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AlaskaAngel · 05-05-2014, 11:17 AM

Also especially true for those who are self-employed, and there are many of us. Sole proprietors often have NO "sick leave" to handle the time commitments involved with all the lab testing and doctor appointments and feeling crappy, and frequently have very limited health care coverage of any kind. It can destroy their ability to keep contracts they have worked so hard to get, and leave them high and dry.

05-05-2014, 11:17 AM	#5
AlaskaAngel Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Alaska Posts: 2,018	Re: Women who had chemotherapy less likely to be employed 4 years later Also especially true for those who are self-employed, and there are many of us. Sole proprietors often have NO "sick leave" to handle the time commitments involved with all the lab testing and doctor appointments and feeling crappy, and frequently have very limited health care coverage of any kind. It can destroy their ability to keep contracts they have worked so hard to get, and leave them high and dry. __________________ Dx 2002 age 51 bc for granny, aunt, cousin, sister, mother. ER+/PR+/HER2+++, grade 3 IDC 1.9 cm, some DCIS, Stage 1, Grade 3 Lumpectomy, CAFx6 (no blood boosters), IMRT rads, 1 3/4 yr tamoxifen Rads necrosis BRCA 1 & 2 negative Trials: Early detection OVCA; 2004 low-dose testosterone for bc survivors Diet: Primarily vegetarian organic; metformin (no diabetes), vitamin D3 Exercise: 7 days a week, 1 hr/day No trastuzumab, no taxane, no AI NED