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Colorectal Cancer: Newly Diagnosed: At Work (Stages 0, 1)

Impact of Colorectal Cancer On The Workplace

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In the short term, work is not likely to be affected by your treatment and/or condition in a major way.

You may need hours or a day off for doctor appointments and tests, and a day off for treatment. You may need time off if you become fatigued.

Since the impact will be so limited, you may be able to fudge telling your employer about your health condition. Since keeping a secret can be very stressful, and stress hurts the disease fighting immune system, it may be helpful to tell. One of the factors to consider is how your employer will react. Look at the Survivorship A to Z document in "To Learn More" to help determine if your employer is cancer friendly. 

Employers and co-workers can fall into the mode: “Colorectal cancer? He’s going to die.” Some people are even afraid of catching cancer. Education and time relieve those concerns. At the same time, there are many reports of co-workers who step to the plate to offer support.

Whatever the initial impact in the workplace, once the original crisis of the illness is over, any shock to your colleagues your cancer has caused seems to wear off.

Indications are that colorectal cancer does not have a negative long-term impact on the careers of most people.


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