Ok... sooooooo apparently i am the only one getting this done in Nov! Insannitttttttty. Im very new to this... so if anyone could help me making my thing a lil prettier.. i'd appreciate that too. :help:

Dianne - I just realized that you can click on my ticker and it will bring you to the website to get one. Then you copy the code over to your signature.

Hi Guys!

I'm a November Bandster! My Surgery date is Nov 9th with Dr. Rodregiez in Monterrey, Mx. I am very nervous about going to Mexico but at this point I'm just trying not to think about it to hard.

Good luck to all of you and I will be looking forward to your success stories (as well as my own)!

Thanks Nessa. I'll give it a try. :-)

Hey Ashley and Elizabeth ! Welcome

Patty - My doctor told me that I should only need about 3 days to recover from the surgery. He said that I may still be a little sore but nothing that I can't handel at my office job. I am going to take the Thursday, Friday and Monday off just to be on the safe side.

I thought I would be back to work on Tuesday after a Friday surgery and NO GO! I actually have an office job as well, but did not feel able to go back for 7 days and actually took off 9 days because of weekends. I am a workaholic and it killed me to be home. I tried going in one morning and by the time I was ready to go, I felt like I needed to lay down. When I got to work, I had hot flashes and felt wiped out.

I guess what I am saying, is be careful about your plans in that first week, because they don't always go as planned! Good Luck to you!

Nessa, which one do I use? HTML? And where is my signature? Do I cut and paste it everytime I send a message? I don't get it. Sorry for being a bone head. Dianne

I thought I would be back to work on Tuesday after a Friday surgery and NO GO! I actually have an office job as well, but did not feel able to go back for 7 days and actually took off 9 days because of weekends. I am a workaholic and it killed me to be home. I tried going in one morning and by the time I was ready to go, I felt like I needed to lay down. When I got to work, I had hot flashes and felt wiped out.

I guess what I am saying, is be careful about your plans in that first week, because they don't always go as planned! Good Luck to you!

I have heard from some people that they were feeling fine the next day and then I heard from some that it took about a week. I've asked a few if it compared to a c-section and they have said it's much easier than that. I did fine with my c-section so am hoping I do well with the healing from this.

Dianne - Go to Quick Links at the top of the page and there should be an option to Edit Signature. You copy the code from the website and paste it in the signature box. I don't remember what code I used but I believe it said for message boards or something like that.

It is the first code BBCode... There is a beginning and ending tag... I think it is html...sorry can't remember that you don't copy just copy all in between. Let me update mine and I will see...brb

Hi Nov Bandsters. I have been away for awhile and see that a lot more Nov Bandsters have gotten together. I am feeling everything everyone else has talked about....fear of failure or making all those scary changes, excitement for the regular stores...so many mixed emotions. I come here and I know I am not alone. The support and kindnesses helps strengthen my courage.

On another note, I am completely and totally dumb when it comes to the ticker thing. I have worked so hard on this that my brain hurts and I'm obviously no further along. Is there someone who can give computer-illiterate type directions on how to actually get the ticker from it's website to the signature page? I need simple and detailed directions.

Thank you!

Penny

I've requested a surgery date on November 9 with Dr Gonzalez. Anyone else going to him on this date?

On another note, I am completely and totally dumb when it comes to the ticker thing. I have worked so hard on this that my brain hurts and I'm obviously no further along. Is there someone who can give computer-illiterate type directions on how to actually get the ticker from it's website to the signature page? I need simple and detailed directions.

Thank you!

Penny

Here I will try my best...

1 - Bring up a secong Internet Explorer Window on your computer

2 - On the second window log into TickerFactory.com

3 - Choose the ticker you want like... Weight Loss

4 - Choose one from the lists of Ticker Bands..there are 16 pages to

choose from.

5 - Click "NEXT" After you pick your ticker band NOT before.

6 - Choose your Ticker Slider...there are 10 pages to choose from

7 - Click "NEXT" After you pick your ticker slider NOT before

8 - Choose a Password/PIN whatever you would like and can remember

easily since you will need to use it to update your ticker when your

weight changes

9 - Select to track your weight in either Pounds or Kilograms

10 - Enter what you like your final target weight to be

11 - Enter your Starting Weight (Highest Weight)

12 - Enter your Current Weight

13 - Enter the date you weighed in at that Weight (MM/DD/YYYY)

14 - Choose height units such as English or Metric

15 - Enter Height in Feet and Inches

16 - Click NEXT

17 - Select with your mouse all the words in RED in the box below the bbCode... DO NOT select the brackets with the "url" in it either before or after...only the ones with the

I am sorry you do select the whole bbCode including the url and brackets and you won't need to save the we address on your Favorties page since you will be able to click on the ticker on any of your web pages and it will take you directly to the Update page...

So on #17 - Select all of the "bbCode"

So FORGET #21 and #22

Sorry if this was any confusion.... Let me know and I can repost.

April, thank you so much! Let's see how I do....

Penny

April.......YEAH, I DID IT!!! :clap2:THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! My mistake in trying before your instructions was that I did not highlight the whole bbcode box, just the first line. BTW, did I thank you?

Penny

I am so proud of you!!! By the way it looks great! Love that Lady Bug....