Yes I'm turning 60 and fought the fat all my days....My joints are killing me with the extra weight. I want to do all the fun things I missed through the years...like riding a bike, going for horseback rides, boating, and dancing. I want to be more of a service to others and not be encumbered by my weight. I want to enjoy walking and not feeling like I'm going to die before I find a chair. I want to be light and free feeling.....! I want to be everything I was created to be, before I die. I am truely thankful for the oppurtunity to be lap banded....I am being banded on the 8th of May. I'm nervous about the surgery, but again thankful for this oppurtunity. Shar

Yes I'm turning 60 and fought the fat all my days....My joints are killing me with the extra weight. I want to do all the fun things I missed through the years...like riding a bike, going for horseback rides, boating, and dancing. I want to be more of a service to others and not be encumbered by my weight. I want to enjoy walking and not feeling like I'm going to die before I find a chair. I want to be light and free feeling.....! I want to be everything I was created to be, before I die. I am truely thankful for the oppurtunity to be lap banded....I am being banded on the 8th of May. I'm nervous about the surgery, but again thankful for this oppurtunity. Shar

Excellent decision, Shar. I'll be 60 in June and was banded April 10. Why the heck didn't we do this years ago?? Oh well, better late than never. We still have many thin years ahead of us! Won't it be wonderful??:biggrin1:

Shar,

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Good for you...I am excited for you...I pray that all goes well and you will do just great...Please let us know how you are doing...It is a great bunch of people here...everyone is so sweet and so good to give information about their own battle with weight...Any time I have a question, I feel very comfortable posting the question here....

What a great present to give yourself! We all go through the different emotions of being scared to being excited. Be sure to let us know how you do when you get a chance!:clap2: :clap2: :clap2:

The day is coming quickly for surgery....yikes....! I am in a daze .....it just seems its not me that this is going to happen to. I cheated yesterday and ate a "last meal". Boy, I could beat myself up for that one, but its past and I'm moving on. I just feel at this moment that I'm never going to be anything different....just a fat me with food for a cruch..will these feelings go away? I totally feel depressed today. I know I should feel up....but struggeling for so long and having so many failures.....will this be another? I'm just real concerned. Shar

You are just having all the emotional ups and downs we all go through. Yes, it will work for you if you follow the rules of banding. In the meantime, read all the threads on here and you'll learn a lot of valuable information plus it will keep you busy and you won't worry as much! :)