It’s very variable. It depends on many things. First, your physical state - nausea and fatigue will make working extremely difficult. Then your mental state - many yearn for as much peace and quiet as possible, to get through treatment and to come to terms with one’s diagnosis and possible implications. These are important considerations.
I worked full time throughout treatment. I had no nausea, never felt remotely sick, and had no fatigue. I feared brain fog but didn’t have that either. Most of all, I wanted life to be ‘normal’, doing what I normally did. It helped me to engage with other things, not dwell too much on cancer and overall helped my sense of optimism. Time for reflection and coming to terms with my own mortality came much later, after a year or so of keeping things more or less on an even keel. I could cope with all that much better later. That arrangement worked well for me, but it’s not guaranteed to work for everyone. If at all possible, follow your own instincts about what you need, when you need it.
