Some background info on me:
New to the boards, diagnosed in Feb 06, a week after I turned 29 with stage II colon cancer, I have the HNPCC gene that causes colon cancer. My polyp was the first and only polyp I've ever had and it was cancerous, ony 3.2cm, but since family hx is strong, I had a total colectomy, with ileo-rectal anastomasis. No cancer to 16 out of 16 lymph nodes, they also took my appendix and it was clear, however, it did eat through all four walls of my colon, so they consider it stage II.
They recommended, 3 different oncologists, 6 months of chemo-Oxaliplatin, Lecovorin, and 5FU for me to take. I am supposed to have a total of 600 hours of chemo, 4 in office on Mondays and then come home with a pump for 46 hours-I have 12 cycles of this, I've only been through 1.
My work only has to hold my job for 12 weeks, I was out on STD beginning in Feb 06 and then converted to LTD. I don't want to lose my job, as before all this happened we just purchased a new house, we had built-which took us years to accomplish this goal, and one week after we move in, we find this out! However, I am thankful to only have Stage II, I know it could be worse.
I was just wondering if you've had a similar experience with work, STD, LTD etc, and what you did for your situation.
TIA