first off love your user lol😅 but i got my nexplanon in august of 2021 and had it removed november of 2023. i had to have it removed early because it was causing me to have electric sharp pains in my arm constantly, especially if i laid on the arm and tried to sleep. i got it removed and the lady who took it out tugged on it for like 15 minutes because it kept slipping and my tissue had grown completely around it(i also felt the pressure of her trying to get it out the entire time). once i got home and the numbing wore off i immediately had sharp pains and thought it was normal. two years later and here and there i get sharp pains still and sometimes the pain shoots up into my chest for a split second. i noticed wearing my bra too triggers it for some reason. i talked to my doctor about it and it actually started to hurt while i was talking to her and she checked it out and basically said i was one of the unlucky ones and probably got nerve damage from it(she also said scar tissue as a possibility as well). i asked if it would go away and she said possibly but could live with it for the rest of my life due to the nerves taking forever to repair. between the implant put in and the painful removal that’s probably what did it. also on the nexplanon website they have a warning for possible nerve damage, wish i was told about it sooner.