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Working while waiting for surgery
Hi all, was diagnosed 3 weeks ago today with early stage and was told I’d be having surgery pretty quickly. Ended up having to have more tests to eliminate issues in the other side and thankfully tha...
Hi Katieh, I’m resonating with your message and wondering how it all unfolded for you? Right now I’m working while trying to hold onto my sanity and my manager is being extremely tolerant and kind. I just can’t afford to chew up all my leave when I have not even gotten a treatment plan…. I’m going back to my gp to see about anti anxiety medication and whether that can help?
wondering now that you’ve had some time since you posted this if you can speak to what helped you if anything?
susan
Hi CrazyDogLady67 - I just wanted to jump in as sometimes older posts can take a while to get a reply. I'm so sorry to hear what you are going through, and the added layer of not having your treatment plan right now so you don't have a view on what the path ahead looks like to manage work life around it. BCNA has created some resources to support with this, please see below, i hope these help :)
- Tackling the difficult conversations at work (podcast)
- Talking to your colleagues (article)
- Employment rights and responsibilities (article)
- Employment (article)
- Helping a colleague with cancer (to share with you workplace if they are open to it)
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