I am wondering if your band is always on ur mind (other than when you eat)? Do you find yourself forgetting it is even there sometimes? I guess i am wondering if you can always feel the device constricting the stomach or if you can go about your day feeling as if nothing foreign is in there. ( obviously for those a couple months out and fully healed).

Mine is still fairly new to me and I'm still learning to live with it so it's always on my mind when I eat. I don't actually "feel" it though.

I am wondering if your band is always on ur mind (other than when you eat)? Do you find yourself forgetting it is even there sometimes? I guess i am wondering if you can always feel the device constricting the stomach or if you can go about your day feeling as if nothing foreign is in there. ( obviously for those a couple months out and fully healed).

the only thing i can (feel) is the port....esp more now since i have lost 100+ pounds...i put my hand on it sometimes when i walk and its like an old good friend.....i cannot feel the band itself as its on the inside but she sure lets me know she is there at eating time.....love it and i love my life now...today..

Just a quick note follow up. Doc thinks I am feeling the band. When he flushes the air from the little pillows around the band, some residual fluid stays in. We decided to leave it alone for a few days, see if it gets better. If not, he will remove the little bit in there, have no restriction, and see how that goes. He did say because it is in the early healing stages, the removal may be more uncomfortable than a port that is fully healed. So, hope this adds to your info....

I've had my band almost 2 years. I can't feel it inside my body or anything but a lot has changed because I have it. Chewing gum feels so weired to me...air gets all caught in my pouch or something and sometimes it makes me need to throw up...it's the craziest thing! Also I get hiccups a LOT!! After I eat, drink, chew gum, even just randomly throughout the day. But I wouldn't change it!! I look and feel sexy as hell lol