Hi @wfili and welcome. Your story is not unusual. Your situation with work, long term disability and FMLA choices are also sadly common with many of us in this cancer battle. It is unfortunate that there are times in life that we basically have to bet the farm in hope of a second chance at life. We all came into the world naked and we can certainly leave naked. Everything in between is a challenge and lifelong project. I am sorry for your setbacks however now you have a chance again to rebuild.
Your original doctors not believing you is all too common. We know when something isn’t right but often the doctors can’t take the time to figure it out. My favorite saying at that point is “They will figure it out at the autopsy.”
Now of course you are on the other side of this journey which means for the next twenty or so years every little oddity, every pain that lingers, every head cold you can’t easily shake will convince you the cancer has returned. It hasn’t but you will struggle with that thought.
How is your overall recovery coming along?