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Although I am not plagued by chemo brain now, in Oct 2004 when I received my first AC treatment, I got home and called my daughter who had just started college. She was really distaught of me being ill and her not being home. For the life of me, I couldn't dial her phone number or do anything with numbers - including faxing some paperwork to my boss. I continued to dial the wrong numbers AND I knew I was dialing the wrong numbers (watching my fingers doing the wrong thing)!
It was much worse with the first AC than the subsequent 3 afterwards. I didn't notice anything with the Taxol treatments.
With Herceptin I had the "not the right word syndrome". It couldn't be the AI (alone) as I have been done with Herceptin for 15 months now and still take Arimidex.
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Kind regards
Becky
Found lump via BSE
Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45
1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side)
2 micromets to sentinel node
Stage 2A
left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg
lumpectomies 9/7/04
4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol
Used Leukine instead of Neulasta
35 rads on right side only
4/05 started Tamoxifen
Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to
trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations
Oophorectomy 8/05
Started Arimidex 9/05
Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06
Arimidex Only
Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia
NED 18 years!
Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"
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