JoAnn
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Naes Wls J. 21 years, 2 months ago
<b>Hey girl where you been? LOL missed hearing from you. Glad to see ya back. Thumbs up to ya, **Hugs**</b>
Alice W. 21 years, 2 months ago
JoAnn~~How nice to see your smiling face and post on the board!!! I coming over tomorrow for dinner--I can smell the wonderful pot of sauce cooking from here! (yes, we call it sauce) It brings back so many memories of my Nonna House on Sundays. Just let me know what time!!!!.....Welcome Back My Friend!!
leopardjoy 21 years, 2 months ago
Hi JoAnn...it's nice to see your beautiful profile back up for everyone to read and enjoy! We miss you terribly around here, my dear friend. Love and hugs, Joy xo
Becky P. 21 years, 3 months ago
JoAnne, PLEEEEEEEEASSE don't go!!! I look for your posts every day, it's like taking a trip to Italy. I don't give a diddle about your closest friends, we all have them, say hi to them all you want. It's your perspective and good nature that I want to hear about. You just look so happy, it makes you beautiful! Please come back, so many of us miss you already!
Mara T. 21 years, 3 months ago
mmm..I just read your surgery page to see if my post made it..and Hon..one last thing..AND THIS IS NOT a parting shot...YOU DID POST ON THE BOARD ABOUT...equating CUBAN ROACHES IN STILETTOS..something you guys made up and doesn't exist, so therefor CAN be mistaken for a RACIST or BIGOTED remark...to JAPANESE BETTLES and AFRICAN KILLER BEES..those names are refrences to where the "EXPERTS" believe to be the origen of the bug.<P><P>I once again tell you to reconsider leaving, I have NEVER except for once( maybe 2x..lol--don't think that one made it to the MB, thank goodness as I regretted writting it as soon as I hit the "SEND" button and had a chance to cool off)...EVER blew up at you I do my best to ignore pettiness, no matter where it comes from. <P><P>I also don't believe in empty apologies, because if someone has done nothing wrong...there is NO need for an apology, right?<P><P>I wish you luck in your journey also, and I think that as 48 year old women...WE ROCK!...take care.
Mara T. 21 years, 3 months ago
Joann, YOU may feel this is totally inappropriate of me to post to your surgery page but, here goes anyways. DO NOT LEAVE. THERE IS NO REASON FOR YOU TO LET SOMEONE CHASE YOU OFF. I know, I know, you're just like me...HOT HEADED and quick to react, but that is just that LATIN blood inside us. I have a double whammy since I also have some MIDDLE EASTERN ancestry..lol (talk about blood thirsty!)<P><P>Yes, I agree with some people that your posts are sometimes hard to understand, but, you can just feel your "JOI DE VIVE" pouring out.<P><P>If you're still reading this you may have a "WHAAAAAAAAAAAA...D???? look" on your face, but belive me, those emails about not giving shout outs on the board to people on the boards and they feeling left out...DIDN'T START OUT WITH YOUR GROUP OF PEOPLE!...those emails have been doing the MB circute for YEARS...I have been comming to AMOS for research and support since the Spring '01 and I got them back then, but, being the individual that I am...I just replied..."A FOOL'S NAME, LIKE A FOOL'S FACE DO OFT APPEAR IN PUBLIC PLACE", then went on to explain that I didn't have to show my support to people by posting it on the boards, that that would be MORE about me than the person I was trying to support. That I came home every day and spent about 4 hours catching up on posts and sending private emails of support, and that was that. I got this person so aggravated with my answer that I had to delete my ORIGINAL profile because they had posted...PROFANITY on it..oh yeah...the mods overlooked the F*** word..at least 2x's..lol.<P><P>Look, Joann, if you check the records also, you will see that I have comported myself like a lady at all times. I have NEVER..after the first email of response to your friend JOY M, NEVER contacted her again. When I asked Teann to act as intermediary, I got a VERY VOLATILE and I would dare say THREATENING email from her. ALL I asked her was..."What is wrong with your friend? She is seeing spiders where there are none."--that was it..and I proceeded to tell her that the person in question was NOT my type as she was well aware of the kinds of guys I liked..that's IT!<P><P>Look, my take on this is this, I had NO IDEA they were "A COUPLE"...and at that time I was speaking with the gentleman in question EVERY weekend via telephone. HE NEVER TOLD ME..OK? and it was NOT your friend's place to send me an email acusing me of "DISRESPECTING" her over a remark made in a JOKING manner. Especially when I live over 2000 miles a way, what kind of a threat COULD I have been to their relationship if there even was one? To make matters even easier for your friend, I even withheld my friendship from this man to make your friend feel more comfortable.<P><P>Listen, I have dated, many,many men in my 48 years...and there has been a % of guys that have NOT told me they are in a "COMMITED" relationship..or I have been in a relationship with a man that has "STRAYED"...I NEVER blame the other woman..usually SHE IS NOT AWARE of the circumstances and if she is, she is NOT worth the time and trouble it would take for me to educate her. I WILL ALWAYS PUT THE BLAME DIRECTLY ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE MAN. IT'S UP TO HIM TO KEEP HIMSELF ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW.<P><P>I've been thinking about posting to you since yesterday, and even missed my HULA performance today because I felt that I had to come home and write to you...that THIS was more important than some silly dance...even though I did let down my "HULA" family...You have seniority over them..lol!