I am waiting to switch insurances so for now I am just reading and learning..<br /> If you don't mind answering a few questions, your help would be greatly appreciated.<br /> <br /> I am a nervous picker...

If I have a bump on my arm I constantly touch it or pick at it... is the port going to be something that is noticed easy? I hate to write that but that has been one of my concerns.

What happens if you really really get hungry?

Do you miss food during the liquid diet and how did you over come your desires?

How long before you felt that the lap band was apart of you?

In other words how long before you felt normal?

Do you get to eat steak or anything like that on occasions??

Thanks for you answers:faint:

Jill, see comments inline....

If I have a bump on my arm I constantly touch it or pick at it... is the port going to be something that is noticed easy? I hate to write that but that has been one of my concerns.

No, I cannot feel my port. The only time I can is if I lie down and search for it. It is under muscle I believe.

What happens if you really really get hungry?

I get hunger pangs.

Do you miss food during the liquid diet and how did you over come your desires?

Yes, I missed food. I was able to have anything that fit through a straw. That being said, creamy Soups really helped me early on. The milk you use in creamy broccoli for example is a good source of Protein. Plus they are thicker soups so it really helped me.

How long before you felt that the lap band was apart of you?

I felt like it was a part of me pretty much from the beginning. You don't have much restriction so it really did take me 6 months to get the right restriction level. That would probably be a better guess is at 6 months when I knew when I had to stop eating.

In other words how long before you felt normal?

I have felt good for a year now. I do PB sometimes but I am fine with that as it is really part of being banded.

Do you get to eat steak or anything like that on occasions??

I eat everything, just not much of it. I can eat steak, chicken, tacos, spaghetti, everything. Just like a bird though.

Make sure you follow the post op diet to the tee. It is very important for healing.

THANKS FOR THE INFO THESE WERE QUESTIONS i HAD ALSO AND YOU ANSWERED THEM