Hi Olga,
you can't predict work or day to day comings and goings at all I'm afraid, I thought I would be fine and go to work and I haven't worked since my first chemo ( taxotere, carboplatin and heceptin ) as it is a killer and I have so much pain and fatigue, hopefully yours is of a different nature but dont stress yourself, you can only do what you can.
My scalp also was painful so I just shaved what was left and it did reduce the pain a lot, hair was gone by 2nd round anyway and to be honest I dont miss it one bit with all the hot falshes, arghhhh.
Cheers
Cheryl