Hello

Hi 

Sorry you have to be here but a warm welcome just the same .

You would surprised the amount of younger people that come through here and express the same concerns as you have regarding childcare .

We have a support line 0808 808 0000 which is completely confidential but might be able to assist you to work through the aspects of having chemo with younger children to look after . Maybe consider the support structures available etc . 
Once you know a little more about your treatment people here will be able to give you some insight into the practicalities you might need to consider . But it might surprise you to know some people actually don’t experience too many side effects , other need help from their team to manage side effects but they won’t leave you to suffer . They take good care of you . My mum had her dose adjusted and she was a lot better after that . Your team will be there to help you . 
Other will hopefully pop in to offer some insight too.

Take care ,

Court 

Hi . Have you been told that you’ll definitely be having chemo? There is often chemo involved in treatment but not always, especially if the cancer has been caught early. Once you have a treatment plan in place then we’ll be able to give you a bit more advice. I was diagnosed at the same time as a lady in Barnsley who has become my closest friend and wingman and we both had the same initial staging. We both had chemo in tablet form with radiotherapy before our ops - she had a few side effects which were manageable and I had none and we both carried on working through out treatment. We had our ops and I had some lymph nodes affected but she didn’t so no follow up chemo for her. The post op chemo, if needed, is tougher but manageable. There are pills and potions for every side effect and the oncologist and chemo nurses keep a close eye on you. I missed 1 day at work with my chemo due to a sore arm. I am not a ninja warrior but it gave me a distraction and a normality maybe even a bit of denial but it got me through. If you do need chemo then you might find that you need a bit of support for the first couple of days but then feel ok after that? I know it’s nice to get a plan in advance but try and wait until you know what you’re going to be having and then you’ll be able to assess things a little better. There may be a few pyjama days watching the Disney channel for you both but so what? Life will be a bit different for the next few months but you need to look after yourself and do whatever you need to get through it and out the other end to carry on with your life. 

As courtsays there is a lot of support available. You deal with this however is best for you - I nominated my mum as a contact point for people so I wasn’t taking lots of phone calls asking the same thing. I found that I didn’t know anyone else who’d had this cancer so this board was and is a great support so please keep posting. You can do this - just break it into chunks and take one step at a time.

Take care

Karen x