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.

CLAREMAE I've heard about doctors making 55 the cut off point for the band. I wonder why? people older than 55 go through all sorts of surgeries :faint:I'll be 63 in 2 1/2 months. But my doc is doing my band in the hospital rather than his surgery center.

Hello NMSUNSHINE---My doctor said the reason some use the 55 years old as a cut off "depends on how much mileage a person has left". Well, excuse me. I do not care if you are 75 and want to have lapband, it should be a personal decision. I truly believe that the lap band will add 15 years of "mileage". I feel that is age descrimination.

Oh my!!! when will doctors and medical insurances realize that with or without the band we will be getting older??? And without the lapband -SICKER- with a higher rate of payout for maintaining that sick OLD body??? hummmmmmm.....

CLARAMAE

:clap2:Right on!!!! I'm amazed that some doc.'s feel that is you are over 55 then life is not worth living longer or healthier. WOW.

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sweetviolet

yes, and it must be the younger doc's who feel that way. Just wait until they 'hit over the hill 55' and see how ready they are to give up life!

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Hi everyone,

I went to see my regular Doctor in Brandon, MS (Dr. Flemming) for my annual checkup. While I was there I asked him about the lab-Band. He said as long it is done by a Docotor that has done a lot of them it is just fine. He has a patient that weighted almost 400 lbs that had it done and is down to around 220 lbs.

As soon as the CMMC Hospitol in Jackson, MS. is "OKed" by Medicare I'm going to have it done. Just the old waiting game.

Don

skinnyd

That's interesting what your doc said. I'm a self pay and am going to DR. Gonzales of TJ, Mexico. He's done several thousand of them.

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Hello,

I am 61 and was banded on 8/31. It was the easiest surgery I've ever had--pain went away about four days later. No gas, no nausea. went home the same day. I just feel very tired but some of that I think is from not eating much. I would encourage you to go ahead. You still have many good years ahead of you.

Hi Clara,

am curious about your ortho surgeries? Do you know what the cut off is for doing them? Hip and knee pain are excruciating for me and one of the biggest motivation to have done this surgery. I am counting the days until I think I can deal with both and get on with life>

elinrw

Today I just read on another thread that someone's doctors cut off age is 55 and she asked him why and he said something about life expectancy. Like us over 55 don't want to live our lives as healthy and long as we can. Crazy.

elinrw

forgot to say that I am due for banding on Tue the 11th. What you have to say sure helps me with the jitters..........

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.

C'mon over to this thread:

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f15/place-bandsters-their-60s-40106/

CLARAMAE

:clap2:Right on!!!! I'm amazed that some doc.'s feel that is you are over 55 then life is not worth living longer or healthier. WOW.

I went to the ticker factory.com and made a ticker, now I cannot figure out where to place the code for my ticker.

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Put it there to see if anything shows up. Also I tried to get it to work in my profile

Did you go to CPUser and try to edit your signature? I did a copy/paste of the bbc code and it worked.