If you don't mind me asking what where yor symptoms of the rod being rejected? I think I might be going through be same thing. And what was it made of? Any help would be great!
Kat,
I just had my rod removed from my left tibia after two years of my body rejecting it and a total of four surgeries. Just had it removed on August 10th and on day one I was able to walk but just a little. I am so glad it's gone - no more hardware!! I hope this gives you and your husband encouragement to get his removed.
If the rod is displaced and causing problems then rod removal is an option.
But before anything he has to go for diagnosis by an X-ray/MRI to find out about the present position of the rod and correlating clinically with the orthopaedician and taking the best course of action. Take care!