Do you ever feel normal?

conniecash · February 20, 2007

I have been going back and forth with this surgery for almost a year. I have been reading alot on this site and it is very helpful. I was wondering if after a while if you always feel the band or if you ever just feel normal again? Can you tell you have a band at all times? Can you feel the port?

girlinnyc · February 20, 2007

I have been going back and forth with this surgery for almost a year. I have been reading alot on this site and it is very helpful. I was wondering if after a while if you always feel the band or if you ever just feel normal again? Can you tell you have a band at all times? Can you feel the port?

only 2 mos after surgery--i feel COMPLETELY NORMAL--like i never even HAD surgery--getting my first fill today!

and no, can't feel my port--will see if the dr. can feel it! i got a "low-profile" port--so i'm sure that is why i can't feel it.

anyway, very pleased that i feel so normal--but wanting to feel restriction again, as i was happily NOT HUNGRY, but filled up on very little. that is what i'm hoping for with fills!

so far, so good--like my band.

lisah25 · February 20, 2007

I have been going back and forth with this surgery for almost a year. I have been reading alot on this site and it is very helpful. I was wondering if after a while if you always feel the band or if you ever just feel normal again? Can you tell you have a band at all times? Can you feel the port?

Interesting question. I guess my best answer is that I have a new "normal". By that I mean that I'm not feeling like I did before the band, and that's fine. I've gotten used to having my band, and it's become second nature most of the time. For example, when we go out, I find I look for menu options that are healthy, and that would make good leftovers as I can't eat a full restuarant meal.

I don't feel the band itself, just the effects if I don't chew well or make a bad choice. The port, I can feel from the outside, and a twinge now and then if I bend a certain way.

marys · February 20, 2007

I felt a little strange after surgery for awhile - like, what have I done and what the heck is in me. That passed pretty quickly and I do feel normal. I can feel my port sometimes but it isn't noticeable and mostly i don't thinik about it. The other day it felt 'bigger' than normal and it felt hard when I touched it but that seems to be gone. Sometimes if I sleep on it 'wrong' I may feel it but it's never lasting or really painful.

Jachut · February 20, 2007

Hmmmm, day to day do I feel normal? No, not really. My head hasnt caught up with the weight loss, but when I catch a glimpse of myself or see a photo I think HOLY COW! I LOOK COMPLETELY NORMAL. That's the most awesome feeling in the world.

I cant feel my band and I can eat almost everything, but I always am aware when I'm eating. You get used to it though, its not horrible to live like that, it makes me feel in control and reminds me taht I've come from a place I am NEVER going back to. It makes me motivated and keeps me focussed.

The times when I've felt frustrated because I just want to stuff my face and not have to eat slowly and carefully are very very few and far between. I dont need that satisfaction any more and when I really feel I do, there are things I can eat around my band (like cookies). I didnt do it for months and months and months after I was banded, now occasionally I do eat five or six in a sitting, but these days more and more I think its just not worth it. I've lost the desire. So I feel more *normal* in that way.

It IS a different way of living but its a better way.

DerickM · February 21, 2007

Lol considering that Just got banded yesterday I look and feel like just got into a knife fight. I expect to feel normal after a month at the latest, the port is the most annoying thing for me right now.