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Good morning, all. I have a huge favor to ask. My surgery is coming up in early July, and like many of you, I have chosen to keep it very private from everyone but my immediate family. I have created a different Facebook page because I don't want pages that I've "liked" or groups that I've joined to show up in my newsfeed or that of my friends. I also refuse to post pictures of myself on my FB page, yet I truly want to have some kind of visual record of my progress and want to use my new page to do that -- sort of like a digital journal of my journey. The problem is FB is intuitive enough to know something is up when you have no friends--even when you ask to join closed groups you may get denied if you have no friends because admins think you are just joining to spam them....logical assumption! Would you please consider requesting me as a friend? You can always check "Unfollow" so my stuff won't clog your own newsfeed and I will never post on your wall--but I hope to keep some really good stuff on there, especially recipes I find for post op life. I would love to have some friends who are also July/summer surgeries! My facebook address is katiemorgan7664@gmail.com . I promise I'm not a creepy stalker! Just someone who wants to use social media for the good it can provide! I'm using 7/6/64 as my birthdate so that on every July 6 I will be reminded of my surgerversary--my NEW birthday! Thank you all so much.

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I just sent you a friend request. :-) (amy Johnson Snyder)

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Are you using the same email to log into both accounts? Even if you don't, just be careful if yore trying to keep this private as Facebook monitors your activity and may post things to your other wall in the same way it often does when you "like" or comment on someone else's posts.

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I just sent you a friend request

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Just sent you a friend request (Felicia Shelley)

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You are among friends here we understand your need for privacy. Brian :)

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