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Chemo Brain What is this ?

 
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shelldizzy
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:13 am    Post subject: Chemo Brain Reply with quote
I am a 32 yr old female I was diagnosis with hodgkins in august of 06. I had 8 rounds of chemo. Now I have chemo brain bad memory confusion have to really think about what i say sometimes it is hard to get my words out right... And I forget everything.. Is it just me or does anyone else get this way?
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Life_101
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:32 pm    Post subject: Re: Chemo Brain Reply with quote
Hi Shell,
Nope, it's not just you. It's just another long term side effect that
happens to some of us in various degrees. Here is a link to a site that
did a study on the effects of chemo.

http://www.newstarget.com/020665.html
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kimlk
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:33 am    Post subject: Chemo Brain Reply with quote
Hi Shell,

I am 31 years old and was diagnosed in Apr '05 with stage IIIB Hodgkin's and underwent 8 cycles of ABVD chemotherapy. Yesterday I celebrated being 1 year cancer free. I can tell you that I had chemo brain as well and it drove me crazy not being able to concentrate on things like I used to, I had trouble multi-tasking, and I hated forgetting things all the time. Good news is that it does get better over time, bad news is that I still feel the effects from it. I know that they are doing more and more studies on this so that is good. I find the best thing I do for myself is if I have a thought, and know that I need to remember it, I will write it down right away. Otherwise I might forget like 10 min later. Sometimes I have notes all over the place, but it does help, and so does a good daytimer!
Anyways, I hope that this helps you to know that you are not alone in this, and if you have any other questions feel free to drop me a line anytime!

Kim
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