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Time off after surgery

sallyann10
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My husband has had surgery for testicular cancer and is now worrying about going back to work pending chemotherapy starting in April (we know its adjuvant but not the type and lenght of treatment). He is worrying that he should try and go back to work soon before his chemo starts and could still work once it has started for a whil - is this too much, I would prefer him at home resting as he is not recovered properly from surgery yet. Any thoughts or advice?? He gets really cross with the smallest thing at the moment so I am having to handle him very carefully!  Thx

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    Hi Sallyann,

    I went back to work while I was on chemo, as I thought that I wanted my life to carry on as normally as possible and I used my work as a distraction.

    It was OK at first, but I changed my mind after about three cycles as I found I was becoming much more irritable and intolerant of my colleagues. Things that I would normally accepted as "one of those things" really started to get my back up, especially team members who decided to throw a sicky without good reason! My GP was happy to sign me off and HR seemed relieved that I'd taken time out before I lost it big time at work :-)

    Only he can know what's best for him, it is always worth giving it a try as long as he agrees to take a break if it becomes too much.

    Best wishes

    Dave

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    Hi Sallyann,

    I went back to work while I was on chemo, as I thought that I wanted my life to carry on as normally as possible and I used my work as a distraction.

    It was OK at first, but I changed my mind after about three cycles as I found I was becoming much more irritable and intolerant of my colleagues. Things that I would normally accepted as "one of those things" really started to get my back up, especially team members who decided to throw a sicky without good reason! My GP was happy to sign me off and HR seemed relieved that I'd taken time out before I lost it big time at work :-)

    Only he can know what's best for him, it is always worth giving it a try as long as he agrees to take a break if it becomes too much.

    Best wishes

    Dave

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