I thought it would be good to have a thread for the senior set to help encourage each other during our journey.

I'll start:

My name is Candy - I kid you not - and I'm 64. I have my orientation with Kaiser on 1/6/18 with a phone appointment with a surgeon the next week, 1/13/18.

I'm very excited to start my wls journey. I'm 5'7", current weight 220, BMI 34.5.

I have degenerative disc disease exacerbated by my weight. I also have GERD, general arthritis, costochondritis (inflammation of the rib joints in my chest), arthritis at the site of back surgery, Type 2 diabetes, peripheral neuropathy in my feet. There could be more but that's all I can think of at the moment.

Let me know who you are and how old with all your stats. Maybe we can be a support group.

Candy

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Just now, Sosewsue61 said:

@FluffyChix hmm maybe I am channeling Georgia O'Keefe! (It is a peony from my yard)

hehehe! I adore peonies! You=lucky. And on a big screen, it's beautimous. But we already know I have the mentality of a 6 year old "dirty little Johnny." ROFLMAO! ((hugs)) Please don't hate me!

How's everyone doing? I've had a bad week at work and I'm really stressed out. Just trying now to hang in there till I get my orientation on 1/9. Feeling very impatient.

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Candy

72 the 26th of December, RnY coming up yet this winter. Maybe one of my surgeon's older patients but plan to be a success. Wish I had committed to this at a younger age before so much of my body wore out but I can still fight the good fight. Love reading all the BP postings, you all are so inspirational.

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I'm going to be kind to myself and claim food funerals over Christmas and New Years that included wine and maybe a weensie dirty martini or 2. As a result I'm up 6 lbs from my recorded weight on here. I have to pay the piper on the 4th!

I'm not taking it lightly. I will be on the austerity plan after today. Today I will be "on plan" but not austere--since the way you spend the first day of the year is how you will spend the rest of the year! BUT, and it's a big butt--believe me...I will eat low carb yummy food and no booze. Then tomorrow it will be 2 protein drinks and a small lc meal for dinner. Ef the 1500 cals/day until I'm back at my 226.8lbs weight. I know I will be less than my last surgeon's weigh in, so that will be "ok," but I will probably be 2-3lbs up from the last RD weigh in. I may email her and ask if that's gonna be an issue or if I should reschedule. I like that I have an open relationship with her.

Tomorrow I'm back at work. Thank you Jesus!

I’ll join this thread! I’m 70 years old, and had the bypass on 12/13.

It’s been more difficult than I imagined, but i’m finally beginning to feel better. I’ve certainly Lost weight.

The hardest part for me is getting my fluids and protein in.

HW 275

CW 234

I'd like to join the group, if I may. I am going to be 62 this month. On Jan 26 2016 I had the sleeve surgery along with my gallbladder removed and a hernia repair.
A bit about me and my pictures: I was obese all my life except for 2 years in the early 1970's when I was in my twenties and weighed 170 and was wearing a size 16. Twenty years later at 320 I became injuried by a complete stranger and less than 4 years later I was wheelchair bound due to the injuries and the doctors not wanting to treat an obese woman. Early 2000's when I had reached 497 I asked my husband to help me reduce my weight as my health was horrible. I was still in a wheelchair and in so much pain. I had 4 herniated discs, spinal stenosis, radicular neuropathy, half of a right hip bone, frozen left shoulder, Carpal tunnel syndrome and ulnar nerve damage. He said no way would he help me as he was a Fat Admirer and loved me obese. We had a major fight about this and I started a weight loss program. Despite him doing everything in his power to tempt me with my favorite foods I managed to lose 90 pounds the first year. The next year I filed for divorce after I found out he cheated on me with women more obese than I was. That year I lost another 90 ponds on my own with a second weight loss program. For the next 10 years I bounced back and forth from 302 to 390 until June 2015 when I went to a surgeon about the hernia and gallbladder problems. Turns out he was also a WLS specialist and had taught other Doctors how to do the sleeve surgery. I saw him when I weighed 352 pounds.
In Jan 2016 I went in for the 3 surgeries weighing 315 pounds. Today I weigh 220 pounds for a total loss of 277 from my highest weight. In June of 2017 I had a Breast Reduction and sometime within the next 3 months I will have excess skin removed from my arms. I have to get to my goal of 180 this year so my huge dropped tummy excess skin can also be removed. I need to get back to following all the rules and eating like I did when I first had the surgery. With many of you being in the beginning stages I am sure that will help me and I feel I might be able to offer a lot of help to you all.

What a life story and what a wonderful New friend you are. I wish only good in your life from this day forward. You make me proud to be,in your generation.

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36 minutes ago, ssflbelle said:

I'd like to join the group, if I may. I am going to be 62 this month. On Jan 26 2016 I had the sleeve surgery along with my gallbladder removed and a hernia repair.
A bit about me and my pictures: I was obese all my life except for 2 years in the early 1970's when I was in my twenties and weighed 170 and was wearing a size 16. Twenty years later at 320 I became injuried by a complete stranger and less than 4 years later I was wheelchair bound due to the injuries and the doctors not wanting to treat an obese woman. Early 2000's when I had reached 497 I asked my husband to help me reduce my weight as my health was horrible. I was still in a wheelchair and in so much pain. I had 4 herniated discs, spinal stenosis, radicular neuropathy, half of a right hip bone, frozen left shoulder, Carpal tunnel syndrome and ulnar nerve damage. He said no way would he help me as he was a Fat Admirer and loved me obese. We had a major fight about this and I started a weight loss program. Despite him doing everything in his power to tempt me with my favorite foods I managed to lose 90 pounds the first year. The next year I filed for divorce after I found out he cheated on me with women more obese than I was. That year I lost another 90 ponds on my own with a second weight loss program. For the next 10 years I bounced back and forth from 302 to 390 until June 2015 when I went to a surgeon about the hernia and gallbladder problems. Turns out he was also a WLS specialist and had taught other Doctors how to do the sleeve surgery. I saw him when I weighed 352 pounds.
In Jan 2016 I went in for the 3 surgeries weighing 315 pounds. Today I weigh 220 pounds for a total loss of 277 from my highest weight. In June of 2017 I had a Breast Reduction and sometime within the next 3 months I will have excess skin removed from my arms. I have to get to my goal of 180 this year so my huge dropped tummy excess skin can also be removed. I need to get back to following all the rules and eating like I did when I first had the surgery. With many of you being in the beginning stages I am sure that will help me and I feel I might be able to offer a lot of help to you all.

Can I just tell you how much you inspire me, and how much I appreciate that you share your journey? You are a warrior and a true inspiration!!!!!! I thank you for all your help, wisdom, and hope you inspire on this journey! I pray I'm half as successful as you in 2018!!!

kakatlady612 Thanks so much for your kind words. I am looking forward to developing the friendships in this group.

FluffyChix You have a great start with your weight loss so far. Continue doing what the Dr says and I know you will be successful. Making major changes pre surgery is what helps to make post surgery easier. At least it did for me.

I you sweetie!!! You are such an inspiration!!

Thank you for sharing your story, you are an inspiration for all.