<P><P>Believe me, Joann,when I say this, that in another life and another place...you and I would probably have been great friends...we are NOT to dissimilar you and I.<P><P>And also believe me when I say this...I have NOT emailed you or anyone else in your group...EVER...in my own name or using a pen name--except when you posted to my surgery page that post about pointing fingers! I felt that was the end of my patience, because YOU and I both know that you and your princess posse were being, not only DISRESPECTFUL to me, but also a bit RACISTS in taking that CUBAN ROACH thread to where it got to. THAT got my goat, as a MULTI-RACIAL family, I am HYPER sensitive to any kind of bigoted remarks and I WILL ACT upon them.<P><P>During this MB feuding, I HAVE taken the "HIGH ROAD", if any of my posts were offensive to you or your friends, like my mother says..."ONCE YOU START LOOKING FOR THE CAT'S TAIL, YOU WILL ALLWAYS FIND IT"-- I really think that even if I had posted...MERRY CHRISTMAS or HAPPY BIRTHDAY, it would've set your group off in a frenzy of emails all about..."did you see what she wrote now?"--LOL--and you and yours were/are the farthest thing on my mind...lol.<P><P>Believe me, this is NOT the first time I have caused controversy and I have learned to deal with it by ignoring it...it WILL eventually go away or if DRAMA is what keeps a group together, they will eventually move on to shred someone else..lol.--<P><P>YOU WILL SEE...DON'T REACT, DON'T GIVE THIS PERSON OR PEOPLE POWER BY LETTING THEM SEE YOU REACT AND LEAVE. I am asking you to show those ..what? TITANIUM OVARIES and stay! Let THEM leave if they don't like your post, or..NOT READ THEM, last time I checked this IS still America, right?
AmyL 21 years, 3 months ago
JoAnn, I pick up posts late, so this is probably all over and done with by now, but I'm chiming in with my plea that you stick around here! Everyone else who's already posted here is 100% on the money: no one (who matters) cares who you say hi to or who you don't. It's what you post to all of us on a daily basis that gives us a smile, a chuckle or a laugh-out-loud guffaw! We need you around here. I have often told others in posts and emails that I would give a lot to sit down with you for an hour, and bask in some of that Italian warmth that so obviously comes across every one of your posts. I am glad you will be seeing through your desire to travel to Italy, and I wish I could be there for the Boston get-together. I love Boston--but we're all crazy about you! You are the Resident Contessa, and there's no one else who could be that!
scarletlady 21 years, 3 months ago
JoAnn -- please don't leave the message board. I don't post often but you have been an inspiration to me. You are always cheerful and positive and I always look for your postings. I love reading about your escapes and school and the fun that you have cooking. I enjoy the back and forth with your friends here and it inspires me so much. Please do not leave and let people that are jealous of your positiveness ruin it for the rest of us. Please stay. Gilda
Donna O. 21 years, 3 months ago
Hi, Joann1 I tried to e-amil this to you but it bounced back. I guess I can understand you blocking e-mails from here if you are being upset and hurt by the one you are receiving. So, I will try it this way. I am scheduled to have surgery Oct. 28. I found this site by accident as I was researching bypass surgery. I found so much information here. Reading the profiles and message boards provided more information that anywhere else. More importantly, I found support here. I sit and read from this site for hours everyday soaking up every ounce of information I can find. The onees that influence me the most are the ones from the successful people like you. It has shown me the ups and downs, the trials and victories and the tears and joys that come with this new lifestyle. It has shown me, through you experiences this is not the EASY way out. It has shown me that it is not a new diet but a total lifestyle change. The knowledge I have attained from people like you is priceless and cannot be found in any book or on any medical website. For you to leave this wevsite and not longer post here would be a real loss to the pre-ops and the post-ops alike. I cannot imagine reading the boards every day and not seeing your smiling face there. I look forward to every one of your posts. Thare are always insightful and meaningful. Thare are usually full of all the things I am looking for--the real, down to earth, everyday experiences that follow this surgery. You seem to be such a wonderful woman-so full of life, love and laughter. Please reconsider and stay where you have so much to offer. You obviously have made dear friends here. This site is a common ground where you all share a little bit of yourselves and in doing so you let others share with you. One more thing, then, I will quit. I have always thought friendship meant understanding when my friends opinions may not be the same as mine. I I wanted a clone, I would look in the mirrow. The world is made up of many individual with many different looks, beliefs, and opinions. That is what makes each of us so special. Atre frien accpts thos differences and loves you as you are. Friendship also means sharing with each other. It should be a pleasure for others to see you enjoying your jokes and smiles with your many friends. I feel good when I see a group of you sharing with each other I makes me know there are still good things the this sometimes mixed-up world. I hope I have not offended you by speaking you. I suppose I am doing so for selfish reasons. If you stop posting, I will be losing. I will no longer have the priviledge of learning from you. Joann, don't stop being you. Somehow, after reading your posts and profile these past few weeks, I know you are someone I would gladly call "FRIEND." Take care! Donna
