Can you feel your band?

make33 · December 21, 2007

Okay, so I went back to the YMCA three times in one week the beginning of December and suddenly I had this horrendous pain coming from my right side area under my ribs and I could feel this huge lump. (I sneezed once and what seemed like a ball really POPPED OUT!)

The pain continued for about 10 days (well, honestly, I had to hold my side doing the leg press because of the pain--what did I THINK was happening???:guess)

I was absolutely positive I had a hernia! When I saw the surgeon for my second fill today, I had him check the ball and he said "Silly--that's your port!!" I KNEW it was sewn into muscle, just didn't realize it was where it WAS!

Best part was that my fill took 1/2 a second because he knew right where it was!!

So the answer is yes (to make a long story longer), I CAN feel my port!

MelanieJayne · December 22, 2007

I can feel mine rather easily, it is to the right and about three inches above my belly button.

ennigmah · December 22, 2007

Hello -

I was banded 11/06 and can feel my port (just above my belly button) but it's tipped so that it's not flat against my skin but pointing at an angle...makes for interesting adjustments! But along my left rib cage I can feel part of the tubing between the port and the band - this was confirmed by an xray this week!

Ennigmah

MelanieJayne · December 22, 2007

ennigmah, we have the same band-date! How many fills have you had so far?

Princessannod1 · December 22, 2007

I thought that was the band too, I was feeling to but it is actually the port. If I am laying on my side I can really feel it, it was so round and large I thought it was the band but it is the port. I can't feel the band both the surgeon and my PCP told me it is to deep internally to feel.

ennigmah · December 22, 2007

Hello -

I have lost count but probably 4 or 5 fills - I just had one this week after 9 months without one! And will probably get another one after the holidays... It's possible that that band can get "loose" with time because of changes in the fat/stomach under it. I picked up the book written by Mohammed Ali's daughter Fighting Weight: How I Achieved Healthy Weight Loss with "Banding," a New Procedure That Eliminates Hunger--Forever by [ame=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/102-8952640-6570518?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Khaliah%20Ali]Khaliah Ali[/ame] (Author). It was really affirming - reinspired me since I have been on a 9 month plateau. But, hurray, I am refocused!

Happy Holidays all!

Ennigmah