Reb,

All you can do is play it by ear, everyone's bodies reacts differently to chemo and the side effects vary from drug to drug.

When I was on chemo I was on three weekly cycles and the impact on my body was cumulative. That said - I was floored for the first couple of days after my infusions and slowly recovered as the days passed. In the early cycles I was physically fit enough to work after three or four days but as the weeks passed by that became harder. In the end I took sick leave for the last month of chemo because I found I was becoming very irritable with my colleagues and not nice to work with.

I realise that not everyone is lucky enough to work somewhere where there is a generous level of sick leave and there may be little choice but to carry on working. Don't try to tough it out - all you'll do is make yourself tired and you may need all your strength to fight the side effects of the chemo.

Good luck
Dave

Reb,

All you can do is play it by ear, everyone's bodies reacts differently to chemo and the side effects vary from drug to drug.

When I was on chemo I was on three weekly cycles and the impact on my body was cumulative. That said - I was floored for the first couple of days after my infusions and slowly recovered as the days passed. In the early cycles I was physically fit enough to work after three or four days but as the weeks passed by that became harder. In the end I took sick leave for the last month of chemo because I found I was becoming very irritable with my colleagues and not nice to work with.

I realise that not everyone is lucky enough to work somewhere where there is a generous level of sick leave and there may be little choice but to carry on working. Don't try to tough it out - all you'll do is make yourself tired and you may need all your strength to fight the side effects of the chemo.

Good luck
Dave