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I am much like Michelle, I have kept working full-time. My only time off was chemo week (every 3rd week) to deal with side effects, and I went to work each morning after my radiation treatments.
Part of me has wanted "normal", but mostly I NEEDED work to help me through, provide a distraction. It has given me the opportunity to cope with the diagnosis and treatments without getting overwhelmed or too depressed.
After surgery, however, I will be taking time for me.
I do agree that it's the individual, and not the job that should dictate what you do or don't for work.
Good luck!
God bless.
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Gayle
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Live Strong
IBC dx August 9/06
ER/PR +2
HER2/neu +
chemo August 11/06 - January 8/07
herceptin - 17 treatments, every 3 wks - end Jan 2008
IMRT rads 5 weeks
surgery May 1/07 bilateral mastectomy (left modified radical, right simple)
prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy March 2008
letrozole, 2.5 mg daily, start June 2008
lymphedema, left arm, April 2008
osteoporosis, lower spine, August 2010 - fosamax 70 mg
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