2007-11-28 05:16:10 · 5 answers · asked by trailerclass 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
I would say that it very much depends on the person. Personally I finished my last lot of chemo in Jan. 2007 and I find that I am as vague as ever! I'm just starting to go back and do a few ours a week of work again, but don't feel that I have the same sharpness and ability to remember as I once did so as to go back and manage the implementation of large telecommunication projects like I used to. Friends that have received different chemo drugs to myself find that they are still rather forgetful even some 3-4 years following treatment.
The thing is that chemo is an extremely harsh treatment that basically attacks destroys and/or effects every single cell in the body, so it will take time. The thing is not to get too frustrated and adapt to the situation as best you can. In particular this may entail making notes and recording all events in an electronic diary.
Given that I'm a male, my attention span was pretty limited in the first place so it is hard to say if the effects I'm experiencing are chemo related or just general disinterest in some things that go on around me and therefore I do not take it all in!!
Further more, it is vitally important that ..??.......>??...............
Ohhhh! I forgot what I was going to say!!!!!!!!?????????
Anyway, all the best and don't fret, just adapt as things will probably never be normal again.
2007-11-28 18:16:27 · answer #1 · answered by John 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I finished chemo over three years ago, and I still have a few problems with chemo brain. It does get less, and for me it's mainly confusion over words now - my best was asking for an unleaded coffee in a coffee shop. I knew it wasn't the right word and struggled for 'decaffeinated' but it wouldn't come.
I also still get confused doing any kind of mental arithmetic, and I used to be very quick at that.
The fog and the memory loss do get less and less with time.
2007-11-30 01:44:16 · answer #2 · answered by lo_mcg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doctors tell me that it can last for years to come. mainly mine is short term memory. Chemo was over a year ago in Nov., memory during that time is somewhat vague. Things that I do an hour ago or even 10 to 15 min. ago sometimes i do forget. I had a MRI to the brain to rule out cancer spreading there. Its just the chemo that we have taken. Hope your memory gets better over time.
2007-11-28 16:45:25 · answer #3 · answered by bobbytjones1933 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have the same issues. I was told it could last for 1-2 years. I try to always write everything down, I have post it notes everywhere. I leave myself voice mails. Send myself emails. I am also a bit on the clumsy side. I have no idea how to combat that other than move slowly and concentrate on my movements.
2007-11-28 06:07:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is almost eight years for me and I still have the effects of it. I just make do. I have a caldendar I carry with me and I keep notes in there that I shouldn't forget. It makes a big difference
2007-11-29 00:05:03 · answer #5 · answered by Simmi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