A short conversational excerpt from a YouTube video in which a patient describes postpartum-like symptoms (fatigue, brain fog), persistent nerve pain in neck and back, self-care attempts (cold plunges), and anticipation of explant surgery. The speaker reports realizing additional Breast Implant Illness (BII) symptoms after discussing with a clinician and feeling improved after explant.
My brain. I was like, oh, this is postpartum. My hormones are tanked. I'm fatigued. I have brain fog. But then I started getting a lot of nerve problems up my neck and my back and everything I could do, like, it would not go away. I was getting in the ice. I was doing cold plunge. I was doing all of the things, and I just felt like nothing was improving. And I had already talked to you around this time, and I knew that we were doing surgery, but it was, you know, eight months out, and. And so it was just getting to the point of having my explant. And I knew that I would feel better, which I have. But I also think a lot of the BII symptoms I didn't even realize I had until I came to you and I had a conversation with you. Yeah, I think it's challenging. So we should inventory them.
