Ok dumb question.. those of you that had lap band removed and vsg done- after you healed did you ever feel like you still had the band in you or that you could still feel your port?? We are so attached to it that I find it in my mind hard to think of not having it...

Nope, my band is permanently erased from by body and my mind! I had extra pain where the port was, but even that's gone.

I feel so much better without the band, I will never miss it. I especially don't miss the stuck feeling and the need to vomit after many meals. I also don't miss the yucky feeling of the port.

the feeling of still having the port could be from scar tissue that forms around it. i never had the lap band, but i have heard of scar tissue forming around the port site, and even though they removed the port that doesnt necessarily mean that they cleaned out the scar tissue.