Your health and work

Goodness everyone is so different!!! 2011 I worked through diagnosis and treatment as had to, am a single parent. 2015 I had to do Chemo, I had a schedule of when my Oncologist said Id be OK to work, it fell apart in the first 2 months. I had no capacity to work, was very ill and incapacitated. I pretty much had to learn to walk again, been a very long hard road all from Chemo. I returned 3 days a week at 6 weeks post chemo 2016 and have continued until the end of 2017. Im only working 20 hrs a week and I struggle enormously with fatigue and pain and Im 13 months post chemo. My specialists have said they are doubtful I will be able to return in a full time capacity to the work I do as an ES in an Autism Specific School due to the nature of the demand of the job and on my feet the entire time. The other thing the Oncologist said to my Insurance Company in a report is that for how ever long I am on Arimidex I will not manage full time in my job due to side effects 5 years minimum. So I am going to have to look for alternative work. I did learn a valuable lesson however through it....WORK WASN'T IMPORTANT...I finally put ME first Work comes second. I love my job passionately, but it comes down to each person really. Work is stressful for me, plus being a single parent all of these things are not conducive to a happy life or a healthy one. Putting time into me however....has been priceless and priority above everything. Thankfully Ive had a great Employer that has worked with me. So will have to make decisions end of the year. Everyone has different priorites, I was a workaholic...now I work to live not the other way around.