Time off work
Hi Ladies,
Just wanting to know if any of you have managed to return to work in-between treatment cycles?
Or would it be more realistic to have the whole time off while on chemo and radiation?
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I was on full time employment when first diagnosed and originally cut back to about 30 hours per week. Have not had any chemo or rads treatment or surgery as I am Advanced BC with mets and taking oral meds only. However found that 30 hours was too much and discussed with my employer who agreed to trial four days per week at 5 hours per day which seems to work well.
The social interaction is the part you would miss most I think.
However, we are all different and if you have flexibility with your employer and can arrange days/hours to suit how you are feeling I think it is best to continue working both for social reasons and your own mental health.