I agree with you Kismit, to an extent. If you are going to study anything in a control situation, then you first have to try and identify what you are controlling. To say that the implant may react differently in the body may in all actuality be correct, but you cannot even do control testing, until she or anyone in this situation knows that there is some type of created foreign body there. I am all for controlled testing while intact, but that cannot be done until it is authenticated.
Shady........ If you really want to know, then go to your doctor. If you have any kind of insurance then you tell him/her that you have a lump under your skin that causes you distress. They should then in turn take X-rays, and if it cannot be identified, they can then proceed to give you what is called an MRI, which should give someone a pretty good idea what you have going on in there. Depending on your insurance, you should pay just a nominal fee. Much better than having to pay the entire amount. But, either way, if you want to know, then you would find a way to pay for it, with or without the insurance.
And please, spare me the 'getting too personal' act. I often hear that when the line of questioning gets too rational, and the person being thrown the questions wants to defend, rather than get to any sort of truth. You see, this has all been done before. I have had my go at quite a few people far up on the food chain of 'abductees', and I pay no attention to them when they are busy rationalizing things that could easily be explained.
Reese