 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Re working or anything else affected by her treatment...
You will hear this a lot and that is each of us can be affected differently by all phases of the Tx so in the case of working you will hear people say they worked all the way through it (rarely) and you will hear some say they couldn't work at all (rarely) but most often you will hear that they were able to work some but not during the really bad weeks which can be from 3 to 4 weeks into Tx and especially the couple of weeks post Tx.
She is the only one that will be able to determine if she's able to function at all near normal and she shouldn't push herself as her body will be under attack from the radiation and she will need plenty of rest and non mental activity time.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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