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Working through Chemo
Hi all, I am about to start my AC Chemo on Thursday, (4 x 2 weeks apart), followed by Paclitaxel ( Weekly 12x) and was wondering if anyone successfully worked through their treatment? I work in my o...
I had much the same chemo treatment - 4 x AC but three weeks apart and 12 x Paclitaxel weekly. I worked throughout. I took a day off for the AC but only as long as it took for the Paclitaxel - luckily I worked near day oncology. I was fine, no nausea, fatigue or brain fog. I was working in events - in offices, outdoors, with lots of people and didn’t catch as much as a cold. But - and it’s a big but - what one person experiences, even on what seems the same treatment, can be radically different from another. So it’s wise to have a plan B. You will probably be able to tell, within a couple of weeks or so, what your reaction to each treatment (the two may be very different) is likely to be, plan for some down time if you can. I did of course have other side effects - occasional nose bleeds and lost my taste buds on Paclitaxel, for example. Fatigue or nausea can be exhausting and make working very difficult. Unfortunately it seems you can’t know until you try. Best wishes.
I worked for about 8 of the 12 weeks on Paclitaxel. I would work half a day and then go to chemo in the afternoon and the rest of the week work full days. I managed quite well but was starting to feel the fatigue after about 4 months. I managed symptoms really well.
