Surgery at 56?

[heidikate 49]

Runner

Wow, you've done really well! 36 pounds in less than a month?

I love that saying.. 50 is the new

30! I totally feel that!

[Queen of Crop 1,104]

Thanks for the link Heidi...I'll check it out when I have time!

Zoe

[heidikate 49]

Great!

Looking forward to your feedback

Heidi

[b-Ed57 3]

Read Queen of Crop today after downloading the Kindle version. Very informative and encouraging. I'll be 59 four months post-op. Surgery date is 11/20. We got this!!

[Queen of Crop 1,104]

Thanks b-Ed57.....wow....you are in for such a great year ahead...and trust me, my life became a DREAM life at age 59 and yours can too! How fun! Keep up posted on how you to do and thanks for reading my book! So happy it inspired you...that was one of the main reasons for writing it.

[sotiredofdiets 10]

So glad to hear all of the encouraging stories! I will almost be 57 when I have my surgery on December 8th. I can't wait to be a new person!

[Queen of Crop 1,104]

@sotiredofdiets.....Great name! Good for you for making this decision....and this really and truly is a different way to lose weight, it is not a diet; it is the best shot most of us have. Keep us posted and you will find you will get a lot of support and great information here.

[mfarnan@comcast.net 0]

You are defiantly not too old. I am 56. Had it done in 2013. I do wish that I had done it sooner . I had my first complication from the surgery. Gallstones . I had emergency surgery on Monday .it was still worth it.

[cherri2082 149]

I am 59 and have surgery December 30th. I was so scared that I was getting up there in age and maybe this wasn't a good idea. I have been heavy my entire life and was that sad little 5th grader when the nurse told my weight out loud. So glad I found this 50's Forum, and will be moving up to the sixties in June. I am very excited to do this for myself.

I can't really remember doing too much for myself my whole life - mommy, wife, teacher, ex-wife, (*wink*) and my greatest self ever a meemaw.

Edited December 14, 2015 by cherri2082

[SkinnyWannaBee 6]

You deserve this at any stage. I am post-op day 2 and feel pretty good. Difficult to get my fluids in but the actual surgery went just fine. Good luck!

[Queen of Crop 1,104]

Oh so excited for you! I was 58 when I had my surgery and that was over 4 years ago....your life will be transformed!!!! I am 62 and truly living a DREAM life I never thought was possible....now I am off to the gym! YAY FOR ALL OF US WHO ARE TAKING CONTROL OF OUR LIVES....

[heidikate 49]

Merry Christmas Zoe!!

[cherri2082 149]

I am so excited. A bit concerned about skin etc. I am mentally and my life revolves around 12/30!! I'll be rockin' a pair of white capri's##!

[Queen of Crop 1,104]

At Cherri2082....what a great way to start a new year! A new life!!!! And trust the rest of us...you will be rockin' a lot more than a white pair of capris! @Heidikate....Merry Christmas to you too...to all of us. We have given ourselves such a great gift...YAY!!!

[cherri2082 149]

The time is closing in fast#!! Christmas was great - didnt over do it. I just missed my family in NC. Now I can clean house/water plants/gather books and crocheting. Come on 12/30!!!