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Old 10-28-2014, 10:28 AM   #11
AlaskaAngel
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Question Re: Cognitive Rehabilitation

Talk about forgetfulness.... I meant to mention that I also wonder about an experience I had during chemo. I was up early and doing some paperwork the day after receiving my third dose of CAF and support steroids (plus anti-anxiety med), and was looking at the computer screen, and suddenly I could not see. Everything was black for both eyes, no matter how I tried straining to see. It lasted a few minutes. During that time I felt a cold wave start at the back of my head that slowly washed upward under the scalp, ending with my forehead. When it ended, my vision came back normal.

When I asked my providers about it, they asked if it had only happened once, and when I said yes they gave me a professional smile and changed the subject. No clinical note was ever made containing that information I provided to them.

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Dx 2002 age 51
bc for granny, aunt, cousin, sister, mother.
ER+/PR+/HER2+++, grade 3
IDC 1.9 cm, some DCIS, Stage 1, Grade 3
Lumpectomy, CAFx6 (no blood boosters), IMRT rads, 1 3/4 yr tamoxifen
Rads necrosis
BRCA 1 & 2 negative
Trials: Early detection OVCA; 2004 low-dose testosterone for bc survivors
Diet: Primarily vegetarian organic; metformin (no diabetes), vitamin D3
Exercise: 7 days a week, 1 hr/day
No trastuzumab, no taxane, no AI
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