Returning to work

I am in a government job and had lots of sick leave and long service leave to help me though. This is very fortunate, i know. I returned to work after chemo finished (still in herception) and stayed on 'light duties' up until my mast/recon which had me have another 2 months off.

I have now returned in full capacity to the workforce and I gave them plenty of notice. But i just cant shake to sympathy. I am a Head Teacher (a teacher but a manager also) but was never returned to my Head Teacher designation but rather given another role. It is an important one but not really worthy of fulltime hours. I continue to be asked with big sympathetic eyes "how arrrre you?", "you look great". Which is fine and understandable but keeps me from moving forward.

I am now looking at redundancy if I cant be matched to another role during our restructure. I feel like I have missed opportunities and have just fallen so far behind. I feel like I am at a massive disadvantage to compete for a job role that i already have the qualifications and skills for but needed to take leave from.

So the next few weeks/months will be interesting. i am trying to stay positve and saying to myself it is perhaps time to move on, but with so many job cuts its hard to see what the future holds.

So Bel, to answer your question; I was greeted with open arms, but not offered my real job role.....but dont know why really.

Does anyone have a crystal ball?

Louie