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I know I know, this is a really awkward question but...

Can you feel the port under your skin?

I mean... Like, a little hard spot?

If you get skinny does it stick out????

Sorry to ask, but I felt sheepish asking the rep 'cause she's kinda...zealous and I didn't wanna offend her......:confused:

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Oh... and how big is it? It's hard to tell from the pictures.

And how long does it take for the scars to go away....?

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It is about the size of a quarter under your skin. I really didn't feel mine alot when I was big, I am smaller now and I can feel it. It doesn't ever bother me. My scars are barely noticiable a year later, I didn't pay attention to how long it took though.

It does peek out sometimes but not much and nothing major!

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Thanks for the info... that's gonna take some getting used to.... I'm squeamish by nature..... really squeamish.

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I thought you were gonna ask some deep, personal...maybe sexual question....LMAO

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I was also worried that I would obsess about it. But I don't even think about it. I can feel it when I lay down. It really is not a big deal. Good Luck

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Can't see it, but if I lay down and like Chickie (feel myself up) I can feel it............. :) DF can not feel it or see it either......... maybe when I get further down the scale I might be able to see it, but I will then just get it changed out to a low profile version..........

NOT A BIG DEAL at all!

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I have the lowprofile mini port because although I was 100 pounds overweight I wasn't that big in the stomach area and I have the small band. You have to really work and push in and have me put my hands above my head while lying down to try to feel mine. If you have a concern about it sticking out because I do have a friend that is banded and she is skinny minny now and you can see hers, have the lowprofile mini put in.

Use Vitamin E oil, you can get it at Walmart for your scars. I had 3rd degree burns over 33 % of my body, from thighs down and you can't hardly tell I was burnt and my plastic surgeon had me to use this for over a year after the explosion. It really works.

Good luck and you will love your band. I wouldn't take a farm out West for mine, lol.

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I'M BANDED!!!

Dr. Rumbaut is amazing! He even arranged for one of his doctor friends to drop my mom off and pick her up so she could get inner and not have to eat hospital food.< /p>

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I have a friend that had her lap band done almost 2 yrs ago, she is down 90 lbs. and yes you can feel her port and it does stick out a little nothing major though. I cant wait to go in for my lap band on august 24th.

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I too have the low profile port, and my fill Dr. was shocked at how deep mine was placed. I have lost 100 pounds, and if I lay on my back I can feel a firmness where it is at, but nothing distinguishable.

I do have to be a little cautious if I am lifting something against myself (I noticed it when bucking 80 lb. bales of hay)--I feel pressure when it is pushed on while the muscle it is sewn into is flexed.

And since everyone expected this thread to be about this....occasionally in certain sexual positions I feel pressure on my port, but it is not painful...and we just move!

I don't think my port will ever protrude regardless how thin I were to ever get....

Kat

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