Call me CRANKY PANTS... a massive rant

Hi There,

i agree with the other ladies. I felt every one of the emotions I have felt throughout this process reading your post.  The thing is people know that chemo makes you sick and you lose your hair! That's what they think cancer is. They don't realise that it is so much more than that. I remember a friend who had not been supportive of me at all saying that she thought I was doing ok so she didn't bother. My answer to that was, I was fighting for my life, battling cancer. What in the world would make you think I was ok? Who's ok when they are going through this? People don't know what to say. We also tend to lose our tolerance for bs when we have been or are going through this. Rant away. We all get it. And as far as work goes, no one is indispensable. You will be amazed that they will survive without you. I worked throughout treatment, partly out of necessity, partly out of a need to have some normality in my life and partly out of a misplaced loyalty to my then employer. I didn't want to let them down as I was in a management position and was led to believe that they would struggle without me. 14 months into my 16 months of treatment, they sacked me. This is the time to do what's right for you. Put yourself first and do what you need to. Hang in there. Karen xox