Breathing for Boobies

Firstly, thank you for supporting me in this journey. I am so grateful to live the life that I do, as a single mother and solopreneur, by helping people heal themselves. I appreciate that my community supports me when there is an unexpected challenge - like now.

My younger self saw breast implants as a good choice. I thought it was a one and done surgery, that I would never have to redo or revise (I was not informed that these would require surgical maintenance every 10-15 years, nor of the possibility of breast implant illness, aka BII). It felt like a necessary step to feel good about myself and be found attractive. To be honest, I enjoyed them for many of the last 16 years and they felt like they were a part of me. But a few years ago that changed. I began to feel that one felt off - there was an inexplicable border that I could feel. I began to consider replacing them, but kept putting it off due to the expense. Separately, I also was dealing with autoimmune concerns (hashimotos, candida, low iron, hair loss, low energy). In January, I had the realization that they no longer felt like a part of me, were either the cause or exacerbating my health concerns, and decided on an explant surgery. Literally the next day, I found out that one was ruptured and leaking silicone. One month later, I confirmed the other was ruptured as well.

I am so grateful to have health insurance, but they only cover part of the surgery, and I have a deductible. Plus my surgeon does not accept insurance, so I am going "out of network." However, she is considered the explant specialist of Colorado, so I am confident in her skills and expertise with BII (I had one surgeon tell me BII hasn't been proven but, if I believe they are making me sick, than removing them should help, but wouldn't guarantee the removal of all affected tissue). Rather than go into debt, I'd like to offer this unique community experience to help me raise money and have a fun time together doing it. The funds raised will help cover my surgery costs and lost income during my two weeks of recovery.

Firstly, thank you for supporting me in this journey. I am so grateful to live the life that I do, as a single mother and solopreneur, by helping people heal themselves. I appreciate that my community supports me when there is an unexpected challenge - like now.

My younger self saw breast implants as a good choice. I thought it was a one and done surgery, that I would never have to redo or revise (I was not informed that these would require surgical maintenance every 10-15 years nor, of the possibility of breast implant illness, aka BII). I thought it was a necessary step to feel good about myself and be found attractive. To be honest, I enjoyed them for many of the last 16 years and they felt like they were a part of me. But a few years ago that changed. I began to feel that one felt off - there was an inexplicable border that had appeared. I began to consider replacing them, but kept putting it off due to the expense. Separately, I also was dealing with autoimmune concerns (hashimotos, candida, low iron, hair loss, low energy). In January, I had the realization that they no longer felt like a part of me, were a likely culprit with my health concerns, and decided on an explant surgery. Literally the next day, I found out that one was ruptured and leaking silicone. One month later, I confirmed the other was ruptured as well.

I am so grateful to have health insurance, but they only cover part of the surgery, and I have a deductible. Plus my surgeon does not accept insurance, so I am going "out of network." However, she is considered the explant specialist of Colorado, so I am confident in her skills and expertise with BII (I had one surgeon tell me BII hasn't been proven but, if I believe they are making me sick, than removing them should help). Rather than go into debt, I'd like to offer this unique community experience to help me raise money and have a fun time together doing it. The funds raised will help cover my surgery costs and expenses during my two weeks of recovery.