late effects of radiation

sbiw3momof2
sbiw3momof2 Member Posts: 3
edited March 2014 in Childhood Cancers #1
My 31 yr. old daughter had a brain tumor, radiation and chemo when she was 16. Currently, she is suffering from "episodes" where her speech becomes slow, sounds "retarded" (forgive my use of that word)and frequently feels extremely tired. Are these symtoms that you recognize? These symptoms were diagnosed as "seizure" several years ago and she went on seizure meds, but now the final word is not seizure. She went for 9 months with no events, and now is having several each week. Hopefully, one of you have experienced similar symtoms. I would be most grateful.

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  • Unknown
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  • btcat
    btcat Member Posts: 51
    #3
    Hi : )
    I'm 25 yrs past the end of treatment- operation, radiation and chemo- for medula blastoma-brain tumor. I've had a few little episodes like that, not seizure like, but slightly minorly messed up speech. The biggest late effects from radiation was a benign tumor on top of my brain.
  • Survivor86
    Survivor86 Member Posts: 18
    #4
    Late effects-seizure
    Hi,

    I hope all is well, I notice your post was some time ago, I had a seizure like episode, since then I have experienced sever memory loss, headaches and insomnia. I'm 34 years old and have to live with my mother, my husband passed away 3 years ago.


    Brandie
  • Matty
    Matty Member Posts: 21
    #5
    Survivor86 said:

    Late effects-seizure
    Hi,

    I hope all is well, I notice your post was some time ago, I had a seizure like episode, since then I have experienced sever memory loss, headaches and insomnia. I'm 34 years old and have to live with my mother, my husband passed away 3 years ago.


    Brandie

    Late effects of treatment
    Hi Brandie,

    My memory isn't good either but seems to get a little worse as I get older. I am finding
    that I keep reading the same articles over again until something clicks and I realize I
    read this.

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