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Chemo Brain
Now they call it Chemo Brain. There are pages upon pages of data on this dysfunction.
When I did chemotherapy in 1992 the term was not used, at least not that I heard.
It fits, and I believe it to be a real side effect factor to be considered and dealt with. Almost as soon as I started my chemotherapy this was one of the first side effects I noticed. It was like living in a fog.
I have always wondered if my short term memory is worse than it would have naturally been if I had not taken chemotherapy?
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My Chemotherapy Wardrobe
Now here was a plus. While doing chemo I found my wardrobe the one thing that I liked. It was real simple.Sweat Pants, T-shirts and a bandana. Easy to mix and match.The only problem I ran into was in a few public places. Once while walking through a mall I was harassed by the security guards and told I had to remove the bandana because it represented the colors of some gang. It was frustrating and funny at the same time.
Here I was, seriously bloated, very, very white, 30 years old without a hair on my body. And they [...]
Clear the Chemo Taste
I am sure each patient and each Chemotherapy is different, but I had a terrible time with how it affected my taste buds. Everything had a metallic taste to it. Things that I loved I could not tolerate with this added flavor.Finding something to drink became an increasingly difficult task. I loved sodas but could not drink them during chemo. I tried Gatorade (which was ok) but I was looking for something that actually tasted good and was refreshing.My poor wife was trying desperately to find the magic drink, she would bring home all kinds of things to try. And [...]
Chemotherapy and Humor
I am going to use 2 words that certainly will not appear to go together.Chemotherapy and Humor.Why? Because I found out very quickly that you had to have one to survive the other. If you can manage to keep a little sense of humor a big part of the Chemotherapy experience will be a lot easier to take.
Hair, yes, hair! Everyday of my life I woke up, looked in the mirror and gave no thought to what I would look like without my hair. I was a 70’s child. You know the kid, blue jeans with holes in the knees, [...]
Lalime in for Islanders
No surprise here: Patrick Lalime will be in goal for the Sabres tonight when the Islanders visit HSBC Arena. The backup was expected to get a game per week during this three-week run of three games in four nights. It's tonight against the team he beat, 7-1, for his first Buffalo victory in the second game of the season. It also appears the Sabres will go with the same lineup that dressed for Friday's 3-0 loss to Philadelphia. Henrik Tallinder and Maxim Afinogenov are likely to be scratched for
Chemo brain: In the headlines
Chemo brain
Chemo brain Definition Chemo brain is a common term used by cancer survivors to describe thinking and memory problems that can occur after cancer treatment. Chemo brain can also be called chemo fog, cognitive changes or cognitive dysfunction. Though chemo brain is a widely used term, it's misleading. It's not yet clear that chemotherapy is the cause of concentration and memory problems in cancer survivors. And many cancer survivors with memory problems still score well on cognitive tests
Support the Baucus Universal Health Care Plan
Max Baucus (D – MT, Chair Senate Finance Committee) has proposed what we basically call “Universal Health Care.” I believe that the time has come for a single-payer system in the United States, and I wanted to post on the topic. I had intended to include a lot of statistics. Everything from the unintended costs to human beings, medical institutions, and society in general when close to 50 million Americans do not have paid access to health care. A lot of comparative stats on how here in Americ
Amazing...
It feels like such a long time since I last posted! To catch up, we came home from the hosptial on Tuesday afternoon and have been enjoying being home!! It truly is so nice to stay at home, sleep in my own bed, see my sweet hubby and kids first thing in the morning and eat normal food again! All the things I took for granted! Granted, Tuesday marked my 4th day at home in over 3 weeks. As for Breezy, she is doing well. It turned out she just had a fever due to dehydration and all her counts dropp
Beyond the Bailout: A new Economy - NewsGrabs 16 November 2008
Beyond the Bailout: A new Economy - NewsGrabs 16 November 2008 Categories NewsGrabs David Korten's Agenda for a New Economy: Beyond the Bailout "When we recognize that GDP represents cost, not gain, it becomes clear why making it grow is a mistake. A number of researchers have been pointing out that happiness, as well as other indicators of human, social, and environmental health, have been declining even as GDP increased, but their appeals have been largely ignored. We continue to manage
REAL troubles
*sigh* sometimes I wonder at the postings here, the troubles that are perceived as SO big...when, all things considered, they are truly insignificant. Such are the blessings of young people maybe. So here I present a problem. My SIL is in dire straights, very sick and in the neurology ward of a top hospital in US. She has suffered irreparable brain damage from an immune system disease (either SLS lupus or CNS MS) and will not recover but they may be able to stop the disease process from progr
Day 15 - Giving Thanks - Driving
I am sure that some of my faithful blog readers must sometimes wonder about my state of mind. I can't blame anything on chemo brain right now! So, that being said....for Day 15 - I am thankful I learned how to drive! My mom never drove, neither did my grandmother. I could not wait until I was old enough - 15 1/2 to take Driver's Ed. I had never been behind the wheel of a car and when we went to the "driving range", I about cleared the place out of cones! But I finally got the "feel" for the whee
