when it comes off I will have 2 nice pieces of 1" by 1/4" stainless steel bar about 30" long.
Lucky dog. I had a steel rod put in my leg 30 years ago. It has to come out when they do the knee replacement.
I was already annoyed when I found out it was stainless steel instead of titanium. So, thirty years later I find out it's thinwall tubing with perforations along the side, not even a solid rod...