"Chemo Brain" Acknowledged as Legitimate Side Effect of Chemotherapy

By PJ Hamel, Health Guide Tuesday, May 01, 2007

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Beth’s blog this week riffs on last Sunday’s New York Times article on chemo brain, titled “Chemotherapy Fog Is No Longer Ignored as Illusion.” Like Beth, I was happy to read that doctors and researchers are now taking very seriously this disheartening loss of brainpower th...

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Sharon

3/14/12 12:03am

I am a year out of my chemo,I notest I could not spell anymore after my 3rd chemo and it went down hill from there,I wood forget so meny things it was crazy. If not for my families help I would of been lost, not a nice feeling. What I do now is make meny lists, leave myself notes and use my IPad to type or dictate what I want to say. My doctor put me on some pills it seem to help. Most of all my friends and family understand what's going on so they all help. I am glad that they are researching chemo brain so others don't have to deal with this. I am 6m clean of cancer so I can't really complain, I take life one day at a time so far so good.

PJ Hamel, Health Guide

3/14/12 6:41am

Sharon, keep on keeping on, right? Glad you're able to deal with this with the help of family. The new iPad has voice recognition software built right in; maybe you can upgrade at some point. Between that, and autofill/spell check on most computers, spelling won't be the issue it once was, thankfully. Good luck - stay healthy! PJH

Sharon

3/14/12 3:50pm

Thanks, that's what I plan on doing this summer is upgrading my iPad, and using any tools that can help me.

"Chemo Brain" Acknowledged as Legitimate Side Effect of Chemotherapy

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