Breast Cancer: Post Treatment: 6 Months Plus: At Work

It is not unusual for women who have gone through treatment for breast cancer to reevaluate what is important, including wanting a different kind of satisfaction at work or a different balance between work and play.

An underpinning common to long term survivors is the attitude of living each day until you can't. Applied to the work situation, this means: do what you can to find the work that is most satisfying to you and that fits into your work/personal time balance - while doing whatever is necessary to keep or obtain good health insurance coverage.

Thanks to the Americans With Disabilities Act and a federal law known as HIPAA, your health history no longer prevents you from changing jobs. A possible employer cannot ask about your health history.  If a new employer's health insurance includes a waiting period before pre-existing conditions are covered, it is likely that the amount of time you had your current coverage will be counted against the waiting period.

Ask yourself:

If you so desire, your history of breast cancer does not prevent you from changing jobs or even careers.

NOTE:

• Another valid reason for changing jobs is to get better benefits.
• This may be a time to consider becoming self employed or starting your own business. See the documents in “To Learn More.”

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