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I am telling all but my managers that I am having a hiatal hernia repaired and the reason I will be off work. Trying to drop some inches before surgery so it doesn't look as obvious. I just don't want to hear about me taking the easy way to lose weight.

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I told my employers that I was having hernia surgery and the weight loss is coming from the pre op blood work that showed that I was diabetic and I just made lifestyle changes. No one needs to know as far as I'm concerned

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You've already volunteered too much information.

If you're going out on leave, you only need to tell HR enough to get the leave paperwork completed, and you don't have to tell them why/what you're doing. Do you have to tell everyone what you're doing on vacation? No, and medical leave is the same way.

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I've decided to keep it good and vague and just say that I'm having abdominal surgery. It felt better for me to say that than lie.

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I've been pretty open with people at work, and fortunately everyone has been very supportive. However, when it came to my HR rep I only said I was having surgery.

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You have to know my personality here... I would tell my guys that I have a raging case of the crabs and recommend they disinfect the toilet seat.

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You have to know my personality here... I would tell my guys that I have a raging case of the crabs and recommend they disinfect the toilet seat.

And when you keep losing and losing and losing? Do you tell them that you were mistaken.

They weren't crabs.

They were piranhas????

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I am telling all but my managers that I am having a hiatal hernia repaired and the reason I will be off work. Trying to drop some inches before surgery so it doesn't look as obvious. I just don't want to hear about me taking the easy way to lose weight.

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I completely agree ... I feel like I'd be walking around all day trying to explain myself and being judged. It's only your business. I don't like to lie either but at the same time, that puts their mind at ease for why you're gone, why you're losing and so on. It will be fine,

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