Please can you advise me on what to do as I keep going round in circles! Sorry it’s long, the short version is, am I being stupid starting a new job now after cancer with some more treatment still to come?
In May last year I was running my own company but we made the decision (for various reasons!) that I would close this and go back to work for someone else. We decided to use savings to top up husbands income and I wouldn’t get another job until September so I could be at home with kids over holidays to save us childcare issues. We were comfortable doing this, and I closed business with the plan of looking for a new job end of August.
Over the summer however, I became unwell and was diagnosed with cancer. It’s a ‘good’ cancer and I’m going to be fine, but I’ve had 2 surgeries since then, one of which had complications leading to 6 weeks bed bound and needing regular hospital admissions. I now need one further block of treatment, which won’t make me poorly, but will mean I’m going to be in isolation for a few weeks. I also am currently having weekly blood tests due to complications, and we are tweaking medication levels which is causing me some side affects, including exhaustion and brain fog.
Basically, it’s been a massive curve ball at a vulnerable time and it’s decimated our savings. We were expecting to have my income by September, and are now struggling as my husband has needed a lot of unpaid time off too to care for me and our kids. We were incredibly naive, and in hindsight I could kick myself many times over, but we thought we had a good plan with safety margins built in,
I have recently been approached by 2 different companies to work for them - both jobs are quite hardcore with full time hours, but would solve all our financial problems. However, I can usually do 1-3 days normal life before I crash and need to spend a day in bed with utter exhaustion, but I’m wondering if I could push through this if my husband supported everything else at home.
DH initially said it was too soon, but now financial implications are hitting us, he’s swayed more towards me trying, though he would support any decision I made. If money were no object I’d definitely say it was too soon too, but given that I’m so worried about money, I don’t know what to do now.
Sorry this is so long, can anyone help me decide what to do? I have 2 interviews lined up for next week and as the times getting closer I just feel panicked!