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"Chemo brain" - anyone else experiencing memory problems?

CathyMoran · 2006-11-30 11:05:25

I just saw this article about "chemo brain" - my symptoms are mild in that I am finding it hard to read books at the moment and the week after my chemo would find it hard to even type a sentence (I do it after a few days but it takes longer). Is anyone else experiencing this and does anyone know how long it takes to get…

30-11-2006 12:05PM

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CathyMoran

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I just saw this article about "chemo brain" - my symptoms are mild in that I am finding it hard to read books at the moment and the week after my chemo would find it hard to even type a sentence (I do it after a few days but it takes longer). Is anyone else experiencing this and does anyone know how long it takes to get over it?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6156961.stm

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#2 03-12-2006 08:49PM

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I find that my short term memory is a bit jumpy at most after chemo. From the article the platin family of drugs may be a contributing factor. Cisplatin is one of the strongest of them all. I'm on oxiplatin. Not too sure where this is in the family...

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#3 13-12-2006 01:45PM

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here is a good link

http://www.chemocare.com/managing/chemobrain__how_to_identify_and.asp

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