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chicagoetc · 12-03-2012, 05:48 AM

Good info. I'm 5+ years out from diagnosis and beginning of treatment and only recently am I beginning to feel like I can think / communicate clearly. My memory is still foggy but even that has improved (i.e. I don't have to write down EVERYTHING to remember it). I'm fairly sure this is a common occurrence. Melanie

12-03-2012, 05:48 AM	#4
chicagoetc Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Near Chicago Posts: 196	Re: TV News Report re: Evidence of "Chemo Brain" Good info. I'm 5+ years out from diagnosis and beginning of treatment and only recently am I beginning to feel like I can think / communicate clearly. My memory is still foggy but even that has improved (i.e. I don't have to write down EVERYTHING to remember it). I'm fairly sure this is a common occurrence. Melanie __________________ Diagnosed: 7/13/07 (or 7/7/07) Surgery: 8/15/07 Modified Radical One Side with Lymph Node Dissection Pathology Report: ER/PR-, HER2+ with FISH at 8.4 copies, Grade 3, Stage IIIa, 3.2 cm tumor plus 4/19 positive lymph nodes Portacath: 9/7/07 Chemo: 9/14/07 with AC (every three weeks) for four rounds Physical Therapy for ROM Loss / "Cording" (but not Lymphodema) Taxol + Herceptin weekly (started 12/2007 with 8 of 12 Taxol) Radiation: (28 rads from 3/07 to 4/07) Reconstruction (silicone implant) Herceptin done (10/08) Cognitive Remediation (11/08 - 12/08) Lymphedema Diagnosed 5/10/10 (almost 3 years post cancer diagnosis) Lymphedema Rehab 9/10/10 - 11/10/10 Six years NED...7/7/2013!