Looking for more advice... on "coming out" to co-workers.

I told my boss and two closest co-workers that I was planning to have WLS back when I first started having all my appointments. They've been very supportive, as have my family and friends... but now that I have a tentative surgery date, my boss wants me to let everyone else know. I work for a small library system, with all of 30-something employees, and she is concerned about the gossip and concern if I don't say anything. While I feel that it's a personal thing, I see her point-- I know how they all are. I'm not looking forward to their comments and things; I know how some of them think, but that doesn't bother me because I'm in it for me. The real issue is... how do I tell them? I'm not about to send out a mass-email or anything. Should I just sit down with a few, perhaps others in my two departments, or maybe just one or two at a time? Bring it up, or hope that it somehow slides into the convo?

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