Just curious how do one navigate serious illness (cancer) and work?
I have a love one recently being diagnosed with cancer. Everything is unknown for now, just confirmed it's cancer, waiting for staging and one dark spot to see if it has spread. If that dark spot is not, then good, it has not spread!
Her work leader have allowed her to take a few days off till after her appointment few days down (discussing staging and treatment plan). But she doesn't have much medical leave left - she have symptoms since late Feb and have been to GP, Polyclinic, A&E and a few appointments before begin diagnosed.
I am really curious if anyone have gone through and have love ones gone through cancer treatment while still in a job?
Some info is that her job have to deal with emergencies sometimes and it will be hard for her to eat at a fix timing ... and she have difficulty eating due to where her tumour is. (she is on liquid diet and even then, she "eats" very slowly else she risk choking and regurgitating).
She work somewhere that doesn't have annual leaves. (maybe you have guessed, she works in a school).