[dhealey]

I continued to work through my surgeries and treatments. The A/C treatments were the worst, I had mine every two weeks. The fourth one just about did me in but it was during our christmas break so I had time to recuperate. I found the taxol/herceptin treatments much easier, again I had these weekly for two months then just herceptin alone every three weeks. I will finish up in December. During the months I took chemo I did nothing after getting home from work. Work did help me to feel normal and helped with my depression. I work as a nurse in a doctors office and stayed very busy. On reflection though I would not have done it any other way. Work actually helped me not to think about the cancer. My enery is no returning and I almost feel like my old self again. I just require more rest than I used to. I think it is a personal thing whether to work or not. For me also we had just bought a house and my daughter was in her last year of college. I could not bear the thought of losing my house or my daughter dropping out of college. I did not do reconstruction so I can't advise on that or the radiation. What ever you choose will be the right course of action for you. Best of luck.