Brenda, If you love your job with a passion, perhaps going back to it is the right thing to do. If not, and if you don't need to go back for financial reasons, do what you DO love with a passion. Don't look at it as "accepting the death diagnosis" (except in the sense that we all have a death diagnosis hanging over us), look at it as being more aware of the value of your life.

My "2 cents" as they say on this side of the pond.

Nelie


SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"