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Cancer and Careers is collecting snapshots of the cancer experience, by asking working people with cancer — in any phase of treatment or recovery — to answer the same set of questions about their outlook, their employment situation and advice they would give to others. We invite you to read their stories and share your own.

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6-12Months

still tired and nauseated from chemo

Lynn D. on August 28, 2007

I was Diagnosed with:

Breast cancer stage II

Employment Status:

unemployed

Gender/Age:

60

Type and Description of Treatments:

2 surgeries, chemo, radiation, hormone therapy

How do you feel today?

still tired and nauseated from chemo

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1-2Years

Physically, I feel fine. I always felt fine exc...

Cyndi D. on August 17, 2007

I was Diagnosed with:

Stage I Breast Cancer

Employment Status:

desperately seeking full time employment/working part time

Gender/Age:

49

Type and Description of Treatments:

5 months of dose dense chemo, 2months of Adriamyacin/Cytoxin administered every two weeks, 3 mont...

How do you feel today?

Physically, I feel fine. I always felt fine except during treatment. I mean, I had no symptoms from the cancer…worked out, ate right, took really good care of myself. I was the healthy one in my family. Ha. Emotionally, I have baggage…I vacillate between “Gee, I just feel so lucky to be alive” to “I know it’s just a matter of time unti...

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