My husband worked 4 days/week for most of his tx - did not work chemo days. He took the last week of tx off, but was back to work the week after for Thursday and Friday; I drove him while he was on the opiates for pain. He works with computers at a university, and has a lot of flexibility at work, otherwise he couldn't have done this. For the first couple of months post TX, the weekends were devoted to resting! Also, since he didn't have the platinum based chemo, he didn't have the immune system issues that would have made working with the public problematic.
Everyone will be slightly different as to how much the beastly treatment knocks them for a loop. I think that arranging to work from home for, say, the last half of your TX as well as for some time thereafter would be a good idea. The last week or two of TX and the following two - three weeks post TX seem to be the worst, so if you can get your firm's ducks in a row to manage with less imput from you during that time frame it would probably be good.
Talking may be an issue - it may hurt to talk for an extended time period, and it may be difficult to be clear the nasty sticky mucous in a genteel fashion. Not everyone has this problem, but better to know in advance that it might be an issue.
Best wishes and keep posting!
Last edited by Maria; 08-23-2011 03:22 PM. Reason: issues with talking