Hello Ladies
I have been signed off work since I was diagnosed. I finish radiotherapy next week and I am starting to consider going back. I only work part time, but it is quite a stressful job, with no room for any errors to be made, or opportunities to take things a bit easy. My boss and colleagues have been really supportive whilst I have been off, but I wonder if once I am back they would expect me to hit the floor running.
I have accrued a couple of weeks leave and my first thought was to take all this off before I actually get back, to give me a couple more weeks at home to recover - and to be paid! I would lose the leave after the end of June as that is the end of the leave year and we can’t carry anything forward. I assume this means I can’t then return to work on a phased basis, as I will “formally” have already returned to the “full time” hours I actually do.
Anyway, that is a long introduction, just to ask those who have already been through this what tips or advice you might have about returning. I am feeling quite concerned that my brain is absolute mush and I am going to get things wrong and so on. I am also concerned about just being back in a work environment. I have pretty much been by myself for the past four months, and if I am tied I rest, if I am hungry I eat etc. Hearing anyone else’s experiences would really help me out.
Thank you.
A