[Carol.hope]

Dear friends,

I’d like to tell you about a new book I have just published, about my experiences with long-term chemo brain. It’s called Chemo Brain: Recovering after Surviving.






It includes:

• brief background on research into both chemo brain and brain injury,
• stories of my experiences learning to understand and overcome chemo brain injury, and
• specific elements of the recovery process, including

• creating a healing environment
• coping with cognitive deficits
• supporting the brain and the whole person during recovery
• learning from the chemo brain experience.

Look here for more: www.BeyondChemoBrain.com.

I joined HER2Support in 2005, and was so encouraged by Christine’s willingness to talk about her experiences. Now I hope that others may be supported by reading about my four years (so far) with chemo brain injury. For sure, we are not alone! Finally this month even the American Cancer Society has announced that chemo brain is real!

You will find several references to HER2Support in Beyond Chemo Brain. I have felt the love, support and encouragement from everyone. And learned much from the articles you post.

Writing Beyond Chemo Brain was a huge project for me, and an important part of my healing process. Knowing you were all there, supporting each other, and thereby all of us, helped me get through it. Thank you!

With much gratitude,
Carol Devenir

PS Sorry, I can't figure out the formatting. Chemo brain!