I finally had my implant removed from my arm tonight after 2 months of back and forth with GP's and the clinic :( for anyone who has one, make bloody sure you can feel it through your skin at all times and when you go to have it taken out, make sure you can show them exactly where it is!!
So I went to my GP to have it removed but he couldn't find it, fair enough I was then referred to a special clinic that take them out all the time after a scan. I had my appointment 2 weeks later.
They found the implant on the scan and made a big incision that needed 5 stitches in the end, but in the process of digging around in my arm for it with her fingers, the implant snapped and dug itself deep into My muscle around the other side of my arm I could feel it and it hurt but when I said I thought she'd pushed it further in and round my arm she said that wasn't possible...
She gave up trying to find it, stitched me up and said I'd have to have it removed under General anesthetic so she would write to my GP and explain...
A week later I get a phone call from the same doctor who said I should go back to the clinic a couple of weeks later to have it removed by her mentor, who was apparently more experienced
Anyway, fast forward to tonight and she scanned my arm again and couldn't find the pieces of implant, but I told her I could now feel them around my elbow... She scanned and there they were in the muscle around my elbow (GRIM).
The picture is where she was first digging around (the scar) vs where the pieces of implant finally came out of my arm (the dressing)
My arm is really swollen and sore and I now have 2 1 inch scars that I'll have for life...
I'm not sure how to feel about all this... It's bad right??
AIBU?
AIBU to think my arm was bloody mutilated??
plutoisnotaplanet · 23/08/2016 20:14
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