Miserable

As the others say, whatever the cause, you need to see your doctor and find out what the problem is and get it sorted. 

I have signed up for insurance thru ACA and the plan I chose does cover revision and there is a great program nearby that accepts the insurance plan I chose. So now to just get it done... Being without insurance for 3 years has been scary!

Awesome news. Glad to hear it!!

I know what you're talking about and I'm sorry you're experiencing this. 

I had my band done about the same time you did, but had to have it removed when I almost died from complications caused by it. 
NEVER felt healthy while banded... it was the most painful experience. I have spoken with many people who complain of the same thing you are going through... lethargy, stomach pain, malaise, and just generally feeling of being unwell.  I've also been noticing people developing Bell's Palsy with the band lately. The nerves that get affected from the band's presence control so many different areas of the body. 

I'd advise that you do whatever is necessary to get the band removed before it gets worse. A human body just isn't meant to have this device in it, in my opinion. It causes complications I never would have dreamed of before banding. Is there any way to get a medical loan or a personal loan?  If worse comes to worst, I think I'd go the emergency route, personally. If you're feeling so horrible now, just imagine how much worse it might get. Your health is so incredibly important. I took it for granted before banding. Now I am paying for my ignorance every day. I thought if I had band problems, I'd just "have it removed." That is the worst mistake I ever made. 

Best of luck to you, Bubbles. I wish you the very best and hope you can find a solution.

edited to add: I just saw your latest post... that's good news.

Nic, how long did you have it in and what if any has been long term complications? Did you revise to something else?

I had my band for a little over 2 years. In that time, I had one "corrective" surgery to fix a twisted stomach. Unfortunately, it did nothing to alleviate the damage done to my Vagus nerves, so I still had unrelenting referred left shoulder pain morning, noon, and night. 

I finally had the band removed when I could no longer even lift my head up from the bed, I was so weak. (And my original surgeon was still telling me it was "in my head" at that point.)   I did not revise to any other WLS. The surgeon who did my band removal said there was a lot of damage and if I started gaining weight again, he would do the sleeve for me at some point in the future. I ultimately decided against revision because I still have so many lingering health problems caused by the band. A short list: gastritis developed while banded, ulcers, hiatal hernia, esophageal damage, diaphragmatic damage, Vagus nerve damage. I had none of this before banding.  I have spent more money trying to get well from the horrible effects OF banding than I would have had I just stayed fat!  

My port site hurt all the time.  When they went to remove it, they found the port incased in a pseudo capsule of scare tissue.  The capsule had attached to my innards and pulled ever time I moved.  All heavy lifting hurt like Hades.  I am so glad that port is gone.

Bubbles, ignore the people who want to place the blame on you. They have to do that so that they can keep believing that their bands won't cause them harm. 

Nic, don't think people are blaming her. Just trying to make sense if it. I tried to answer but then found that her old posts are contradictory and as soon as someone suggests this, she edits her comments. Hard to offer support when you aren't sure what you are supposed to be supporting?  First she says "it was my fault as I lacked discipline" (paraphrase, not got words in front of me. Then she said that she had always followed the rules. (Then she deleted that). She said she had an erosion three years ago. Then she says she was checked three years ago and nothing was wrong except a small ulcer.

everyone who has responded to her has accepted she has a problem and told her to see her doctor. No-one has said it is her fault  (except her!). 

I wasn't talking about you, Kate.

I noticed that another poster (whose username begins with a C) in a semi-literate way mentioned how Bubble's "none compliance" (sic) might have attributed to the band's failure. (But she has me blocked, so she wouldn't see anything I have to say, anyway.)  

I do think it's a knee jerk mechanism that some people have. When they see a band failure, they have to believe that the patient did something "wrong" because otherwise it means that it could happen to them, too. When, in reality, Bubble's band has simply reached the end of its shelf life, as most do. She's having pain from having the band inside her body for a decade. That, in and of itself, is scary enough. She has to face the prospect of another surgery and the possibility of regaining weight as well as a host of other possible problems that they won't know about until band removal.

It's been about a decade now that I've been watching people place blame on the bandster instead of the band where it belongs. It still gets under my skin, I suppose, because I remember how crappy it felt being blamed for something I had no control over.  Bubble's title of her thread is "Miserable."  She is miserable and has been for 4 long years. No matter what she did or didn't do, it doesn't change the fact that today, right now, she's in pain and miserable. I feel bad for her. I feel even worse when I think she might be recounting every single thing she's ever done that "might have" somehow attributed to the complications she's having. It's a heavy burden. 

Take care. Hope you're well. 

Nic