I don't have any answers but just wanted to say I sympathize. I get random ab spasms from exercise sometimes - really started after my tummy tuck a few years ago. They are the worst! I really hope you can find some relief. 

I had my band removed and revised to a VSG last week. Up until my revisions surgery, I didn't know that this constant pain was caused by the band and I never heard about anyone else with it until just before my revision. I did actually meet a couple of people on a facebook support group who described something similar. So, I wanted to post in case knowing helps someone else because it sure would have been nice to know for me!

I was banded in March 2010 and a small hiatal hernia was repaired along with my band being placed. While healing from the surgery, long after everything else felt fine, I had pain in my left side. It's basically in my left ribcage area, just below my breast. My band surgeon told me I was probably feeling the hernia repair and it would go away in time. It never did.

For 3 years I complained of this pain to my band surgeon and several primary care doctors. No one really seemed to care and I didn't have the money to just go to more doctors and try to find out what it was. It made sense that it had to do with the hernia repair and I just figured I'd have to live with it. Plus, it wasn't bad all the time, only sometimes. So I stopped complaining about it and just lived with it. 

I noticed it would be rather sharp after I ate or drank and then particularly if I took a deep breath. It would also show up at random times whether I was resting, exercising, or doing normal daily stuff and I never could figure out a real pattern. 

When I asked my revision surgeon to look at the hernia repair and see if there was something causing this pain, he told me it was probably the band. After surgery, I learned that a) my hernia repair was flawless and there was nothing out of the ordinary in that area and b) that my band itself had been pushing up against my left lung. 

Since the band removal and revision (now 8 days) I have not felt this pain once. I believe it is gone, along with my band. I wish I had known sooner. 

I'm so glad to hear of your success and that it's lasted long term! I was here 5 years ago and remember you. I was successful with my band for a couple of years before the issues started and I finally revised to a sleeve just last week. 

Best of lucky for many more years of great banding! 

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