Hey my Bandster friends!

I'm 28 and have decided that now is the right time for me to get banded. During the symposium I went to they mentioned how much better the band is for people of all ages and it got me curious - At what age did you get banded? Also - would you have done it sooner if you could?

Comments and advice are always appreciated!!!

Edited November 2, 200817 yr by Kellster

I'm 30 and was banded 9/1/09.

Hello Everyone!

I am 28. I get my band just 1 day before my 29th. I am going to love to turn 30 next year. 30 is the new 20 don't cha know : )

(just 1 week from today WOO HOO)

I'm 33 - and I'll still be 33 next month when I get my band

It was my gift to myself for my 50th birthday!

Kelly I got banded May 13 2010 and I am 28. So far, I'm VERY glad I made this decision! I couldn't go on doing what I was doing to my body and keep gaining weight! Good luck with your surgery Kelly! :biggrin:

Age 53 if BCBS would have approved I would have banded at least 5 yrs ago

jilly bean,

i too got it at 28, now turning 30 in November, I promised myself that i would not turn 30 and be overweight,

or if i am im going to be fit and healthy and under hopefully 90kg.

best of luck everyone and have a great day

I will be turning 23 in two weeks and getting banded the week after. I am not sure that I would have done it earlier, maybe a year earlier. I gained most of my weight after my kids and for a while I was truly convinced I could lose it on my own or at minimum stay at the same weight. Obviously it didnt work out that way so I really didnt even learn about WLS until about a year ago and within the last month Ive decided its something I need. Very excited to get my band!

Banded at 28, would have done it 18 if I could have.

Band to sleeve revision done when I was 64 - and I wish I could have done it years ago!

I'm glad I had it done---and I'm glad I had it done WHEN I had it done. I am comfortable with the tools and techniques now available. When I first became aware of banding in the 90s, it was in a professional capacity, and I was not at all comfortable with the procedure or outcomes. I've watched it pretty closely since then---and am glad that I waited.

Doesn't mean I wouldn't have loved a solution earlier--just that I think that it did not much offer a lasting solution until more recently.

I was 39 when I became a bandster. I had both my children and decided I was tired of being obese.

31 after I had my babies :thumbup:

I had the surgery less than a month after I turned fifty, so I had been looking into it in my late forties. I wish I had considered it sooner, before developing osteoarthritis, sleep apnea and diabetes.

Hi! I'm also 28 (almost 29) and I'm getting banded in 2 weeks. I've been considering it for a couple years and finally took the plunge this year. I didn't want to still be fat at 30. So I'm gonna spend the last year of my 20's rebuilding