What happens in the end???

I am slowly gaining my mothers support for me having surgery.  She is a little skeptical still but supportive of me.  I know I am doing the right thing for me and that's most important to her.  She has brought up two things in her questioning.  First, she feels that I may still be able to get the weight off on my own.  I have read enough and talked to enough people to know that there is a point in your life that you know that dieting and trying over and over again will not help.  So I'm past that question in my mind.  The big question I have not yet found an answer to is what happens when  you get older, like at a point in your life when health starts failing.  Or maybe the surgery could cause that.  Will such a small stomach and these changes be able to support me through old age and any illness or disorders I will have.  Nutrition is a huge challenge for ailing seniors already so how will this surgery change that outcome.  Has anyone asked this question, gotten answers on it, know someone in that position or going through it yourself.  I would like to know more. 

Never thought about it, but good question.  I would ask the surgeon or nutritionist. I don't necessarily believe that being in failing health as we age is a "given".  On my mom's side of the family I just don't see it.  Her mom lived to be 101, her dad was 103, and her aunt was 103 when they died.  Now, granted, my grandfather did spend about 6 months in a nursing home, and my grandmother and great aunt spent their last few years there, but given their ages, as in REAL OLD...well they were in pretty good physical health until very close to the end. My mom is 84 and has had both hips replaced (could be the poster child for hip replacement).  She is a small gal, maybe 5' 3" or 4" and weighs about 110 soaking wet.  She is as active as they get, plays golf every chance, walks every day, goes to watch soccer games that my neice coaches,  plays bridge in 2 or 3 different clubs, reads a lot, etc..  She has been a widow for about 15 years.