@laurafhl
I would probably want it out, too. The only issue is paying for it. If you don’t have a medical complication or approved reason to remove according to your insurance company policy for your plan, they may say you need to pay for it yourself. When I had ruptured saline implants and breast implant illness symptoms, my insurance would not pay for removal but the surgeon was willing to do the surgery if I paid for it. It ended up costing me about $11k (in 2023) but a removal of a stimulator would be much more involved than my procedure and I would expect more expensive.

It sounds like you may have some scar tissue and nerve damage in the area of the implanted stimulator so not sure if this will improve or worsen with removal. You would want to weight the pros and cons of removal.

By the way, congratulations on your weight loss! I need to also lose 80 pounds. How did you do it and how long did it take you? Do you have a lot of loose skin from the weight loss?