My surgery is tentatively scheduled for March 29, 2005. I am getting nervous and I have so many questions. This website is awesome so many of my questions have been answered. But here are a few more:
1) I am worried about the gas and noises that bandsters talk about. At least once a week I present to a staff of 40 people. I can't imagine having my stomach making noises during my presentations. How loud are the noises? Is it easy for people around you to hear them? Over time, will the noises ever stop?
Well I have found the tighter your band is the more gurgeling your little pouch makes somedays is loader then others.
2) Do you always feel the device in your body?
The only thing I feel is my port and that is after losing 100# but it is not uncomfortable and does not hurt.
3) Is it a probelm to do rigorous exercise (not that I do any of it)? If you jump up and down can you damage something?
I do a 30 minute circuit training and it is all good.
4) Does it hurt when food passes from the small pouch to the larger part of the stomach? Never... you cannot feel the food pass through, The only thing i have ever felt is cold liquids passing through.
5) Do you regret having had the surgery? If so, why?
Thanks so much for your time;)
Never any regrets and I would do it all over again without hesitation.
The band is my forever friend and I cannot ever see being without it.. because my friend has changed my life...forever...