[Barbara2]

Kelly, I could erase your name at the end of your post and put mine there. DITTO, DITTO, DITTO to all you said. I too, have wondered if I might have early Alzheimers.

My treatmemt was CEF which was in late02/early03, so I've had what should be enough time for the brain to recover. I've taken Arimidex since March of 03, so that could also be a factor. My onc wants me to take it for 10 years, and I'm afraid to ask to switch to another type in fear that it would not be effective.

I worry, a bit, that I could become very shy, socially. When speaking, I often have loss of words, and... forget about remembering names (I've lived in the same small town for 59 years...), and I feel like I'm new in town! It is safer to not contribute much to the conversation, so I won't embarrass myself.

If someone says the name of a person I should remember, I catch myself repeating the name quiety over and over, trying to recall as quickly as I can, who this person is...someone that I should know. Sometimes the person who I am talking to will say "Oh...you know so and so." Eventually I think of who they are speaking of, and yes, it is a person I know, and sometimes know quite well.

Quality of life issues. But I hate to complain much at all, because I am still here and loving life in spite of my new handicaps. Without these drugs the end of the story could have been a lot different.