Can you feel it?!?

[massa36 2]

I have a quick question that is driving me crazy! Can you feel the lap band on the inside? What I mean is do u constantly feel it wrapped around your stomach, or only when you are eating? For instance like when laying down or switching positions would u feel the band move too, or does it just feel normal? I just don't want to constantly feel this "foreign object" moving around all the time.

Thanks for your time and I look forward to you replies!

[coltonwade 27]

No you can not feel it while your just sitting there or whlie your eating. At least i cant . SOme people say they can feel the food " pass through the band" when they have good restriction. But I cant and I have had restriction since my first fill.

you can however feel your port under your skin once you lose enough wait, But its not a big deal , it does not bother you . And If it does not bother me it should not bother anyone LOL im the kind of person that if i KNOW Something is there It will bug the PISS out of me . And once i could feel it I got use to it then ignored it really quickly .

HTH

Mindy

[GayleTX 1]

Nope, no feeling to the band at all. I'm assuming there are no nerve endings in the area where it lives. (kinda like brain surgery doesn't hurt - no nerve endings in the brain from what I hear:rolleyes2:).

[massa36 2]

Thanks guys! I'm like you Colton, if I feel it it would drive me crazy. Oh and Colton what band do you have, how many cc's and how much did they put in it? I need to tell my doctor this in hopes that I will only need 1 fill!

[coltonwade 27]

Thanks guys! I'm like you Colton, if I feel it it would drive me crazy. Oh and Colton what band do you have, how many cc's and how much did they put in it? I need to tell my doctor this in hopes that I will only need 1 fill!

If you go to a doc that lets YOU tell him what band you get , GO SOMEWHERE ELSE !!! The band should be decided by YOUR Anatomy , how larege /small you are on the inside . Not by what the patients dictates or by what the doc gets at a discounted price ! I know VERY FEW people who only have ONE Fill ! It just does not happen that often and the ones who have it are LUCKY !

So dont count on it. What is your reasoning for only wanting one fill ?

I have a 4cc band I have had 3 fills and 2 unfills .

I have 2.8 in my band . My first 2 fills i Had 1cc put in at a time. Then we discovered ( after the second) that i cant tolerate 1cc fills at a time. So i now get smaller fills. .5 or .25 ccs at at a time.

Just a piece of advice, your better of not going into this with pre convieced ideas of what YOUR going to be like. such as " I WILL only need one fill ,i WILL loose all my weight by such and such date " by doing that your not setting yourself up for failure .

Go into it with knowledge and expecting the band is a tool , positive attitude but dont Expect specific things that will or wont happen to you based on other peoples circumstances.

Just my 2 cents !

HTH

MIndy

Edited April 21, 2008 by coltonwade