Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Angelia, I really think you are pushing it to try to go back to work this soon. I had only radiation and no issues inside my mouth and went back to work 3 weeks after rads ended. I am a software engineer so have no need to talk or waste any energy. Desk job on the computer all day. It was the week before Christmas so the first week was a full week, the second a 3 day week and the third was a 4 day week. It was waaaaaay to soon. I was exhausted at the end of every day. If the second and third week had been full weeks, I could not have done it. It was six weeks before I was really up to full time work. Standing up in front of a class all day and talking takes a lot of energy, not to mention the prep time. If I were you, I'd give it a couple of more weeks before I went back to work. Your body needs time to heal.
Take care, Eileen
---------------------- Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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