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Old 07-19-2011, 06:04 PM   #11
chicagoetc
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Re: "genius drug" helps alleviate cognitive problems caused by chemo, "Chemobrain"

I was prescribed Namenda for a while. I think it helped. [The doctor who prescribed had me test via a game of "Match" using cards to see changes over time.] The idea (based on psychoneurological testing) was that my problem was more about attention than memory. Attention versus memory are fairly closely linked I think. And difficult to differentiate.

Melanie

PS: My "chemo-brain" is still an issue though less so than it was originally. Still I probably could not go back to the job I had before chemo because of it.
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