Women who had chemotherapy less likely to be employed 4 years later

['lizbeth]

Hopeful,

I agree. I am the poster child for working during treatment. Then being "laid off" twice in the few years following treatment. I am very grateful my health insurance was not affected by my employment.

I've voiced many times that I wanted to do fewer chemo treatments but the oncologist switched taxanes and insisted I do 6 treatments. If I had truly understood the small incremental benefit as a group from doing 6 treatments vs 4 I would have stood my ground. I remember the appointment with the oncologist where she told me that the plan had changed to include 2 more treatments. She used fear to win the battle, and after several chemo treatments I wasn't strong enough to draw the line.

I will forever regret the decision. I truly believed it affected my job performance in the years after chemo, and still today.