Going back to work after transplant
Hello Barb,
I worked right up to when I was admitted. Then I took one year off for my transplant 4/2017-3/2018 (transplant was in 6/2017). I am supposed to be back at work next month.
However, I have requested for an extension of one more year-off 4/2018-3/2019, since I feel physically and also mentally that I am not ready to go back to work.
I tried preparing myself, doing some leftover admin work at home etc., Working from home is great because you can not only pace yourself, you can ensure your workplace is virus-free, germ free, fungus free, too.
But I tired out quickly: Chemo-brain, I got migraines, and my eyes flared up GVHD. It took me hours to do work I normally would have done in minutes.
Having gone through so much to cure my MDS, I didn't want to risk it, so I'm now still considering myself in "recuperating-mode" until June, my one year mark.
Every person is different. You are such a positive person. I wish you the best.
Meri
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Female born 1965, diagnosed MDS RAEB1 in August 2016, watch and wait for 9 months. Sibling match - Stem cell transplant in 2017.
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