Sound familiar???

The Signs and Symptoms of Silicone Immune Toxicity Syndrome:

Peripheral Neuropathy (weakness, tingling, numbness in extremities, etc.)
Central Neurotoxic Neuropathy (cognitive difficulties, memory problems, fogged thinking)
Anxiety
Cervical and axillary enlarged or painful lymph nodes
Fibromyalgia (multiple tender areas)
Myositis (painful inflamed muscles)
Fatigue
Night sweats
Hair loss
Abdominal pain
Pulmonary hypersensitivity (shortness of breath, etc.)
Emotional instability
Joint and tendon pain
Possible Chemical Sensitivities and/or Food and inhalant sensitivities
Other autoimmune disorders, including rheumatoid arthritis and Sjogren’s syndrome, scleroderma, multiple sclerosis, etc.

In silicone immune toxicity syndrome, the body produces antibodies against the complex that forms when silicon attaches to protein molecules in various organs, resulting in an autoimmune response.

There you go.  I know this is one of the wonderful things that has happened to me because I tested positive for elevated silicon a full five months AFTER the Mirena was removed (I can't even imagine what the levels were when it was still in my body or soon after removal).  I also have almost all of these symptoms at various times...and that is 17 months after removal.

I have heard from a woman in Quebec who had her silicon level checked, and they called her in to redo it because they thought that something must have gone wrong with the test (because the number was so high).  The number should be between 0-10 to be in the normal range.  Hers--and yes she took the blood test again only to confirm it-- was 110.4!

Sad, sad, sad.  It's worth checking out, ladies.