Chemo Brain

What is Chemo Brain?

Forgetting things that they usually have no trouble recalling -- memory lapses

Trouble concentrating -- they can't focus on what they're doing, may "space out"

Trouble remembering details like names, dates, and sometimes larger events

Trouble multi-tasking, like answering the phone while cooking, without losing track of one of them -- less ability to do more than one thing at a time.

Taking longer to finish things -- disorganized, slower thinking and processing

Trouble remembering common words -- unable to find the right words to finish a sentence

All these definitions define me and how I feel after my chemo sessions.

I find it hard to read, blog, and to do other things when I feel this way.

It's probably why I tend to not get anything done.

It's a hard thing to explain and I probably won't ever be able to explain it.

It's something you would have to go through to understand how I really feel.