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Emotions and anxiety with a cancer diagnosis: How do you cope?
Cancer: Managing Symptoms | Last Active: May 25 10:03am | Replies (86)Comment receiving replies
Thanks. I’m on disability from work right now. Invariably when coworkers see me out or call, they ask when are you coming back, are you coming back, are you retiring, etc. it puts me on the defense. I am a teacher so I feel pressured to go back to work because of the shortages and I miss every one, especially the children. I am Eligible to retire and probably will but I honestly don’t know. I just started these hormone blockers, Leprozole. I don’t know how things will go for me, but I have no energy and I’m having problems with being nauseous and acid reflux. This started during radiation and has gotten worse. My doctor says my liver enzymes 3 are off. They are improving, but still not in normal range. I think the radiation somehow affected my digestion.
So I dread talking or seeing any one from school. I don’t want to be asked when I’m returning back.
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Thank you for caring about the children! Take the time to care for yourself. Try to find a simple answer you can use over and over to minimize the emotional toil it must take to deal with everyone’s comments. Maybe: “when the doctors have found the right solution to the side effects I have, I’d love to come back. But I can’t give you an answer right now”.
If you miss the kids, think about writing letters back and forth. You know how much children like to have their letters answered. It might just warm your heart when you could use a little love, and the teachers would be thrilled that their students worked on their writing skills.