Chemo Safety Questions

Oh dear Missybusy it sounds like you work with a pile of drama queens who like to over dramatise everything and they should be on stage in a play.

If they/you have any concerns the people to contact are your chemo oncologist or the chemo nurses who helped administer your chemo.  You should have recieved an explanation sheet of the risks.  Contact them and let them put your drama queen colleagues at peace of mind  that they aren't going to become radioactive or catch your dreaded disease of BC and that this is only a precaution of which you didn't even really need to let them know but you did so out of decency and doing the right thing.

I sincerely hope that your work place comes to the party quickly and understands where you are coming from and that at this very stressful and crucial time in your journey you need support not ostresising (spelling sorry).  Surely someone in your office has been touched by cancer before being either themself or there loved ones so showing you a bit of compassion would be the way to go.

I sincerely hope that things get back to normal and you can carry on working in your workplace and that your colleagues can manage to show some empathy and compassion for someone who is travelling the BC rough road journey.

Wishing you strength to not only deal with your so called comrades but to get through the pot holes you will find along the road.

All I can add is keep on trucking and if they see your truck comin hopefully they will get out of your way.

Stay strong, we are here for you and we do understand what you are going through,lots of love, Mich xoxoxoxo

Oh dear Missybusy it sounds like you work with a pile of drama queens who like to over dramatise everything and they should be on stage in a play.

If they/you have any concerns the people to contact are your chemo oncologist or the chemo nurses who helped administer your chemo.  You should have recieved an explanation sheet of the risks.  Contact them and let them put your drama queen colleagues at peace of mind  that they aren't going to become radioactive or catch your dreaded disease of BC and that this is only a precaution of which you didn't even really need to let them know but you did so out of decency and doing the right thing.

I sincerely hope that your work place comes to the party quickly and understands where you are coming from and that at this very stressful and crucial time in your journey you need support not ostresising (spelling sorry).  Surely someone in your office has been touched by cancer before being either themself or there loved ones so showing you a bit of compassion would be the way to go.

I sincerely hope that things get back to normal and you can carry on working in your workplace and that your colleagues can manage to show some empathy and compassion for someone who is travelling the BC rough road journey.

Wishing you strength to not only deal with your so called comrades but to get through the pot holes you will find along the road.

All I can add is keep on trucking and if they see your truck comin hopefully they will get out of your way.

Stay strong, we are here for you and we do understand what you are going through,lots of love, Mich xoxoxoxo

I think I remember being told to just be careful for 72 hours following chemo.ie Don't have sex and flush the toilet twice.If I can find my chemo unit handouts I'll let you know. I think your work place is going overboard-you poor love,must feel like an untouchable by now. I took time off work for my chemo and I'm glad I did.     Tonya xx

Thanks Janet, yes they want to know all possible risks for everyone else in the office, because if someone else gets sicks or suffers an effect from this they don't want to be sued.  So they want to inform all in the office and have now told me I will use the mens toilet on my own and the men will go elsewhere.  Now the whole office will think of me as a walking toxic person to avoid too.  Torn between thinking they are going overboard and just covering their bums, but I pointed out that they don't know if they've been to the toilet after a cancer patient in public, they have to hope the cancer patient did the right thing.  I was trying to do the right thing at work at inform them but not so sure I should've? Today, my management team have managed to make me feel like crap and I was enjoying a normal day before that.  :-(

Thanks Janet, yes they want to know all possible risks for everyone else in the office, because if someone else gets sicks or suffers an effect from this they don't want to be sued.  So they want to inform all in the office and have now told me I will use the mens toilet on my own and the men will go elsewhere.  Now the whole office will think of me as a walking toxic person to avoid too.  Torn between thinking they are going overboard and just covering their bums, but I pointed out that they don't know if they've been to the toilet after a cancer patient in public, they have to hope the cancer patient did the right thing.  I was trying to do the right thing at work at inform them but not so sure I should've? Today, my management team have managed to make me feel like crap and I was enjoying a normal day before that.  :-(

I don't have any literature on that issue but I have to say I think your colleagues are being a bit silly. If you follow the precautions - lid down when flushing, wipe the seat afterwards if necessary -  I would imagine there is next to no risk for them.

It may be too that you won't be well enough to go to work on some of the days following chemo anyway, I know I wouldn't have been. And some of the days will be weekend days.

But if they persist in "freaking out" about it I would try asking your breast care nurse  or doctor for a pamphlet or if they don't have that, ask them to write you a little note to re-assure them. Take care, I hope it you don't have too many icky side-effects. Janet.