Breast cancer research updates
An unusual variety of new research available that doesn’t fit easily into a post. Quality of Life in African American Breast Cancer Survivors: How Much Do we Know? - Published in the Journal Cancer Nursing. Pay to read the entire article, the abstract can be read here. Breast Cancer treatment fatigue can persist up to 5 years - Published in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. If you’re exhausted and have had chemo read this. History of tonsillectomy has recently been associated with risk
Mommy Doesn’t have Cancer Anymore
(After a mastectomy, 4 rounds of AC, 3 rounds of Taxol and 6 Herceptin treatments the shock of my breast cancer seems to have worn off with my kids…) I glanced down at the clock in my car, saw that it said 5:10, added the five minutes in my head to learn the actual time of 5:15, and announced with bravado to the 4 twelve year old boys crammed in the backseat, “We are now officially late for practice,” “Great.” said my son, Aidan, “Coach’ll make us run laps.” “Tell him it’s your mother’s fault. I
Gartside Update
Good News from Camp Gartside - Jack’s long time friend Mike Quigley tells me that initial treatments are going well! “So Jack is at home. He has responded VERY well to the initial round of treatment. “Miraculous” is the very word his doctors used. It turns out he had a tumor in his throat the size of an orange. It was cutting off his windpipe and depleting his brain of oxygen. The chemo has shrunk it, although by how much I don’t know. His next round of treatment is scheduled for December 3. U
Helping Veterans (a day late)
November 12, 2008 Yesterday was a full day, with maintenance chemo, sleeping off the effects of the Benadryl I have to take because I’m allergic to the chemo, Herceptin, that they give me, then my cancer support group, and then shopping for birthday party invitations and filling out birthday party invitations for Nate’s kids’ birthday party (which is on November 23, due to scheduling conflicts). *phew* All of that is to say, besides a brief mention in my brief post yesterday, I neglected to g
Day 12 V 3.0 In other news, I have The Cancer
Yeah, I know. I was shocked and a little pissy, too. Because we were JUST told that no, no it's not cancer. Just some ovaries in my cysts and uterus in my tumors. Yeppers, that is exactly how the Dr. explained it to me; that I was just full up on things that shouldn't be there but because my family doesn't have a history of gynecological cancers (now, everything else, stomach, brain, liver, breast: affirmative) he didn't take seriously the results of the initial CA 125 test that was done (and u
Chemo brain: In the headlines
Something BIG for Coleman...
Don't click on anything else on the internet until you read about my precious little friend, Coleman Larson.And, if you have ANY connections to the "powers that be" at John Deere, I emplore you to contact them and see what they can do.PRAY! PLEASE! We all have one BIG contact in Heaven...call on Him. Pray for a miracle! If you do NOTHING else...just pray!Coleman Larson is 4, he will be 5 in early December. His twin Caden has been a trooper for the last 2 1/2 years that Coleman has been fighting
The salt of the earth
Our wireless is wonky. My laptop crashed. And I preached this morning. Here it is.***All Saints' Chapel, CDSPMatthew 5:13-18“You are the salt of the earth.”I grew up hearing that expression. I remember my mom and my grandma saying that this or that person was the salt of the earth. I knew it was a vaguely good thing to be, but I got stuck on the literal language. I never quite got what it meant.I went looking, and I found these references:--an online Catholic social justice magazine--a mov
Practically Positive
A blog reader wrote: "There will be a cure. Shin, you will benefit from the best cancer drugs and survive... Your tumours will melt away and you'll still be here... Your tumours WILL MELT away, they will, don't worry." My first reaction was, "Hey, isn't that denial, the first of Kubler-Ross's Five Stages of Grief?" I have cancer in my brain, liver, lungs, bones, soft tissue, lymph nodes... practically everywhere but my toes and eyelashes. My doctors say they've never seen a cancer so aggress
Kitchen Magic
First, I have to thank my dear buddy K. Since K is a smart college girl, she's kept her profile private so I won't link her. For those of ya'll who don't know K, she's a classy and cute college girl in the South who has more fashion sense than I've had...ever. She's like a real life Elle Woods--sweet, kind and loyal to her friends. I know we would be great buddies if we lived nearby!But, since we don't, she gave me this:The rules are:1. Post the award on your blog.2. Link me for giving it to
There are a lot of things swirling around in my brain today. None of them really have to do with diabetes. I've been under an undue amount of stress at work. On top of that my Dad just got out of the hospital yesterday. He was in there for a week with pneumonia. Because of his cancer and chemo and radiation and the fact that he used to smoke (16 years ago) this pneumonia was really kicking his butt. The hospital he was in was a little over an hour away. My mom never left his side. I went back a
Credit What? Coping With the Big Crunch
So, this, what is it called again? The ‘Credit Crunch’ is it? Remind me because it’s hardly been mentioned at work, at home, on the Tube, in the shower, at the vets, during sex, at dinner or anywhere else. Why the newspaper is choosing to ignore the looming recession and focus solely on BBC re-runs of Only Fools and Horses is slightly confusing. Please, someone, comment on this monumental shift in the world’s financial stability. Of course, I am being more sarcastic than a fat lesbian hiding
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