Re: Help with chemo brain
I have been off chemo for 3 years and I still have what I call "chemo fog." My short term memory is really bad. I can be talking to my Mom on the phone and I forget what I was talking about in the middle of the sentence. She laughs as she is 89 and very sharp. I guess I don't take after her. I have found that when I read books, I am not always looking for that word I can't remember. It is what it is and I just deal with it the best I can. I'm happy to be here even if sometimes I may not know why I am there. LOL. Mary L
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Mary L from PA Diag: Oct 2003 w/6mm mass, IDC grade III ductal carcinoma in-situ, IBC stage IIIB. tx A/C followed by Taxotere(only able to have 2 tx, allergic), mastectomy, 3 0ut of 7 positive nodes. 35 rads. Recurrence 9 months later, skin mets to mastectomy site. Tx Carboplatin/Herceptin. Stayed on Herceptin almost 5 years, had 3 more recurrences when I had to stop Herceptin due to my ejection fraction getting too low. Herceptin stopped and ned 3 years in Oct. 2010.
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