Aes85

Hi everyone! I hope you all are doing great! Hey, I had a question. I told my employer that I was having surgery (was not specific about what kind of surgery lol) but that I was having surgery May 21 (woohoo!!). I told them that I would most likely be out for a few weeks after surgery. My job offers Short Term Disability and Family Medical Leave of Absence through Hartford which I applied for just now. I know I will be approved for my leave, but I was wondering, does Hartford tell my employer explicitly that it is for Gastric Bypass surgery? Will my employer eventually be told what surgery I am going in for? I am pretty open with friends, and my family knows and is very supportive, but my job on the other hand is all about image so I fear the judgmental attitudes coming my way lol.

Yes, what I found out is that std/fmla company gets info from me, and all they relay to my job is approved or denied that all.

Hi everyone, I have been stalking these forums for months and now I am so happy to be a part of it! I'm having RNY gastric bypass on May 21st, and I have been taking doxycycline for about 1 1/2 months for acne, and I was wondering if anyone knew if it was not good to take it before surgery, or if it shouldn't affect my surgery. I had read somewhere that doxycycline can increase liver enzymes? I am not sure how valid that statement is but it has caught my attention knowing that we want to shrink our liver as much as possible before surgery. Do you guys have any personal experiences with doxycycline before surgery?

I found out from my doctor that I can take it up to one day before surgery :-) it must not really affect anything essential during surgery

Thank you so much for your help! You know, that's what I was thinking as well! Granted, the company that provides the benefit (Hartford) asked me for what is it for, etc., but I would think the specifics are not disclosed to my manager or anything. if anything, maybe HR but i imagine it would stop there. what do you think?