Guest guest Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 Hi , I don't think we have met. I am Caren was diagnosed at age 39 with Stage 2b IDC in Feb '06 and finshed Chemo in Sept. und Rads in Dec. and " Chemo brain " was and is a problem. You are so not the only one!!! I found myself the other day being TOTALLY puzzled by my coffee machine, for the life of me I could NOT remember what to do with it in order to get a cup of coffee. How sad is that??? Not to mention looking inside the fridge for cleaning supplies (nope, NEVER kept them there before) and insisting that Neosporin is called Anbesol. In my house it is! Imagine my hubbys face when I cut myself and wanted Anbesol and how dare he correct me, I knew what I was talking about... My Onc tells me it could/should get better the longer I am out from Chemo. He believes that " Chemo brain " does exist!!!! Yeah!!! He advised some memory training exercices and to write everything down in the meantime. Hugs from Caren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 Dear ladies, I haven't had chemo, but have gotten pretty forgetful from the overall treatment (surgery and radiation), medications, and exhaustion of cancer. However, my sister works with giving QEEGs to children and adults who have autistic spectrum disorders. (A Q EEG is a comprehensive measurement of the brain waves of a person - how much electrical impulse activity there is in any given section of the brain. It is non-invasive - they put a big harness on your head and have you do specific tasks. It can measure seizure activity, etc.) She has recently been doing some normal adults as control subjects for her work (actually she used her co-workers:). One lady had had breast cancer and chemo, some years ago, and my sister mentioned to me that there was actually a rather large and unusual gap in her mid-brain activity that they felt might be indicative of " chemo brain " . Hope this doesn't terrify anyone; remember she is actually looking for autistic spectrum solutions, not studying chemo brain. Therefore her results about that aren't " sound research practice " . It would be nice if someone would do an official study of it, wouldn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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