Um.. I can feel my lap-band

[matilda85 2]

I think I can feel my lap band through my abdoment ... It is NOT the port I am feeling. It's something hard under the fat tissue right under the top incision after the op. I matches the position of the stomach ... is this normal? It doesnt hurt or anything. My doctor is out of the country for few days so I can't really ask him.

[Jean McMillan 2,973]

Your band is on the very top of your stomach. You shouldn't be able to feel it from outside at all because it's in the vicinity of your lower chest, between your breasts and behind your breastbone. So, exactly where is that top incision? Incisions from any kind of surgery create scar tissue and I suspect that's what you're feeling.

[matilda85 2]

Yeah I guess it must be scar tissue. Top incision is about 8 cm on top of the navel and the the bump inside feels pretty hard and big. I just had a look at

http://www.riversideonline.com/source/images/image_popup/r7_rupturedspleen.jpg , and the bump is below the stomach it seems so probably scar tissue.. I guess I just like to panic

[Cocoabean 430]

It might also be the tubing. I am not sure, but I think I can feel where mine comes out and goes to the port.

[Adrienne21 106]

I can't feel my band but I can feel my port from time to time. I have heard from doctors that it is normal. The more weight you lose the more you will be able to feel it.

[sp70 193]

Could be internal sutures as well as scar tissue. I know for the first few weeks I could feel the band (internally, not with my hands) when I took a deep breath. I asked the surgeon how close to the diaphragm it was and he said about 5 cm, once the swelling went down I could no longer feel it. I was concerned that I would always feel it in my chest. I was fascinated by my port once I had the nerve to feel for it a couple days out from surgery.