For those of you with kids.

[kaciii 38]

My oldest is 8 youngest 18 months. And I just told him I was having surgery but not what kind . He asked me the day before why I was having surgery and I just told him because I have to but it's nothing to worry about your momma is gonna be just fine . He didn't think twice about it after that . I even showed him my incisions when I got back home and he just seems interested in my well being rather than what I had and why...

[choicemun 111]

Thank you all for your replies and great ideas.

I go back home Saturday and to be honest I don't know if I am going to tell them the whole truth. Before I left I was on my pre-op diet and my 10yr old was helping me and she was excited to see I was eating different, I told her from now on mom will Be eating healthy so she can be more active, and she understood that. But she is every sensitive so telling her I had surgery I don't think is a good idea, I told myself I'll take it as it comes if she asks me I may just tell her will see.

Thank you guys and good luck to you all.

[missvee 28]

I've been very honest with my kids and told them the truth and have shared some of my health problems so they understand mommy isn't doing this to look good! They read through my binder and all the food choices I have to make and the changes that as a family will we have to make and I'm glad that it's got them thinking about what they eat too! Maybe I'm too open but I've shown them pictures of the scars I will have; someone posted a pic of the stomach that's removed, I started freaking out and they wanted to see so they've even seen that. But then again I was in nursing school and would bring home sheep brains and eyeballs to dissect with them lol

My babies are 13, 11, and 3

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Edited April 2, 2016 by missvee