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The largest brain fart

Radioactive34
Radioactive34 CSN Member Posts: 391 Member
in Ovarian Cancer #1
I went grocery shopping with earlier today. At the start of the shopping a friend called and I chatted with her a bit, but said to her, "Honey I can't shop and talk at the same time, call you later." I resumed my shopping. When I got to the register the gal rang me up. I pulled out a card to pay....she looks at me funny...I look at the card... it was the library card

Ok...blush....stick that one back in and grab another....she looks at me funny again...it was the Sally Beauty Supply discount card......um...ok....try again....I bring out the Albertson's discount card. I sigh, and say...."I apologize it is my chemo brain." On the fourth try I get the right card and I even remembered the right PIN for it.

I can't say I was embarrassed or anything because I was not...I was amazed at how negatively the chemo has impacted my cognitive abilities.
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  • Hissy_Fitz
    Hissy_Fitz CSN Member Posts: 1,834 Member
    #2
    I did the same thing! Only
    I did the same thing! Only I tried to pay for my purchases with my drivers license, instead of my debit card.

    Carlene
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  • mom2greatkids
    mom2greatkids CSN Member Posts: 528
    #3
    I have tried to use my
    I have tried to use my library card in Kroger, and my Kroger card in the library. LOL! I find that even organizing myself enough to cook. New recipes really throw me off. I have to do everything in small increments these days it seems. I just laugh at myself and go on. Don't know what else to do.
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  • Barneygirl
    Barneygirl CSN Member Posts: 90
    #4
    I can relate
    I was asked for my driver's license the other day for a dealer loaner car, and handed them my debit card. We all just laughed!!
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  • wfisaac
    wfisaac CSN Member Posts: 60
    #5
    I remember ordering a
    I remember ordering a sandwich when I was still going through the chemo and having those moments. The service gal asked me what I wanted on my sandwich and I wanted tomato but I totally lost the word. I could picture tomatoes in my mind but I could not vocalize that's what I wanted. I seriously was so frustrated I wanted to cry. Crazy!
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  • annecris
    annecris CSN Member Posts: 44
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    wfisaac said:

    I remember ordering a
    I remember ordering a sandwich when I was still going through the chemo and having those moments. The service gal asked me what I wanted on my sandwich and I wanted tomato but I totally lost the word. I could picture tomatoes in my mind but I could not vocalize that's what I wanted. I seriously was so frustrated I wanted to cry. Crazy!

    chemo brain funny
    The funniest chemo brain incident for me was when i was asked my birthdate at a store and did not have a clue - of all things MY BIRTHDATE!!! The numbers I had to repeat over and over again during chemo and treatment - i must have said them over 50 times a week but there in the store, they were gone - LOL
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