insomnia, headaches, nausea, lethargic moods swing, severe mood swings and massive major depression. It remains itching, has discoloration and indentations. Enduring these uncontrollable complications, I found myself hospitalized fighting an unknown bacterial infection in my blood. Later realizing it was the silicone. Hospitalized for a week, fighting for my life. I underwent many test and then finally two MRI’s. That showcased the now cancerous foreign substance has developed granulomas and firm scar tissue in me, around the injected silicone tissue of my hips. When I had this procedure done, it wasn’t because I didn’t love myself or because I couldn’t afford it. I did it because of the lack of known resources available to me at that time that aligned with my gender dysphoria. I entrusted a white elder transwoman that was helping me. Or so I thought. I was SO young, vulnerable, naive and didn’t do my own research prior nor did I even know the ramifications of having it done.

Since Instagram 'mistakenly' erroneously disabled my account in 2020 for almost two years. I lost my employment and housing while simultaneously privately battling with my health. My 1st surgery is on October 10th, but my biggest fear is the removal will cause healing infections. Subsequently, I may have to be put on IV to stabilize my blood pressure or receive blood transfusions. Which we know can lead to tissue-forming necrosis, which causes the skin to turn black. Resulting in another immediate surgery. However, I’ll be chronicling my journey on my platforms. I ask you to keep me in your prayers and if you can offer any assistance on my path to recovery, physical therapy, reconstruction and revision. I'll be forever grateful. Your controbutions will directly help me.

I truly hope people are wiser and do not make the major mistake I made to achieve their aesthetic vision, and if this saves just one person from changing their decision by receiving my message. Thank You!

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