Short term sick leave around chemo

Hi there,

I’ve already had 6 cycles of EC chemo and now on chemo tablets and back to working 34 hours a week.

I may need to start IV chemo again and am wondering if anyone has experience of having ‘pre-planned’ sick leave around each chemo session? I was off work for 7 months last time but I’m hoping to be well enough with 5-7 days of each session to work again (clerical work from home).

Anyone been able to do something like this?

Thanks

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Offline ChrisPMK over 1 year ago

Hi Styles,

I hope you're coping OK with treatment and going back to work. I know it can be tough.

I always had my chemo for breast cancer on a Tuesday every three weeks so I was self-reporting sick absence on my employer's HR system for Tuesday-Friday and then back to work on Monday working from home. It worked well for me. I found that I could do work that was very familiar to me, but I couldn't do any cognitively demanding tasks, like learn complex new information or multitask. Saying that, my brain never went back to what it could do before the cancer treatment.

I hope that helps!x
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Offline Styles100 over 1 year ago in reply to ChrisPMK

Thank you so much - that is very helpful!

My chemo was on a Wednesday before so that could work.

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Offline ChrisPMK over 1 year ago in reply to Styles100

I hope it all works well for you and get in touch if there's any other work related thoughts !x
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Offline ChrisPMK over 1 year ago in reply to Styles100

I hope it all works well for you and get in touch if there's any other work related thoughts !x
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