Can you feel your band?

[joanie63 0]

I would like to know if you can feel your band. I don't mean the tight feeling that you have after a fill. I'm wondering if you actually feel it in place immediately after surgery. Does it cause any discomfort?

I am being banded on Oct.5. I have suffered from anxiety attacks for many years, where I feel as if I can not breath. I am fearful that I will be able to feel the band and that it will feel constricting. Has anyone experienced this?

[lamber2299 0]

No I can't feel my band at all. I can sort of feel my port under my skin, but not the actual band around the stomach. I can sort of sic myself out about things like that too, so I understand where you are coming from.

[joanie63 0]

Thank you for putting my mind at ease about that! It's so silly, but I have been stressing myself out so much worrying about that.

[KartMan 58]

Nope, not at all. You can feel the port and hopefully you feel restriction, but you don’t feel the band itself.

[Sarah.R 2]

Considering there aren't any nerve sensors in/around your stomach, no you can't - You can however feel the port, the more you loose the more you'll be able to feel it

[Dana36 0]

When I woke up from surgery, I could feel a 'tightness' that made me think I could feel the band.

Now, 2 weeks out, when I wake up of a morning, I have restriction and I can feel that, but it goes away after I drink my coffee. I guess I'm just one of those that is tight of a morning.

[elcee 3,340]

No as the others have said you can't feel it.

[kristik99 0]

I could fill it a little bit about a week ago, which is about a week after surger, but it didn't feel tight or restricting, I could just feel it. I think I had a bit of swelling. I can't feel it at all now.

[emjay 8]

Feel the band? No..just the port. But, that being said, when you are tight, you can tell. It does not hurt, it's more of a feeling that you are going to need to eat really slow and maybe eat softer foods to have less trouble. It feels like a tightness in your stomach, but physically feeling the band, no you can't.