Can you feel it

[DOVES]

I was wondering if any of you who have a band can feel it??? I imagine I will feel the port but are you aware of the band?

Thanks

 

[j.u.s.t.l.i.z.]

nope i cant feel the band just the port, the odd time u can only feel the food passing thro the band, but cant feel the band itself x

 

[baby jayne]

I agree can't feel band or port but am bigger than Liz so port has a few layers of padding on mine!!

 

[babyflower]

I could feel port - even at my biggest it stuck out. I could also feel my band - but then again it wasn't done right so that could be the reason for that - I felt the band pinching me whenever they tried to give me a fill...

 

[serenitylove]

i can feel my port especially when i lean over bed and i catches on my rib lol only time i feel my band is when having a fill i can feel the cold fluid going in and it sort of quickly snakes round bizarre feeling other than that no

 

[Mynewlife]

Hiya

like the others, I can feel my port, but generally cannot feel the band. The only time I feel anything, is like Serenity when you have the band adjusted. Twice I have had my defilled first to check the fluid level (make sure the band isnt leaking), and then refilled, and the sensation is very "weird", not painfull or anything, it just feels a bit "alien".
regards

MNL

 

[thinkbethin]

I can feel my port but not my band. I have'nt had a fill yet so will let you know when I do lol.

 

[j.u.s.t.l.i.z.]

do u mean feel it internally or with ya finger tips on the surface of the skin ?

 

[DOVES]

I guess I thought I would feel the band internally and the port with my fingers.

Thanks for the replies

 

[Red 42]

I can feel what I expect is the port but also thought I could feel the band, but after speaking with the Bariatric Nurse yesterday she said it wouldn't be the band as it is tucked away underneath the liver, that it would be scar tissue which in time will soften up (feels quite firm & lumpy)

not had a fill yet so not sure how that will feel.

 

[alliecat]

I can't feel the band, but as Liz says, I also can feel food passing through sometimes. I can feel the port under my skin, more so as I lose more weight. Because i sleep on my tummy I am often aware of the port at night - not being sore or anything, just being there.