Employment and cancer treatments

[MCS]

I lost my job last year in the middle of the chemo treatments. I would like to go back to work but everytime I answer an ad, the employer is unwilling to accept that I am going thru treatment every three weeks and need monitoring thru tests every 3 and 6 months on out. They are hesitant to hire someone that could get sick quickly again and for a long extednded period, or even die.

I am an accountant. Work was really important to me before all this. It isn't anymore but I would like to earn some money. I have two daughters in college and it's expensive

How do I handle this?

Has anyone experienced this?

I feel like I would like to go back to work but no employer wants the responsibility of having a cancer patient. Descrimination, that's right

thanks

MCS ( maria)