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My sister has been diagnosed with secondary breast cancer (hormonal) said not curable but treatable. She is 63 years old in May, she has started treatment. She is now trying to decide it she should try and go back to work or retire on sick due to side effects. What is everyone’s advice? Thank you 

  • Hi  and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.

    I’m Anne, one of the Community Champions here on the Online Community, and I'm sorry to read that your sister has been diagnosed with secondary breast cancer.

    I hope that you don't mind me suggesting that you also join and post in the secondary breast cancer group as you'll then connect directly with others who have the same type of cancer as your sister. 

    To join, just click on the link I've created and, once you've joined, you can start a new post in the same way as you did here and join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.

    It would be great if you could put something about your sister's diagnosis and treatment into your profile as it really helps others when replying to you and also when looking for someone on a similar pathway. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.

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  • Hello Emma55.     What a careing sister you are to try to help out at this tricky time there are a few ideas 1) keep on working as long as she can towards retirement. 2) could she do the job but with reduced hours ? 3) retire now .     I would say that it it is best to have a goal or a hobby she can do with the extra hours she might find herself with as empty hours could cause her more time to get down about the situation. As  a 79 year old l found a hobby that makes me think about something else but getting frustrated that there are not enough hours in the day to do it !  Take care ,both of you x