Is anyone working full time still, after met diagnosis?

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  • artistatheart
    artistatheart Member Posts: 2,176
    edited June 2017

    No Shetland there isn't. I work for a school district and anything under full time gets no benefits. It's so hard to decide what to do. I think a lot of time off might relieve so much stress but the financial hit would bring it right back. I need social interaction but not full time. I leave at 7:00 am and get home at 5:00 everyday. Not much time left for enjoying life. Luckily summer is almost here so I will have 6 weeks to think a little more deeply about it.

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  • singlemom1
    singlemom1 Member Posts: 434
    edited June 2017

    I worked for 7 months after my Mets diagnosis and then decided to try and leave. I took some sick time saved up and then eventually applied for SSI.I am a single mom with no other help or support. My job was also very stressful. I didnt think i could continue to work full time and care for myself and give my daughter what she needs.If i could work part time with something I enjoy I would love to do that as I do miss the social interaction, but leaving my job was the best thing I could do for my circumstances and do not regret it. It is a hard decision. I think for some it is the right thing to do but for others it is not.

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  • artistatheart
    artistatheart Member Posts: 2,176
    edited June 2017

    Single, How do you get health insurance in the mean time, my biggest concern? I carry for both myself and my DH. I would really like some time to pursue my art and just do the things I never have time for before I go too far downhill.....By the time I get to the end of the school year I feel like I would not miss it at all. Then fall comes and I am somewhat recharged and reconsider. But as time goes on I am getting more tired..

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  • Kandy
    Kandy Member Posts: 1,461
    edited June 2017

    Artistatwork, is there any way your husband could carry everyone's insurance? Do you have long term disability? If you do, you might find that there really isn't a lot of money difference. Then the big concern would be insurance until you qualify for Medicare. Does your husband have any idea what he is going to do about insurance once you really can't work? I think he might want to think about it if he hasn't. I wish you could figure it out, it's really nice to have some time to enjoy while you still can. I wish you the best. Enjoy the

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  • Nel138281
    Nel138281 Member Posts: 2,124
    edited June 2017

    I have continued to work full time for 6 years, 4 of which have been with mets.  Fortunately a very flexible employer and the ability to work from home some days.  It has saved my sanity.  Gives me something to focus on other than cancer.  No, almost 63, I am retiring in a couple of months  I will find a part time job,it is just in my nature to work.  Fatigue and age have just gotten to me.  We all do what we have to whether for finances or sanity or a combo.

    Be well

    Nel

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  • Emmapeel1
    Emmapeel1 Member Posts: 13
    edited June 2017

    I have had BC since 2007 and mets since 2012 and work full time, traveling on business throughout the West. I think that working has been what has kept me sane as it makes me feel normal and distracts me from obsessing. Only recently after 12 rounds of Taxotere and now being on Ibrance do I have fatigue but it is truly creeping in more and more. I hope to keep on working for as long as my body will let me do so.

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  • 7of9
    7of9 Member Posts: 833
    edited July 2017

    I was diagnosed with axillary spread as recurrence. One doctor told me it was mets, the other said we don't reclassify for recurrence. One other said she got it all and I'm NED. I went back after 2 weeks (surgery) to help me cope and almost "skip it" in my mind. Worked through Chemo, rads, and all the aches and pains of Arimidex. I'm going to work until I drop or win the lotto. Would love to cut back but I need something to get me out of bed other than my 8 yr old and stay out once he's on the bus. I work for a small family business with a stellar plan and they are very flexible. I only have to work 25 - 30 hrs a week. Crazy, but if I could go on my husbands plan, I'd love to work at a horse barn here in Ohio. Cold winters, mucking out stalls. Washing buckets in the washrack with the steam coming off the bins, buckets and even the horses after a good workout in the arena. Maybe I'd "volunteer" to walk "hots" at the local race tracks if I can't get paid. Good exercise!

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  • cive
    cive Member Posts: 709
    edited July 2017

    I just started a part time job after being retired and unemployed for 5 years.  I really wanted a job to be involved in the world and what's going on with the active working people.  I wanted a little challenge in my life how ever long it may be.

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  • Lumpie
    Lumpie Member Posts: 1,650
    edited August 2017

    Newly Dx'ed. Just found this forum and will comb thru it. As a single person too young to retire, I have to work to support myself and have access to insurance. Starting to think about all the eventualities... SSI, disability, COBRA, ACA, Medicare, how supportive my employer will be... is ... a lot when my plate already feels full. I hope that is a long way down the road but, still.... Yuck! Anyone have hot tips?

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  • Lumpie
    Lumpie Member Posts: 1,650
    edited November 2018

    Posting this to several threads: I wanted to encourage other MBC'ers to share your workplace stories at this new discussion:

    MBC and Your Job -- what's your story?

    https://community.breastcancer.org/forum/8/topics/...

    Interesting thread!

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