An Air Force pilot explains why she had her breast implants removed after years of illness. She couldn't afford explant surgery on a military budget, but a cancer diagnosis forced the decision. She urges others with implants to consider removal when they can.
The more and more I thought about it, I just felt this, like, really strong conviction to share it because I was like, I know this is going to help people. I just have to say this because I know people are going to wonder. I was sick in 2012, and people are going to ask, well, why didn't you get the breast explant sooner if you were in the health and wellness field? And so I just want to speak to that. That's kind of on my heart. I just feel like that's important because when I chose to share this on social media, I didn't know if I was going to share it. But the more and more I thought about it, I just felt this, like, a really strong conviction to share it because I was like, I know this is going to help people. And I know me being vulnerable, even though it felt really personal. I mean, I asked my husband. He was like, no, it aligns with everything you do. You're sharing your story, you're helping others. But I was like, oh, God, like, you know, I'm gonna announce that I'm getting my tits out when people don't even know I have implants because I'm pretty conservative. So I just want to share. The reason I did not get them out before is I always kind of knew about it. Like, this whole biotoxin thing and breast implants. We were living in the military on a military budget. We didn't have the funds to do an explant. Okay. Like, looking back, I'm like, I would have done anything. I would have taken out a lo. You know, I probably wish I could have gotten more creative to come up with a way to get them out. But I didn't get it out just because it was more of a life, you know, where we were at in life as an Air Force pilot and moving all around, and financially, it didn't make sense. So I wish that I got them out sooner. And getting cancer was really the. Kick yourself in the butt, get these things out. If you have the opportunity and the means to do it, do it asap. Even before having kids, do it between having kids. That would be my encouragement.
