Hi-I am halfway thru chemo treatment for Hodgkins Lymphoma; I'll have radiation after that. I am a full time student in Nursing School-I went back after my husband died 3 years ago, and I am almost done. My problem is that I am supposed to start a new semester on Wednesday, and I just don't see how I can do it....I guess I feel like kind of a wimp, which would sound really silly if someone else wrote it! Why are we so hard on ourselves?? (maybe it's just my problem..) I spent a week in ICU with complications over my winter break--but the real problem is that my insurance runs out at the end of July 08, as it is part of the "survivors' benefits" package. I would be done with school by then if I keep on, but if I take a semester off, well I have no insurance at the end of July. Does anyone know how to get insurance on your own? Or where to even start? How many of you have had to modify your schedules because of chemo? I am convinced that I need to take care of myself by taking the semester off, but I guess I need some feedback, and my kids are too afraid of having to make the tough choice of coming up with Plan B...so they are not real good at providing feedback. They are also scared. I am new here, so any feedback at all I would really, really appreciate!! Thanks!!
Barb