Have you ever had a metal plate in your body, then had it removed?

My grandfather had a metal rod kind of a thing.. He got it removed recently because his leg used to hurt a lot.. The doctor recommended him to get a metal rod which was very light, though he preferred without it.. :)

I dated a girl way back when I was in graduate school who had been in a car and was thrown something like a hundred yards out of the car. She broke her back and they put a rod in along her spine. By the time I knew her, they had taken it out. I assume that it had healed and for everything to work right and to have the proper flexibility that was the reason. I don't remember her saying anything about about wanting it out because of pain.

I have two screws in my tibia and a metal plate on my fibia from when i broke my ankle.I fractured botth bones and i dislocated the ankle the tibia came out of its joint in the ankle.I was told when i had the surgery that the metal would stay in for the rest of my life unless it caused me any trouble.My ankle still hurts every so often especially if i have used it a lot but some pain i normal when you have had a serios break.Though if you are in quite a lot of pain i would get a doctor to look at it as screws etc can cause problems and do in some cases need to be removed.If i was you and was worried that the metal in my leg was causing me pain i would speak to a doctor as i would worry what damage it was causing.