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Is there help for chemo brain/

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  • lizzie17
    lizzie17 CSN Member Posts: 548
    #22
    the worst part for me
    When I get tired, like tonight at work, I asked for a banana when I wanted a brownie.
    There were no bananas there and everyone laughed.
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  • Noel
    Noel CSN Member Posts: 3,095 Member
    #23
    carkris said:

    I think adaptation and time
    I think adaptation and time will help. writing things down and making things more routine. I still forget names and words especially when I am tired or stressed, but it has gotten so much better a million times better. I think doing puzzles, etc... can help. making sure you rest, decreasing stress.

    I don't have chemo brain,
    I don't have chemo brain, but, I blame anything I do wrong on Cancer Brain! It kind of works. LOL
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  • jendrey
    jendrey CSN Member Posts: 377
    #24
    lizzie17 said:

    the worst part for me
    When I get tired, like tonight at work, I asked for a banana when I wanted a brownie.
    There were no bananas there and everyone laughed.

    ...
    Before chemo only when I got really tired I'd lapse into writing backwards. Now, it's really difficult sometimes to write normal. I've had a 12.1 reading grade average since the first grade. And yep, I'm left-handed! Also, I seem to forget entire chunks of recent memory sometimes. Like already put the laundry into dryer but forgot that I did.

    You are so not alone! =)
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