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AbbyDawg · 08-05-2009, 02:36 PM

Harrie, you are an angel today for me! Can you please post Part 2 of this article when it appears next week?

I'd wait and ask you then but I know I'll forget to .... smile!!!

This is my second go-round with cognitive loss. I had encephalytis and meningitis with severe cognitive losses back in the 1990s. Was a book editor and even completely lost the ability to read. Took six years of OT to regain it. So when I got chemo brain I was not scared by it because I had been there before ... but it still affects life every day. My biggest problem is not following through on things ... completely blocking that I was even supposed to.

Thank you for this post. And thank you for this reassurance!

AbbyDawg

08-05-2009, 02:36 PM	#3
AbbyDawg Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 128	Re: Chemo-brain Harrie, you are an angel today for me! Can you please post Part 2 of this article when it appears next week? I'd wait and ask you then but I know I'll forget to .... smile!!! This is my second go-round with cognitive loss. I had encephalytis and meningitis with severe cognitive losses back in the 1990s. Was a book editor and even completely lost the ability to read. Took six years of OT to regain it. So when I got chemo brain I was not scared by it because I had been there before ... but it still affects life every day. My biggest problem is not following through on things ... completely blocking that I was even supposed to. Thank you for this post. And thank you for this reassurance! AbbyDawg __________________ Dx 5/16/06 Dbl Mast 6/1/06 - no reconstruction DCIS & IDC - both Grade 3 Node Neg Her2pos - FISH 4x A/C (dd) w/ Neulasta next day x4 No Herceptin (dx Her2+ too late) Arimidex TEACH Trial - Tykerb 9 mo (also have MS)