Okay, this might be a silly question, but do can you "feel" the band after the surgery? Is there any sensation or uncomfortable feeling that you know it is there, or does it feel the same as before the surgery?

Other than just getting over the soreness of surgery, I can't feel my band. I can feel my little, flat port if I rub my tummy. It's my "security button".

I don't feel a sensation in regards to my band... Like Miss Marie... I feel my port. First I thought it was neat that I could feel my my port... then it freaked me out a bit... now... it seems like it's always been there.

After they did and upper GI I was amazed at the band snuggly around my stomach and that I had no sensation of it being there.

Cannot feel the band at all just the port.

I remember being very curious about the exact same thing. And the answer, like everyone says, is NO, you are not aware of the presence of your band the vast majority of the time. My band only makes itself known by its effects, and if I'm not eating, I don't know it's there.

Well, I guess I am different! I cannot feel my port, but I can feel something (not sure if it is the band or the tube) high up on my tummy. It's very hard and about 2 1/2 inches horizontal. I also have a sensation that is somewhere between tender and sore, hard to explain, but it's enough to remind me often that I have a band.

I can feel my port, I only know it's the port because that's where the fill went, LOL.

my verdict is the same, I can feel the port, but not the band. If I laugh or sit up, I can feel the port more (as I tighten those ABS). but it doesn't hurt.

how do crunches affect the port?

I never feel my band unless I get a fill, then i'm distinctly aware of it and everything else!

okay i have a silly question of my own.... does your port ever bother you when you have sex? Sorry but I had to ask.. Been wondering for a while and not enough nerve to ask till now

Bandit... My port site tend to get irritated once in awhile and so... occaisionally it will give me a spasm or two during a spirited romp in the hay... most of the time it just covers it's eyes until it's all over.

haha i've never been bothered by it during sex but I have tended to be more "careful" since having it "installed" lol...if that was to much info I apologize