Just diagnosed

Hi LouiseRachel,

Welcome to the forum, sorry about your diagnosis. It's a scary time. Once you have uour treatment plan you can focus on one step at a time. I couldn't even say the word cancer without crying. Be kind to yourself do nice things whilst waiting for your treatment plan.

In may last year my world crumbled. However I've since had my operation chemo and radiotherapy. I'm her 2 neg erpostitve prpositive so now on Letrozole for 5 years.

It's tough but doable. I didn't work during that time and have just returned this week.

Good luck with your treatment plan and recovery. Happy to answer any questions I can xx

Miss molly. 

Thankyou for your reply. Work have said they would pay me full pay for 6 months, which I guess is something. Your right once I know my treatment plan I may try and settle down. But I work as a housing Support Officer for a local homelessness charity and it's really full on and challenging. Im not sure my concentration will stretch that far at the minute. I know I perhaps need to be a bit kinder to myself, but it's hard. I haven't really cried about the diagnosis and kinda just feel numb. Thankyou for your kind words. X x

Hi LouiseRachel,

My work paid my pay for 6 months NHS, im a nurse, then I took my AL that had accumulated. I started back this week phased return. In all I was off 8 months.

If you like me have pay during sick leave. Take it, give yourself time to process what's happening. Once treatment starts it's lots of appointments. Even if I had been fit I don't know how I would have fitted work in.

If work is challenging you don't need that stress just now. You need your energy for your treatments and to help yourself recover. 

Over the next few weeks your emotions will be all over the place. Please be kind to yourself, do things you like to distract yourself. Use the macmillan nurses and cancer care for support also.

Sending hugs xx

Thank you, MissMolly ️.  My work is challenging, and my concentration is not its best at the moment. I've already been forgetful, and that's when mistakes happen.  I feel.i I can't think about work at the moment. Im going to speak to the Macmillan welfare team with regards to any benefits (if any) I would be entitled to. There's just so much to think about i guess alongside initial diagnosis. Thankyou lovely.