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@jacquelineb68 Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect and to our Gynecological Cancers Support Group. We are a supportive group of women that will provide you with empathy and support.
Your diagnosis is very recent and while it may seem like a whirlwind of appointments and procedures it's good that your hysterectomy and debulking occurred so quickly.
I understand your worry about starting new employment and your fears about chemotherapy and being able to perform at work. I am tagging a few of our members who have been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. They will share their experiences and I hope will have something to share about how they did while on chemotherapy.
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What kind of chemotherapy is suggested by your oncologist? Also the names of hormone therapy?
Although you started a new position I'm assuming you needed to take time off for your surgery so your manager/employer knows about your diagnosis?
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my new company I didn’t start until after I had all the surgery, so I did not tell them about it for fear that they wouldn’t hire me. The first two weeks are home working in front of the computer, which are fine. I will be out in the market at the end of May And then working from home so no, I didn’t tell them yet because when we started all of this, the doctor believed that it was benign and it would just be an easy in and out, and I would be done with it once I woke up from Surgery was when the doctor said that he was wrong and I do have cancer and it had spread at that point. I still hadn’t started my job but had signed all the papers, to start remotely on the 24th. So I haven’t told them yet because I was worried they wouldn’t hire me now. I’m probably going to have to share with them something depending on my treatment. They suggested chemo Paclitaxel and Carboplatin - Letrozole for hormone therapy