Looking for people in my age group who have had lap band surgery. Just wondering if you found it harder to lose weight.

hi i am 55 and banded jan 2013. down 85 lbs and don't feel my age has hindered my weight loss. though i have had several fills and unfills and can't seem to get to the green zone. in fact i had .5 cc removed a couple months ago and .2cc put back in last month. some days i can eat and others i have problems. was at er this morning because was aspirating through the night and couldn't get fluids down so got 2 bags of iv fluids. going to see bariatric doc tomorrow and ask to have some more fluid removed. i still have 15 pounds to reach my goal and getting very worried i am starting to have complications.

Hi I am 57 was banded April 2,2012' I have lost around 40 pounds I am a very slower loser, a week out I started having a lot of pain went to hospital was admitted. Catscan showed band and port. Fine, showed I had a case of kindey stones, could not get my fill ,went to get a fill the pa could not hit. My port thought she did ,but next time I went. The dr tried to check and see how much was in the band pulled nothing out so I was losing on my own , well long story. Short. I am having a lot of pain on my port side ,hartburn , sick to my stomach , dr said y band. Is not working , wants to remove it and do something else. Not sure how I feel about that , have a lot of stuck eppoiseds , think not small enough bites or not chewing enough of earthing to fast I do not know what I am doing wrong ,I eat once a day , can not eat till around 11 am , or iwellget stuck , try to drink more water , was drinking diet snapple , or gradeaid ,trying to stay away from theses. Drinks a like I said drinking water I do not know what to do, is any one from the frenso. Area. With dr higga who wants to be friends

I'm 58, and had lap band with plication surgery on 3/25/13. I'm down 42 pounds so far.

As far as it being more difficult to lose weight at this age, yes, for me it is/was. After menopause and a total hysterectomy, the weight started coming on a lot more quickly than before, and it took three times longer to lose the same pound. It felt futile. Thanks to the surgery, I've been able to put that in reverse, and I'm able to eat small amounts, while staying satisfied for much longer. Do I think that I'd be losing more quickly if I was 30? YES, I do. But I'm perfectly happy with my progress, and I'm grateful for my banded plication every single day.

Welcome to this site, and please feel free to ask me anything you'd like

"I am just a little older 63. With everything I have gone through the sleep study is the one I am not looking forward to."

I'm still working my way through all the pre op testing and compliance, but I have had a sleep study done, no worries. In fact, if you are tired most of the time, you may have sleep apnea, the treatment is to use a CPAP machine, I hate that thing. But it allows me to sleep through the night and I wake up feeling rested. Not going to kid you, it's not easy getting used to, but you'll feel 100% better, and you'll have another incentive to get the weight off.

"I am just a little older 63. With everything I have gone through the sleep study is the one I am not looking forward to."

I'm still working my way through all the pre op testing and compliance' date=' but I have had a sleep study done, no worries. In fact, if you are tired most of the time, you may have sleep apnea, the treatment is to use a CPAP machine, I hate that thing. But it allows me to sleep through the night and I wake up feeling rested. Not going to kid you, it's not easy getting used to, but you'll feel 100% better, and you'll have another incentive to get the weight off.[/quote']

I have my sleep study tonight. At this point I will do what I have to just to have the surgery. I really hope that I can get a date for surgery by next week. I am getting anxious.

I'm 58' date=' and had lap band with plication surgery on 3/25/13. I'm down 42 pounds so far.

As far as it being more difficult to lose weight at this age, yes, for me it is/was. After menopause and a total hysterectomy, the weight started coming on a lot more quickly than before, and it took three times longer to lose the same pound. It felt futile. Thanks to the surgery, I've been able to put that in reverse, and I'm able to eat small amounts, while staying satisfied for much longer. Do I think that I'd be losing more quickly if I was 30? YES, I do. But I'm perfectly happy with my progress, and I'm grateful for my banded plication every single day.

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Thank you for your reply. I so want to get going with the surgery so I am on the path of weight loss. Thank you for the offer. I know I will have more questions going forward.

Looking for people in my age group who have had lap band surgery. Just wondering if you found it harder to lose weight.

I am 58 been banded for almost six years and am a slow loser.

I do happen to like the benefits of now being able to keep up with the children, ride any ride in an amusement park, not have to take any meds, not have to use a cpap machine, not having to ask for an extension on an airplane and on and on and on.