Experience with employers after surgery and radiotherapy but with letrozole medication

Hi Michelle, I am a year post treatment & I have felt the same as you. The fatique, aches, pains, brain fog & generally feeling unwell is just horrendous. Im requesting reduced hours & going to a 4 day week. It hasnt been approved yet but essentially Im asking for a reasonable adjustment - we are entitled to do that. They should be careful because it would be discrimination to get rid of you without considering reasonable adjustments. You are protected by law. Seek advice - ACAS, maybe Mcmillian could support with your rights at work. You are not alone, there are many of us struggling post treatment, I know your pain so well - you are not going mad, the struggle is real.  Im going to apply for PIP, a disbility benefit to make up the shortfall of reducing my income &  to help with the costs of the private clinic I go to - desperately seeking alternative remedies to help with all the side effects.

Carina, thank you for response. 

I feel so frustrated as everyone's journey is unique and people assume you are the same person with the same energy levels pre-cancer. I feel that i am mourning the old me and accept that I look at life totally different. My main priority is my health and my work have always seen me differently since my return. When I first came back they totally ignored me and I felt like an inconvenience. I love my job and give it 100% and push myself even on the bad days. I just hate that im being penalised for having cancer, as we all know it's not a choice any of us would make.

I know, your post was upsetting - it mirrored how I feel so I wanted to reach out to you, to let you know you arent alone. I didnt even get a "back to work interview"! Fight them, fight for your health, occupational health may be a blessing & you may find they make recommendations that actually support you rather than make you feel so much worse about things. Tell them everything physical, emotional & mental impacts of this long slow recovery. If work behaves badly, you will be well within your rights to take that further - shame on them! Sending you big hugs x