What do I tell work?
Hi. I am due to have first appointment with surgeon next week. I am guessing that at the very least I will have surgery (infiltrating ductal carcinoma but not in bones or other organs). While I know ...
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from memory I had a week off and surprisingly I've heard many go home the same day. I had overnight hospital stay for lumpectomy and only told my boss at that stage and then I went back to have another conversation when I knew what my treatment plan --radiation was. I had decided if I was going to do chemo that I would ask for four months off without pay which my hr unit said I wasn't entitled to although maybe could have argued it if it came to that ---however I'd didn't have chemo so that made everything quite simple and with lumpectomy I had two post op appts etc so when radiation came by I sent around an email to floor telling then was having daily radiation and blocked out first hour in my diary which worked well . I had privacy until I was ready to tell work and also took a week off when radiation just got me tired and had planned also some annual leave as further 'support' which was good.