Curious about how open you guys are about having had surgery. Do you just tell anyone? Close friends/family only? My boyfriend had bypass surgery 2 years ago and every once in awhile he'll run into someone who is shocked and asks him how he lost all the weight-- he has no problem telling them it was surgery, even people he doesn't know well at all.

It's not that I think this is weird, I just don't know how comfortable I'll be answering that question with acquaintances. How do you guys usually go about it? What about telling others you're about to have surgery? Have you told coworkers etc. what kind of surgery it is when they ask? My mom doesn't even know yet so I'm kind of struggling with the delicacy of this a bit.

Edited August 14, 201015 yr by teh ericka

I've been slowly breaking the news to people in my circle of friends - I didn't tell most of them before the surgery because I didn't want people who know nothing about the operation OR my surgeon to try to scare me away from doing it. Already had one unpleasant reaction. There's a person in my circle who I've gradually stopped considering a friend (very self-absorbed, never available for me when I want to talk to her, treats me badly and then justifies it by being "stressed out and busy," expects me to pick up the tips when we go out even though she has parents who pay for everything, etc), but all my friends are friends with her, so I have to continue to socialize with her. I decided it'd be very weird if everyone knew and accidentally mentioned it and she didn't know, so I figured I'd tell her just like I've told/will tell the other 2 people. She was like, "Are you ok!?" I was like, "Oh yeah, I'm fine, I can't eat very much and still am not allowed to touch most foods, but I don't have any pain or anything." She's like, "No, I mean, are you OK!?" - you know, as in, MENTALLY. Uh, yes....what a tool. To be expected, I guess. Now I'm thinking I shouldn't have told her - her accidentally finding out from other people would've been a nice slap in the face.