‘I felt like a ticking time bomb’: Woman, 37, claims breast implants were to blame for ovarian cysts and crippling migraines – saying she felt like she was ‘dying’ until they were removed
- Kellee Green, 37, from Ohio, says she blames breast implants for ovarian cysts
- Green claims enlargement operation in 2010 saw her health begin to deteriorate
- She went from a 32A to a 32D but began developing mysterious symptoms
- Alongside the cysts, she believes the cosmetic surgery op also sparked terrible headaches, nausea, vertigo and even endometriosis
- ‘Breast implant illness’ isn’t a proven condition but many women claim to have been plagued by ill health following a breast enlargement operation
A woman is claiming that having a breast enlargement operation directly led to a deterioration in her health.
Kellee Green, a 37-year-old general manager from Ohio, decided to have breast implants in 2010 after becoming insecure about her 32A breasts.
However, she now believes that her breasts were a ‘ticking time bomb’ after she developed a series of mystery illnesses in the years after the surgery.
Although there is no scientific evidence to link breast implants to health issues elsewhere in the body, many people say they’ve experienced ‘breast implant illness’, with some 50,000 women sharing their stories on a dedicated Facebook page.
The mother-of-one says she developed large ovarian cysts and was plagued by a variety of symptoms – but it’s only when a colleague’s wife told her about breast implant illness that she made the link.
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Kellee Green (pictured), 37, from Ohio, decided to have breast enlargement surgery in 2010 after being teased about her 32A breasts. However, she says the operation left her with ‘breast implant illness’, something which thousands of women around the world say they’ve experienced but that, as yet, there is no scientific evidence of
Following the operation, the mother-of-one says she began to suffer from serious health complications spanning over several years including migraine, ovarian cysts and nausea
Kellee made the decision to remove her implants in 2017, as she began to believe they had caused her mystery illnesses (pictured a few weeks after removing the implants)
She originally chose to go under the knife in 2010, transforming her slender physique with her new 32D breasts, something she says helped her to feel more womanly.
Five years later, in 2015, Kellee started having unexplained migraines up to five times a week. Her neurologist provided her with medication but this didn’t help and she developed crippling anxiety as a result.
In 2016, Kellee had a cyst removed from her ovary and after surgery she was diagnosed with endometriosis, which she believes is linked to breast implants. Since her diagnosis, Kellee has had three tennis ball sized cysts removed from her ovaries.
Her odd symptoms continued and in 2017 she became nauseous and developed vertigo, making the room spin uncontrollably. The numerous symptoms caused Kellee’s health to drastically decline in February 2019 and she ended up in hospital for three days, but her scans came back healthy.
Kellee saw a neurologist, gynecological doctor, psychologist and an auto-immune doctor multiple times, and mentioned her implants to them but no one could diagnose her. Fortunately, Kellee’s boss mentioned her sickness to another colleague who asked if she had breast implants because his wife had become ill as a result of her implants.
Kellee reached out to this woman and was told about breast implant illness and the countless side effects implants can cause. She immediately sought to have her toxic implants removed, with her surgery taking place on July 17, 2019.
The young woman before having her breasts done. Kellee was happy with her implants, but after five years, she started developing serious health conditions. Right, Kellee before her implants were removed with her son Bentley
‘Growing up, I was always the skinny girl and I hated it, I saw all the other girls fill out and I didn’t,’ said Kellee.
‘I got all of the skinny jokes. I was often told to go ‘eat a cheeseburger’ or people said to me, “if you turn sideways, you’ll disappear”. I knew if I got breasts implants, I would have a shape to my body and people could stop making fun of me.
‘I didn’t do much research into implants like I should have done. I just knew I wanted them. I was almost 30 and I wanted to look and feel like a woman.
‘After the surgery, I loved my 32D chest. I couldn’t have been happier with the results and I didn’t look like a little girl anymore. I wasn’t getting made fun of constantly for being a stick or a beanpole.
Pictured before having her breast implants removed. When her symptoms became more serious, Kellee said no doctor could find a cause as to why she was suffering with a range of illnesses
Out fishing after the removal op; Kellee said she already felt much better, nearly a month after the surgery
‘Things were great for a while, but after five years my anxiety and migraines started getting bad. I’ve always had headaches, so I just went to my neurologist and started new medication, but nothing seemed to work. It got to the point where I wouldn’t make plans, and if I did, I’d have to cancel last minute.
‘Three years ago, I had a cyst on my ovary, and I had surgery to remove it and I was diagnosed with endometriosis, which can be linked to breast implants. For three years, I’ve had surgery once a year to have huge tennis ball sized cysts removed so they wouldn’t rupture.
‘After that, I started getting nausea and vertigo. The room would spin, and I’d have to hold onto something to stop me falling.
Kellee’s implants after they were removed from her body in July 2017. Kellee said her health has been getting better ever since
Kellee with the surgeon who removed her implants (right). At the lowest point of her health trouble, Kellee could not got to work, walk or drive
‘I couldn’t go to work because I was too dizzy and weak to drive. I had a fever every day and the weird symptoms kept coming so I’d go to another doctor and get more bloodwork done but got no answers.
‘By February 2019, my body just crashed. It started as a cold that wouldn’t go away and I kept getting told it was viral so to wait it out. They took blood and my iron was dangerously low, so I was put on iron pills and my white blood count was also low.
‘After three weeks I ended up in the hospital with a migraine, dizziness and nausea and nothing was working so they admitted me for three days. I had bloodwork done and my iron was slowly coming up and everything else looked normal.
‘I was so dizzy; I was walking into walls. I had pain in my left breast, so they did a mammogram and ultrasound which both came back fine. I couldn’t work or drive due to the dizziness and complete brain fog. I was weak and my joints hurt so bad, and my arms, legs and feet went numb.
Following her surgery in July. Kellee heard about breast implant illness through a colleague, whose wife had gone through the same thing
Kellee as a young woman, before the implants. When the symptoms got more serious, Kellee cried to her father that she was thought she was dying
‘My gums started bleeding, my resting heart rate was 160bpm and I was having constant panic attacks and shortness of breath. Then my perfect vision started to blur, like I had sand in my eyes. All of this was happening, yet no one knew why.
‘I went to my family doctor, my neurologist, an auto immune doctor, a psychologist, and a gynaecological doctor, but no one could explain my symptoms. I brought up my implants to each of them and I was shut down because they’d never heard of breast implant illness.’
One of Kellee’s work colleagues had heard of breast implant illness as his wife had her implants removed due to the misunderstood condition.
This brought the condition to Kellee’s attention, and since having her implants removed, many of Kellee’s symptoms have gone or are improving by the day.
Kellee had assumed her implants were safe as they were saline, but she hopes to encourage others to do their research before making such a lifechanging decision.
‘My boss told one of our contractors that I was sick and unable to work, and he asked if I happened to have implants because his wife was sick and going through the same thing,’ said Kellee.
‘This led me to reach out to her in March. She led me to a group on Facebook which talked about breast implant illness and it has over 85,000 women going through the exact same thing.
What is Breast implant illness?
The term ‘breast implant illness’ is used by women who have gone breast augmentation surgery to describe a variety of symptoms including (but not limited to) fatigue, chest pain, hair loss, headaches, chills, photosensitivity, chronic pain, rash, body odor, anxiety, brain fog, sleep disturbance, depression, neurologic issues and hormonal issues that they feel are directly connected to their saline or silicone, textured or smooth breast implants.
The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery said that there was no proven link between silicon breast implants and illnesses.
There is currently no diagnostic that would prove that breast implants are indeed causing breast implant illness.
However, on social media, Facebook group counting as many as 50,000 members complained that their implants caused illness.
Source: American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
‘I was in complete shock that all of our stories seemed so similar and after comparing the many symptoms we all shared, I knew in my heart that it was my implants and they had to come out.
‘I could feel my health declining fast. I cried to my dad and told him I felt like I was dying. I wasn’t the mother I used to be, and it broke my heart for my son, Bentley.
‘My surgery was July 17, and I was ready to get my life back. I was terrified that removing them wouldn’t diminish my symptoms, however I feel like a new person already. I’ve noticed about 70 per cent of my symptoms have already gone.
‘I had no clue how toxic breast implants were. I didn’t know the saline ones that I chose had a silicone shell, and silicone has around 40 toxins which soak into your capsule, which goes into your body, leaving you sick and fighting for your life.
‘Before you make a drastic decision that will affect your health, do your research. Instead of changing your appearance, change the way you view yourself. Don’t risk your life for two toxic bags that are ticking time bombs sitting in your chest.’
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