I was a CFO for a company that was struggling and even though I helped orchestrate a turnaround in 90 days, a group of the owners sucked all the cash out of the company in fear it was going under. They totally changed our business model that was showing positive cash flow and return to the first profit in years. They pulled the wool over the eyes of the lender and they tried hard to keep me from coming back by threats of cutting my pay and not letting me into the numbers when I came back, fearing I would tell the lenders. I worked at home (400 miles from work) on the telephone and computer up to the last 2 weeks of treatment and 2 weeks after treatment. I had to do this because my contract had a clause that 60 days off would void it. I took Short Term Disability in January because of the stress, they folded up shop and quit paying me in March and told me to sue them to get my back pay.

Was it worth all this? Absolutely not. I even enjoyed being off since January and I really turned the corner in March, feeling about back to normal right now, 7 1/2 months out from treatment.

Take your time, live life today because it may not be there tomorrow. Love unconditionally.

Ed

SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023