How to deal with nosey coworkers?
Does anyone have any tips on this? It seems like I'm CONSTANTLY leaving work early for doc appts and mandatory group support classes. One coworker in particular is so nosey about it. She's the resident gossip and I know if she finds out about the surgery, everyone in the office will know. I'm not embarassed, but its a very personal medical decision, and I don't want to have to explain my reasons for getting surgery to everyone.
Jessica
http://www.thebariatricdiva.com
Just say you had to leave early and leave it at that. If asked why tell her it was a personal matter or you had a doctor's appt. Conclusions are already being drawn if you missed any work and are losing at lightening speed like during the first several months and first year and the major difference in fluid intake and smaller food portions/shakes.
I kept mine to myself and never confirmed anything but people "knew" based on my leave, weight loss, and gossip.
Good luck and I feel your pain. I went thru it, too.
The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.
In Christ
Tell them that it is called "personal time" because it is personal! You have some personal things that need to be taken care of. They are going to talk anyway, so you may (or may not) want to let them know sometime before your actual surgery. Remember Star Jones? She denied, denied, denied having gastric bypass surgery until she finally admitted to it later and ended up having MORE talk about it than if she just said so at first. If you DO decide to tell your co-workers, make sure that the office gossip is the last to know!
Martha 
High 250/Consult Weight 245/Surgery 205/Now 109
Height 5'4.5" BMI 18.4
In maintenance since June 2009 
Say, "It's personal and I am not comfortable discussing it with you."
If she keeps asking nosy questions, say, "Stop asking me about it. You are making me very uncomfortable."
If she continues, talk to her supervisor.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
I have had to deal with this in several aspects of my life. My youngest daughter is adopted and has a different skin color than the rest of our family and people are always asking nosey questions about her. And I have had the nosey co-workers ask questions about my weight loss since my surgery also.
I have learned that the best question to ask is usually "Why do you ask?" when they have a nosey question...if they have a valid reason they will tell you if they are just being nosey it is fun to watch them fall over themselves to come up with something. 
If it gets to be an issue after you have handled it with her...I would definitely say something to your supervisor.
Good luck!
Jennifer in NC (banded 09/08, band removed 11/19/12, approved for RNY 02/14/13, Surgery 2/27/13)
Or you could have some fun with it.....for instance tell each person who asks something different. To make it even more fun tell them something really off the wall. For example..I don't work outside the home, but I am active in all three of my kids schools and sports so I see everyone in town at some point or the other. My surgery is not exactly secret but I don't tend to blab about it. Lots of people are suspicious but they don't know for sure, so I get a lot of " gosh what are you doing to loose all that weight". and "what kind of diet are you on". I have told them everything from "My husband won't let me eat" to "I only eat on days that end with y". The best one was that I was on a new diet where you only eat raw meat, preferably raw rabbit but its hard to come by cause the darn things are so stinking fast.
