I just started feeling my port in the past few days as the first time I felt it I got nauseous! Lol. Now I find myself still getting grosses out but interested in feeling it! How did you react when you felt your port for the first time? This is so weird! Haha

I have felt mine since day one and that worries me because I am afraid it will be right at the surface when I lose all my weight! How deep do you have to press to feel yours? I can feel mine just lightly rubbing my hands over where it is

Mine is pretty deep in there, I feel tenderness but not much else. I am excited for when I really can feel it because that will mean the layers of FAT are dissapearing...LOL!

Mine was pretty deep when i started this journey but now it sticks out.

I have felt mine since day one and that worries me because I am afraid it will be right at the surface when I lose all my weight! How deep do you have to press to feel yours? I can feel mine just lightly rubbing my hands over where it is

I have to press sort of deep, but I'm laying on my back now and I don't have to press as hard. I find my hands constantly over that area!! It's probably a bad habit but I'm still in denial that I can have the band! Haha

I could barley feel mine when I was first banded, but now you can see it. My hubby says he can feel it all the time....

I could feel mine from the very first day. I lost over 100 pounds and there is no difference on how far it sticks out.

I live in Utah, I don't believe it is legal to feel your own port...

I couldn't feel mine at all at first, so when I finally lost enough stomach fat to feel it I was actually pretty excited.

...my kids weren't nearly as enthusiastic when I ran through the house squealing "wanna feel my port?"

I also felt mine from day 1 and I'm the freak that goes to the people I know "go ahead, you know you want to touch it". Hey, we all have out issues! :-)

Haha I told my bf, sister, and father to feel it because I was excited and they were all grosses out at the thought!! Haha wry funny! Thanks for sharing your stories!

I have been able to feel mine since day one and at first it freaked me out as it was two days post op and feeling rather poorly, really wondering if I had made the right decision. I am happy with my decision however there are some days when I feel totally in control and others when I do not .

I can feel mine and I too find myself feeling of it often. I guess it is because you have a foreign object in there and it is a little wierd feeling. Just glad to have the band and port.

I have been able to feel mine since day one and at first it freaked me out as it was two days post op and feeling rather poorly, really wondering if I had made the right decision. I am happy with my decision however there are some days when I feel totally in control and others when I do not .

I feel the same way (with being in control and not in control). This is a wild process! I have days where I feel amazing and powerful and other days when I feel totally bummed out and slowing losing motivation. I have days where I'm happy and days where I'm extremely irritable. Days when I'm starving and days where I'm okay. In the end, I am so happy about my decision to get banded and wouldn't have changed a thing!

Good luck to you! Keep your head up, this is a learning process! Everything will eventually fall into place for you!

My doctor told me to feel it when I went in for my first post op visit. Until then I hadn't really tried because I am a big baby and was afraid. I could feel it right away without pushing down. Of course I got woozy the first time and it took me a bit before I felt it again but now I find myself feeling it a lot. Tried to get kids and parents to feel it but no takers.....lol.

I feel the same way (with being in control and not in control). This is a wild process! I have days where I feel amazing and powerful and other days when I feel totally bummed out and slowing losing motivation. I have days where I'm happy and days where I'm extremely irritable. Days when I'm starving and days where I'm okay. In the end' date=' I am so happy about my decision to get banded and wouldn't have changed a thing!

Good luck to you! Keep your head up, this is a learning process! Everything will eventually fall into place for you![/quote']

Good luck to you as well....I agree that it is a learning process, I just get discouraged when I find myself slipping back into an old habit. I know that those empty calories that I occasionally find myself eating are hindering my progress toward my goals, both short term and long term. The fear is not in loosing the weight, but in my ability to maintain the weight loss. I have found this site to be really helpful as I really haven't shared my decision to be banded with anyone except my immediate family.