I work in healthcare education. We are a small, family-like group and everyone always shares their medical issues. I know what someone's phlegm looks like when they are sick, I know who's had what surgery. I prefer to keep my details private and I know that's my right under HIPPA. I'm considering saying that I need surgery to deal with a hernia but I'm afraid they might ask for details or that it will become obvious that I had WLS.

For those that work in the medical field what did you tell your colleagues?

I am also in the medical field and have no desire to tell anyone at work about my surgery. I scheduled my vacation for the day of and 10days post-op telling everyone I was visiting family and then starting a 1/2 marathon training program when I get back for a race in October . . Most of my colleagues are very encouraging about the idea of marathon training because they see it as healthy. I figure it covers the 5 small meals a day thing and it gives me extra encouragement to run everyday because I have to keep up my cover story or else tell them the truth. So far no one has questioned it so *fingers crossed* I will be diligent with my running and can actually run a 1/2 marathon by October lol.

Hernia is believable I would just read up on the "type you have" and the surgery/recovery process to have some general knowledge in case you get someone who wants to talk to you about it. l was going to say hernia too but when I was researching the details it felt like too complicated of a lie for me to maintain. Personally I felt like the simpler the lie the easier it is to make believable.

Edited March 15, 201610 yr by coco86