triser72

To Kat817 & amsderb: Thanks for your input! I feel a lot better about what and how to tell my students - based on your suggestions. To all of you - what a great forum topic for pre-op!!! It confirms my confidence in this decision!

This is a tough issue. I am closer to my co-workers than most of my family, so I think that telling them isn't going to be a big deal. I know several women who are having 'work' (breast augmentation:ohmy:, tummy tuck:smile2:, etc.) done during Spring Break, so everyone is discussing everything pretty openly. My biggest wrestle right now is whether or not to tell my students, or rather, how to tell them. I am a middle school choir director - my students question me every time my hairstyle changes and they could probably tell you the clothes that I wear most often - right now, it's a small list b/c nothing fits. My students know that I am an open book - they are allowed to ask me anything (we stay on appropriate topics, mind you). I have 5 girls in choir that are my same size (26-28) - 12-13 year olds! I want to be sure that I say things correctly, and still remain a good role model. Plus, I am never absent from work - in the last 130+ days of school, I have been gone 5 days, all school business. They will know something's happening. I am thinking about waiting till the day before the surgery, that's when I usually tell them (if I am going to be absent). Actually, my students will probably be my largest cheering section - kids are resilient that way! Whatever happens - I am READY for a life change!!!!!

Hello, from the Houston area, I went to a wl seminar a couple of weeks ago at Memorial Hermann - it's a one stop shopping outfit for wls. I have spent the past 2 wks getting med records transferred to the surgeon - not an easy task. my appt. w/Dr. Ballette is 3/18. All I have to do after that is nutrition & psych consults, then wait for approval.

I'm with you on this one...I have chosen to share the experience with my hubby and 2-3 of my closest friends (all support the decision). I have researched this decision for 18 mos. and met with one doc in June that made me uncomfortable. That experience made me fear the decision even more and it's taken me this long to work through it. My psych has been a HUGE help. My family may not find out for a LONG time. And my hubby's fam - we see them 2x/mo. - idk when I'll be ready to tell them. The mil/sil combo have commentary for everything in everyone's life - it's best not to tell them. My hubby wants to know who's going to sit at the hospital with him - I told him the hospital was next door to a Best Buy, so he couldn't be that bored.:thumbup: Not banded yet...initial checkup with doc 3/18....:biggrin2: