I have been very heartened and grateful for responses received concerning previous posts I have uploaded. Your honesty, kindness and open-heartedness has been phenominal.
Having completed 4 months of hormone therapy so far, I am due to start Radiotherapy this coming Tuesday - visiting the Hospital every day for the next 4 weeks in a row! If you have undergone this, did you get signed off work by your GP for the whole period of treatment - or did you continue going to work? If so, how did it go?
Although my current Civil Service job is of a sedentary nature and 99.9% Screen Work - I am wondering if I should try to continue working.
What would/did you do? I welcome your feedback, as friends are saying I should "get signed off - no-one cares about you at work any way!" - and there is a degree of truth here. Since I notified "management" of my condition in January - the regional manager has NEVER ONCE asked me how I am doing. Employees are "expendible" I guess, loyalty appears to count for nothing these days.
I welcome your feedback.
Hi
I have a similar work ethic to you, by the sounds of it. However, I feel now is the time to look after yourself. Unless it suits you to go into work, don't feel in any way guilty about taking time off as I'm sure they owe you!
Whatever you decide make it what's best for you.
Regards.
Stuart
Thank you Stuart - I really appreciate that.
Hi. I'm 70 and retired.
I've just finished session 12 out of 20.
The first week I felt just fine but things started to kick in during the second week. This was mainly bowels/urinary problems. For instance, today I had my appointment at 1:45 p.m. That meant I could have enjoyed a lie in, BUT I must have visited the toilet about seven times during the morning.
When I was working, I was a teacher. There is no way that I could have worked whilst going through this.
But, thankfully, we're all different.
Phil
Hi Tattyjacket
Quite normal that, toilet issues halfway through.
It should finnish a couple of weeks after treatment over.
You can get meds to help so I would ask your cancer centre or GP.
All the best
Steve
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