POST MASTECTOMY

As everyone says, chemo affects everyone differently. There's also the issue of what you want to do, not just what you can do.

I worked right through A/C and Taxol/Herceptin ( with only time out for actual treatments).  I manage events so not entirely a desk job. Main issue was that I was never sick, or even felt sick and  did not get fatigue (or chemo brain). All of those would have made continuing work not only very hard for me, but pretty impossible for my work colleagues.

However you plan (and planning is good) you don't know until you start the treatment. I did get some side effects, but none that made working too hard. I enjoy my work, and it kept me from dwelling too much on the cancer or the treatment. But everyone is different.

I didn't find losing my hair too bad either - annoying ( I had just grown out a colour!!) but I got it cropped really short as everyone advises, the sore scalp feeling didn't last too long, my hair felt so horrible for a week before it fell (looked alright) that I was almost glad to see it go. My hair started re-growing while I was still on Taxol. I did use a wig (Head Complements in Ringwood), found it easy and simple, and it allowed me to ignore my treatment around others when I chose to do so. All my staff knew and were on chemo-brain alert (tell me!) but it did not happen.

Good luck whatever you decide.