LINDA G.
I AM A 38 YEAR OLD WOMEN THAT WAS FINALLY DIAGNOSTED PROPERLY WITH POLANDS SYNDROME WHEN I WENT TO A PLASTIC SURGEON TO CORRECT MY PROBLEM. MY MOTHER TOLD ME WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG THAT I WAS MISSING MY PECTORALIS MAJOR ON THE RIGHT SIDE. SHE TOLD ME THIS SIMPLE INFORMATION WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO TELL MY HUSBAND WHEN I GOT MARRIED. ALL I SAID WAS "I KNOW" I GUESS THAT I ALREADY KNEW I WAS DIFFERENT BUT THAT WAS BEFORE I STARTED TO DEVELOP. WHEN I WAS 13 MY MOTHER TOOK ME TO A PLASTIC SURGEON TO TALK ABOUT AN IMPLANT. I WAS EXAMINED AND FITTED. ON THE RIDE HOME WITH MY MOTHER SHE ASKED ME, "WHAT DO YOU THINK?" I REPLIED THAT GOD MADE ME THE WAY THAT I AM FOR A REASON AND THAT I COULD DEAL WITH IT. AT THAT TIME IMPLANTS WERE VERY CONTRAVERSIAL AND WITH HEALTH RISKS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT I WAS A VERY ATHLETIC GIRL. MY SPORT OF ALL THINGS WAS SPRING BOARD DIVING, YOU KNOW,...BATHING SUITS AND ALL... IT WAS TRYING AND PAINFUL AT TIMES LIKE WHEN OUR TEAM SUIT WAS CHOSEN. I DID NOT FEEL THAT IT HID MY PROBLEM VERY WELL.(MY CASE IS NOT SEVERE COMPAIRED TO PICTURES I'VE SEEN, BUT IT IS NOTICABLE) I MADE IT THROUGH AND DID NOT LET MY PROBLEM STOP ME FROM EXCELLING. I WENT ON TO COMPETE AT THE STATE LEVEL IN HIGH SCHOOL. I HAVE BEEN MARRIED AND PRODUCED 3 BEAUTIFUL KIDS. I HAVE BEEN DIVORCED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND HAVE DATED SERIOUSLY FROM TIME TO TIME. THE REASON I MENTION THIS IS THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE NO PROBLEM WHEN AT THE RIGHT TIME I TELL THE INDIVIDUAL I'M DATING MY CIRCUMSTANCE. THEY LOVE ME FOR WHO I AM. THEY EVEN SAY THAT I'M BEAUTIFUL! SOMTIMES THAT'S SO HARD TO BELIEVE. HAVING THIS AND TRUSTING GOD FOR MY STRENGHT HAS MADE ME STRONGER. BUT AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING DONE. I WENT TO SEE A SURGEON 6 YEARS AGO WHO SAID IT WOULD BE A JOY TO CORRECT MY PROBLEM AS OPPOSED TO THOSE WOMEN WHO COME IN FOR AUGMENTATION. I STILL HAVE NOT HAD ANYTHING DONE BUT HOPE TO IN THE NEAR FUTURE. I HOPE THIS HAS HELPED IN SOME WAY. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR DAUGHTER! LINDA