@dan555 I'd like to reach out to welcome you to this forum, Dan, although while I have stage 4 melanoma, I don't personally have experience with this particular type. However, since I see you've not gotten any responses to date, I'm going to provide a link that may be of benefit as your prepare for treatment: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/eye-melanoma/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20372376

In my previous work as a disablity nurse reviewer, I had dealt with out of work recommendations in conjuction with vocational experts, so please take this a general guide - your oncologist has the final say of course. As far as job requirements, I would imagine your profession is categorized as medium to heavy work as it requires being on your feet more than 50% of the time and lifting in excess of 20-50 lbs. In that case, you'd most likely be advised to be off work for up to 4 weeks. If you have short term disability, it may be worthwhile checking into coverage. Does that help?