Should I have removed medical material used to fix a broken arm?

In order to fix two badly shattered bones in my arm, the surgeon put in ten screws and a plate to hold it together while it healed. A year later, my arm is knitted together, but the titanium screws and plate is still there. I can have it all removed, it’s an easier operation. But, it is an operation, and it will take six weeks again to heal (the other was longer, but much more serious, obviously). There is apparently nothing horrible about leaving the screws etc. there. However, I find I am mildly aware of it.
So my choice: leave it alone and know it’s there, or
remove it and recuperate and leave myself up to the slim chance of infection. But then it will be gone and my arm will be just my own bones.