11-02-2008, 06:02 PM
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#1 | Healthy body here I come!
Join Date: Aug 2008 Age: 29
Posts: 138
City: Pasadena State: CA | Average age of a Bandster? | |
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!!!
Last edited by Kellster; 11-02-2008 at 06:05 PM.
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11-02-2008, 06:35 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 8,725
State: Oregon | Re: Average age of a Bandster? | |
I was 59+ and would have done it 25 years before if it were available then and I had any idea what I was doing to myself!!!
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11-02-2008, 06:43 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 45
City: Newton State: EUPHORIA | Re: Average age of a Bandster? | |
Thanks for the poll Kelster!! I have been wondering the same thing. I was banded when I was 46. I wish this option had been available 15 years ago when I was SURE that I had failed at every diet out there and just gave up.
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11-02-2008, 07:35 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 52
Posts: 3,703
Banded by Dr. Paul Cirangle, a LapBandTalk Approved Surgeon | Re: Average age of a Bandster? | |
I didn't have a band, but I had WLS and I was 51.
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11-02-2008, 07:45 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008 Age: 51
Posts: 1,300
City: huntsville State: alabama | Re: Average age of a Bandster? | |
I was 49 when I was banded. I would do it again in a heart beat. If it would have been around 29 yrs. ago I would of had it done then. I LOVE   my band. 
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11-03-2008, 07:16 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 50
Posts: 1,612
City: Norwood State: MA | Re: Average age of a Bandster? | |
Kellster:
I found out about LAP-BAND® in January 2007. I was banded in July 2007. I was 47 when I was banded. Gone from 324 to 176!
I'd heard about gastric bypass, which I thought was too drastic for me. I wish I'd heard about LAP-BAND® as soon as they started doing the procedure in the U.S. I feel like I've wasted years.
Now that I have lost the weight I feel 20 years younger. I love my band.
Best wishes to you with your band.
Sue
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11-03-2008, 07:21 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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38. if i could have gotten the band placed to PREVENT the weight gain in the first place - i would have. | |
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11-03-2008, 08:09 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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In my 50's...and I absolutely would have gotten it decades earlier had it been available...oh those wasted years!! | |
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11-03-2008, 08:19 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2008 Age: 34
Posts: 24
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I'm 33 and going get banded on Nov. 17..still i have question about the whole thing. How many years is it good for? How do I know its right for me? | |
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11-03-2008, 11:42 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 32
Posts: 2,024
City: Cleveland State: TN | Re: Average age of a Bandster? | |
I am 30 and was banded in May. I would have done it sooner if I could. I had the option of doing it back a few years ago, but didn't do it.
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11-03-2008, 05:45 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006 Age: 31
Posts: 1,138
City: Wonderland State: Land of Dreams | Re: Average age of a Bandster? | |
I was 28 and like the others would have done it sooner if I could have, in hindsight.
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11-03-2008, 06:10 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 47
Posts: 1,466
City: Perth State: Western Australia | Re: Average age of a Bandster? | |
Mid 40's and, like everyone else, would have done it years ago if I'd been in the position to do it. I really regret spending my 30's and early 40's hiding inside the "fat suit". But regrets don't pay the rent, so onward and upward!! (only not on the scales!)
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11-03-2008, 07:03 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007 Age: 26
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City: Madison State: Alabama | Re: Average age of a Bandster? | |
Banded at 23, and would have done it when I was 12 if they had it.
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11-05-2008, 03:16 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008 Age: 37
Posts: 501
City: Jupiter State: Florida | Re: Average age of a Bandster? | |
Just turned 36 last week and will be banded a month from today.
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11-05-2008, 03:43 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006 Age: 60
Posts: 4,607
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I was 57. I needed the band because after I hit menopause I kept gaining and gaining. I weighed 195 lbs the morning I was banded. Ten months later I weighed 147 and looked oh so much better! And although I have always eaten healthily, I began to eat even better than I had before I was banded. The operation was easy to recover from and having the band has been an altogether positive experience for me. It is great to be able to wear nice clothes again.
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