I've just begun my quest into banding. They say the break-off age point is 65. I'm almost 63 and need to move fast. Us 'oldies' want to live and know that the excess fat will shorten our lives. I've been checking all the treads and everyone is below 50. But us 'grannies' have our own unique problems. And we face the potential of death from fat. 63 may sound old, but I want to live as much as I did in my 30's. I want to think of death as something that hits during the 90's.

Hey NM Sunshine... It would be neat if you could get your surgery scheduled close to mine on October 16th... That way we could be support buddies and could meet each other in person while we are both in the Denver area... Just a suggestion, but I understand how it is once you make up your mind to get it done, you want to get it as soon as you can... It's surprising how quickly things move along once you make that initial call.... Let's us know how things go...

HEY!!!!! Let me knwo when you gonna meet..I am in Canon City..just 100 mi from Denver. I also have a daughter in Denver so make regular trips up there!..Would love to meet and see how y'all are doing!

deb

Hey Deb... I will be in Denver on the 14th of October and will stay through Thanksgiving, so anytime during the month we are there works for me... As time gets closer maybe we can firm up a date..

I would absolutely love it..jsut let me knwo when and I will plan on going up and spendign the nite at daughters and we can get together and visit!!! nite nite and sweet dreams!

deb

Congratulations, you will love it.

Happy Camper, That was my thought. I better do it now before I get "too old". I wish I had done it sooner, but what can I say. I have had knee replacement and 3 hip surgeries. The hip surgeries were all within a year. So, even though I know this is surgery, it will be like a teeth cleaning compared to the hip surgies.

Hello,

I am also 62 years old and weigh 123kilos, now diabetic, but thought I was too old to be banded. I am so glad there are others my age on this forum. It has given me hope that there may still be hope for me.

Hugs Beth

aussieladie Because of your age the doc may recommend that you have the surgery in a hospital rather than a surgery clinic. What in pounds is 123kilos?

Hi NM Sunshine---I don't exactly fit into your age request, although some days when I get up, I feel 20 something again, and other days it is 80 something!!! But I just wanted to say HI from the NW corner of NM!!! Congrats on your upcoming surgery, I look forward to watching your progress, and feel it is a GREAT decision---I am thrilled with my results!

Deb (macacoza) I go to Canon City to get my fills done!!! If I choose to have another, I will shoot you a message, maybe we can sip some Water together!!!! Just kidding!!

Kat

Good Morning from Aussieland, 123kilos is 270.6lbs using my calculator. We use kilos here for measurments. For each kilo we weigh aprox. 2.2lbs.

Hugs, Beth xx

Kat817 HI, and welcome. Your from the nw corner of NM...Farmington? I'm from Silver City, NM. I have my banding day set up for Sept 11 with DR Gonzales of TJ. Have to go on that liquid preop diet in a week or so. Was it hard to do? Or possibly you didn't have to do a pre-op diet?

I cannot bedlieve that I first heard of the LapBand couple of weeks ago and now here I am only a few weeks until I will have it done!!!

Aussie thanks for the kilo to pounds for me. We Americans and our foot, inch and pounds. I really need to sit down someday and learn the conversions.

NM Sunshine.. Wow, that is a quick surgery date... I see that you decided to go to TJ instead.. Is it closer to you than Colorado?

I'm getting so excited about my band.. I went to San Francisco yesterday and I had a hard time walking around. My poor knees and hips hurt so bad.. So today, I'm started walking to see if I can build up my stamina and get my exercise routine started... It's just a good thing that my DH is so understanding when it comes to my walking when we are out..

Technically I am from Aztec. I used to know a guy who owned the Buffalo Bar in Silver City!!! Well at least his family at the time.

I had 10 days of high Protein, low fat, low sugar...but that was it for my pre-op. I basically did an Atkins thing, and did it for longer than the required 10 days---he said I did fine, my liver was quite maleable (sp?).

When I made the decision to go to MX it moved quickly for me too!

Congrats on your date!!! I remember the excitement--mixed with all the other emotions---but it is a GOOD thing, I love my band!

Kat

Hi to all,

I am 60 yrs old and was banded on Aug. 20th 2007 Yes this year. for the firs time ever... my blood sugars are within normal range. That means in the first two weeks of a pre surgery diet and 4 days out from surgery I have my blood suger under control without meds. How cool is that. Now I'm working on my blood pressure meds. I have 2 grown childre ages 42 and 37 one grandchild that will be 8 yrs old in Dec. I did this banding because I want to enjoy life and keep up with my grandchild and of course live a longer and happier life. So don't think you are to old to make yourself healthier.

NICNATNUT. I have to fly from Tucson to San Diego. Then a car picks me up at airport &takes me to hospital in TJ,. Only a 5 to 15 minute drive. ABQ is a 5 hour drive from here. I think from ABQ to Denver is another 5 hrs. But, of course I could fly from Tucson to Denver. People here think DR Gonzales is great. He's had 10 yrs experience with lapbands and teaches American DR.'s how to do it.

Also he's $2,500 cheaper.

I wanted to get mine done soon before my courage goes away and because of my health, I need to get going on life-style change right away. A lot of my health problems is obesity related.