Help! What kind of surgery am i having?

[kvdme 64]

Why lie? Truth is, it's none of their business and you should say no offense but rather not talk about it. I could careless who knows personally... Lol if they have a problem with it, it just that...their problem.

[HushxPuppyx 20]

I understand how u feel-I have nosey people up here at my job. Ive decided to tell them-because I knew that my big mouthed boss already did for me while I was out recovering. Grrr.

[sonya139 95]

I'm telling people that I'm having surgery....period. No one will see my scars so that's not an issue. At work if I have restrictions regarding lifting, health services will give them the restrictions. They don't need to know what kind of surgery I'm having. It's no one's business. If I do want to give more I will tell them I'm having stomach surgery which is true but for now it's surgery....period

[7 Bites_Jen 479]

I've always been very open and up front about my surgery. If people don't like it, they can get over it, IMHO, LOL.

That being said, if you REALLY want it to be private and personal, here are some thoughts:

1) Most of us had a hietal(sp?) hernia removed during surgery - you can just tell people that you had a hernia removed.

2) Why tell them anyway? If it's none of their business that you had surgery in the first place, it's not their place why you aren't at work, right? Explain it away with, "oh, just took some personal time for myself" - it's TECHNICALLY not a lie ...

An alternative, though, would be to be honest about it! Use it as an opportunity to educate people on the sleeve and the truth about weight loss surgeries in general!