Implant removal at home

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Please help me! I don’t even have any kids or want any anytime soon but I didn’t know where else to post. My GP agreed to let me have my implant out, I’ve had it in 9 years since the age of 14 and have complained about awful mood swings to my GP in this time and he says it’s teenage hormones. I want this implant out so I can figure out if that’s what’s causing it, and because I don’t like the idea of having synthetic hormones in my body for such a long time from a young age.

I was finally booked in for removal today but the nurse can’t find it properly. She could feel it partially but not enough to want to remove it so I’ve been referred elsewhere for an ultrasound but she warned it will take ages as they like to do multiple people in bulk.
I got in the car and had to pull over and cry because I just feel so trapped with something in my body that I don’t want!! I looked at the sexual health clinic near me for appointments but there isn’t one till 20th November. I’ve got home and tried to remove it myself but I can’t see it and I really don’t know what to do. Has anyone removed an implant at home and has any advice ????

No. Don’t do it. If a medical professional can’t do it then a complete amateur certainly can’t. Wait.

I want it out of my body

Is it the same one you've had for 9 years or different ones?

If you haven't had it replaced it will have no hormones left.

I’ve had it replaced.

You want it out but you need the scan. You’d have to be deranged to try and dig it out yourself.

Thanks for that really helpful comment. Appreciated

No, absolutely not. If the nurse can't find it, it's possible it could have moved or even be partly embedded. You need to wait for proper medical care to resolve this. You could injure yourself really seriously if you try it at home. I'm not being unsympathetic, I had a Mirena & a copper coil, neither worked out well for me.

Go back to the doctor & push for it to be resolved ASAP.

If you really can’t see that this is a bad idea then I suggest you see your GP about your disordered thinking. It would be completely irrational to do this to yourself.

I never said I thought it was a good idea, if you have nothing constructive to say then don’t post on my thread

You can’t tell people not to post. MN doesn’t work like that. You know it’s a bad idea so don’t risk it.

Of course you can't take it out yourself as it involves cutting the skin open. You will just have to wait

ok - try not to panic.... at my last replacement the nurse couldn't get to it after trying for ages (made the incision etc)... I was referred to the hospital for removal under ultrasound which sounds like what they have said to you.

When I got to the hospital it was so quick and easy - the lady there (think she was a doc?) said she'd have a look before worrying about the ultrasound, found it easily and removed with no probs - was also in and out with no waiting around!

NO DO NOT.

If she can't find it then it may be partially embedded in your muscle or scar tissue and you could disfigure yourself.

It took them 45mins of poking around and two incisions to get mine out but now it's fine.

DO NOT ATTEMPT A SELF REMOVAL YOU COULD SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILL YOURSELF.

And don't even get me started on if you give yourself an infection. If you feel this stressed and it's causing psychological distress so you want to try and hurt yourself it may be worth you going to A&E and telling them. They may remove it for you, though that is a last resort.

Well suggesting digging it out yourself is one of the least constructive things to say.

Go private if you can’t wait for your appointment if you can afford it.

Otherwise, calm the fuck down, a few more weeks won’t make any odds.

You have had one in for 9 years can you not wait a couple more months? If you are really distressed by it you need to go back to your gp and explain how you are feeling.

This isn't real. Nobody's that stupid.

Ok, I can understand you feel desperate and overwhelmed at the minute. Just try to relax. A few more weeks ain't going to make much difference.

I removed mine. Years ago, in what I can only describe as a moment of absolute madness. It's left a messy scar and I seriously wouldn't recommend it. Mine was quite close under the skin and easily found, even so I was very lucky because it could have gone terribly wrong. Please don't do it, wait for a scan and have it done properly, it's not worth the damage you could do to yourself!

yeah go ahead and get a stanley knife and cut it out, i mean what could possibly go wrong