Thank you for sharing your story. I happen to work in a hospital you would think a cancer diagnosis would prompt good support and it does to a certain extent but the hospital remains a place of business. I went to my Human Resources department to see what options I had regarding my situation and I was told find another job at the hospital or find another job. I could go on a leave but it would be unpaid. How would that help me? My boss is a little more sympathetic than most but she is still a manager. She follows the rules and protocols set in place and I need to follow and abide by those same rules. Truth is my orientation was done in a haphazard way trained on the job. There was no formal “training “ as it were. A woman that was suppose to train me with one aspect of my job left much to be desired. She has done her job for 12 years I had been there 1 month. She was not a good teacher. She was often rude and mostly inpatient with me. On one occasion after I had an especially stressful meeting the day prior with my oncologist she was quite rude and disrespectful. I was at the time as I still am trying to adjust to my new life as a cancer patient. Of course she doesn’t know I have cancer. She is just training someone that to her seems inadequate. So I need to see if my boss will allow me to start over. I don’t know what will happen and that is the common new theme in my life, uncertainty.