Hi @pnienaber,
Sorry to hear you are here and for the loss of your wife.
If you want to work during chemo, give it a try. Its not great fun but after the first few you know what to expect and how your body reacts.
You might need to consider that your immunity will be lower and moving into winter there are more bugs around. If you work with lots of other people this is a consideration. Masks could help.
If you have something like income protection they want you to be unable to work for 30 days before they pay out. Your oncologist can sign the forms and give medical certificate. I went back to work after my surgery to try to work but my head was all over the place, even though id been off for a month and then only worked 12 hours I had to wait another 30 days to get a payment. I had zero sick leave so that left me income free for a bit.
I finished treatment in january and went back to work 50% in February. Another factor is change in priorities and lingering side effects.
Good luck with everything. Great to see you here.
Michele
