Can you feel your band inside?

[Jennifer16005 26]

I was wondering if banded people feel the band inside....

Does it feel weird at first and you get use to it?

Thank you all very much. I have never been put to sleep and never had surgery so i was freaked out to have to feel something inside of me.

Thank you for all your replies!!

[Pink8671 1]

The band was my first time having surgery and being put to sleep. That was on 8/19/11!! The surgery is not that bad. I dont even remember it. When I woke up I was confused and unsure if it had been done already or if it was about to happen. I don't feel the band. Stomach soreness has just now subsided and I am exactly 1 Wk post. I just feel a small amount of discomfort in my abdomen but wouldn't call it pain anymore! I do feel the port also.

[54lose 0]

What was the pain with your hiatal hernia? I know mine with be repaired.

[highland 168]

I can't feel the port or the band and happy not to!

[JoanneD 8]

I don't feel anything except when I get a fill. Then the doctor really needs to poke at the port to get to it (I'm not very lucky that way) and when he's poking for the port, and moves it with the needle, I feel the band around my stomach. Feels a bit weird, but nothing more than that.

[certainlady 0]

Hi all,

I am at post op day eight and I am walking a mile in the morning since day 4 and feel pretty good except gas is not my friend .I also feel my port or at least Ithink .I t is in my upper abdomen just right of center and as the day goes on it becomes more swollen and sore is that normal ?It is the largest incision and it does burn a little at times. I feel like I strained it getting out of bed on my right side.:(KInda of worried