Hi all,
Just want to discuss and find out how does everyone cope with life at work while on the various rectal cancer treatment ?
I've just completed a 28 session chemoradiation which fortunately wasn't too disruptive to my work routine. I'm now dreading the surgery bit, the post surgery recovery time and the final chemo mop-up which I suspect is gonna create some huge disruption to my work situation. My doctors aren't too specific about the disruption as yet as I'm still awaiting for the chemoradiation to subside.
I like to be mentally prepared about how it could dramatically affect my livelihood rather than getting caught out in due time. This could help me be responsible towards my work place and also help me in making some future plans. So some of my questions are as below - but if you have more to add please feel free to contribute !
1) How long were you off work in order to recover for the surgery ?
2) Did you continue going to work while on the mop-up chemo ?
3) And if you did continue going to work, how did you cope with the fatigue and all ?
4) Were you able to resume work as per normal after the chemo ended ?