When I'm an old lady??

[Helski]

This might be a strange question. But has anyone thought about how it's going to feel when we are old, and by old I mean late 70s, 80s, presuming we live that long!!

I can't imagine being an old lady with a piece of silicone inside me, seems strange somehow. Although, I suppose it's no different to all those breast implants out there - kind of thinking out loud now I guess! LOL!

Also, I've read on several other sites about the number of complications with a gastric band rather than with a gastric sleeve. Is it too late to change my mind? Oh my God, I don't know what to think really!

 

[Crystalrainbow]

hum not given it much thought, but we had a similar conversation about tattoos lol but possibly by the time i'm 70 or 80 god willing, i'm going to say to hell with it life's too short !!

 

[Butterfly_lady]

When I'm 70 or 80 I will know that I'd not of got to this ripe age without my op

 

[top_kat]

no, it's not too late if you feel a different surgery method is better for you. The thought of the gastric band being there when I'm 70 doesn't bother me - the fact it will have been the band that has enabled me to reach 70 is what counts for me

 

[Banderbird]

I've not thought that far ahead but who knows?

I see no reason why it can't be there for life.

 

[Val]

Well Im 61 and only just had my band so its obvious I want to live to way way way past 70..or even 80..
Im still very young at heart not at all you would imagine a 61 year old to be like

I love music and love to keep up to all the latest trends

I have 2 grown daughters and they say I look 51 not 61...Bless xxxx

 

[Dandelions]

when I am old........

by @DebraEve

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me.
And spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we’ve no money for butter.

I shall sit down on the pavement when I’m tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press
alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick flowers in other people’s gardens
And learn to spit.​

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
(I won't)
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
(I can't)
Or only bread and pickle for a week
(I'd be sick)
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes.​

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner
and read the papers.​

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me aren't too shocked or surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.
:553:
​

 

[MazRob]

I have had my second op because I was worried about being big in my old age. I would see larger people at the shopping centre on the mobility scooters or on crutches as they could not walk very well and I did not want to be like that xxx

 

[Lincs Lass]

I think with the increase in surgery of any sort, a lot more people in the caring professions are aware of the differing needs - or can lay hold of the information they need.

I totally appreciate I can only say this form a bypass point of view and not a band so I don't have to consider the 'foreign body' aspect - but I guess it may be like having a pacemaker in that it isn't a 'natural' part of you but it's what has kept you going x