Me, too. When they tried to place stents for my cardiac blockages, I was "GLAD" they were not able to do so. The blockages were too bad to place the stents. I know that sounds crazy,... to be glad the stents could not be placed, but I am also one that does not want something implanted. I have been OK when they "removed" things, but don't want things put in.

I have been on medications for the past 7 years instead of stents. So far, so good.

And when they could not set some broken bones, they thought they would have to put pins in. They finally got the bones back in place after several attempts and I was able to avoid those pins, too.

I have been lucky so far to avoid any type of implanted items. I would like to keep it that way if possible. There may come a day when I will have to revise my thinking but for now, I just consider myself, lucky.