Thank you -- you are all so wonderful!!
Hiya Everyone!!! 
It's been a while since I posted last but I've been so busy getting everything ready for my journey to begin! I'm so excited about finally being able to control my hunger, to stop gaining weight and start losing it, and to stop feeling like a freak of nature. I would like to thank everyone on here for all of your help -- you can't know just how much it means to me. Ya see, I live in the boondocks and there are no support groups around me -- the closest being 90 minutes away -- and I know how important it is to talk and share and get help from others. This site, this message board, and all of you wonderful people are my support group. You have given me the courage to forge ahead with this surgery despite the risks; you have shared your accomplishments as well as your setbacks; you have shown me that it is possible for me to succeed in this. I may have been a lurker at times... just reading your posts and profiles or browsing through before/after pictures, but I finally gained the courage to respond to a post or actually put one up myself. 
There is a special "thank you" I need to bestow ... My angel, Donna, has felt the full brunt of my hurricane of emotions -- my fear, anger, hope, and more fear... Donna -- you are a special woman and I can't thank you enough for being here for me. 
This group is wonderful and I hope that everything works out for me so I can come back and be able to continue sharing, learning, and making new friends. My daughter, Amber, will let everyone know how things went... she'll post under my name on Thursday.
My love and thanks to everyone! I'll see you again after Dr. Iannoli works his magic!
Lisa Z
3 days and counting.. 
It's been a while since I posted last but I've been so busy getting everything ready for my journey to begin! I'm so excited about finally being able to control my hunger, to stop gaining weight and start losing it, and to stop feeling like a freak of nature. I would like to thank everyone on here for all of your help -- you can't know just how much it means to me. Ya see, I live in the boondocks and there are no support groups around me -- the closest being 90 minutes away -- and I know how important it is to talk and share and get help from others. This site, this message board, and all of you wonderful people are my support group. You have given me the courage to forge ahead with this surgery despite the risks; you have shared your accomplishments as well as your setbacks; you have shown me that it is possible for me to succeed in this. I may have been a lurker at times... just reading your posts and profiles or browsing through before/after pictures, but I finally gained the courage to respond to a post or actually put one up myself.
There is a special "thank you" I need to bestow ... My angel, Donna, has felt the full brunt of my hurricane of emotions -- my fear, anger, hope, and more fear... Donna -- you are a special woman and I can't thank you enough for being here for me.
This group is wonderful and I hope that everything works out for me so I can come back and be able to continue sharing, learning, and making new friends. My daughter, Amber, will let everyone know how things went... she'll post under my name on Thursday.
My love and thanks to everyone! I'll see you again after Dr. Iannoli works his magic!
Lisa Z
3 days and counting.. 
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Hugs,
Lisa Z
2 days to go! 
Lisa,
Only 3 more days and you will be at the beginning again!!! I know you are ready for this. All the emotions you have gone through have helped you to get to this point. You are a strong and amazing woman and I know that you will make the most of this tool that you have been given.
I will be thinking of you often until your time!!!!
Donna 
Donna Hiya Angel Girl
I wish there were words to express my gratitude for your patience and helpfulness. My butterflies are on overdrive at the moment. I do believe there is a competition in there to see which butterfly can get the farthest up my throat before I stop moving and take a deep breath and shoo him back down where he belongs. 
I think if I survive the next 2 days I'll be able to survive anything!! Talk about the jitters kicking in!! 
I'll talk to you Tuesday night and will have the number for Park Ridge Hospital for you.
Hugs,
Lisa Z
2 days to go
I wish there were words to express my gratitude for your patience and helpfulness. My butterflies are on overdrive at the moment. I do believe there is a competition in there to see which butterfly can get the farthest up my throat before I stop moving and take a deep breath and shoo him back down where he belongs.
I think if I survive the next 2 days I'll be able to survive anything!! Talk about the jitters kicking in!!
I'll talk to you Tuesday night and will have the number for Park Ridge Hospital for you.
Hugs,
Lisa Z
2 days to go 
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on 7/17/05 10:30 pm - MT
on 7/17/05 10:30 pm - MT
Lisa,
Hun that is so exciting, you are almost there... This whole journey is a mix of emotions and it is so awesome to have people and this board to help us out. I love this place. 
If it was not for these caring people I don't know if I would have made it through myself.
Take care hun and I wish you the very best, my prayers and thoughts will be with you on Wed....~Hugs~
Debra P 
This whole journey is a mix of emotions and it is so awesome to have people and this board to help us out. I love this place. If it was not for these caring people I don't know if I would have made it through myself.
Take care hun and I wish you the very best, my prayers and thoughts will be with you on Wed....~Hugs~
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