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I still have those moments but it's getting better.

Don't worry...in our house we have clicky things, (remote controls). Pully outie thingies, (tweezers). The computer sucky outie thingie (USB stick)...thingimajiggy. whatsit, watchumacallit (all purpose). My brain is porridge. Sighhhhh....

Yes I swear chemo brain does exists. When I send texts they never make sense because I'm always missing a word or forgetting how to spell something. I hope this isn't permanent and goes away when chemo is finished !

Understand the frustration and fear - had similar when on statins and now on cancer drugs plus think at 63 my memory not as sharp as it used to be. I just accept it - work round it like @AllyJay mostly , occasionally chew over it when I think it's important - in the scheme of things it's an annoyance as many other more pressing things .I do however carry a notebook plus use diary function in my phone as find am forgetful not just about words.

It's 8 months later and I can finally say that this has stopped happening. I have hit regular amounts of derp me.It was so frustrating. I "lost" words like toothpaste AKA "teeth brushy stuff", pencil AKA "scribble thing", and spoon AKA "scoopy scooper stick - sh* that thing that does the scrape, f* forget it". I would have pulled my hair out if I'd had any at the time.IT GETS BETTER. BUT it might not be the worst yet. For me, it hit the worst when I was stuttering to get out a sentence (I actually cried about it - being all chemo fragile). I felt so defeated and lost, knowing what I wanted to say then "T - T - St - kuh" coming out, ending up hanging my head and resorting to desperately holding up my empty mug to ask for a cup of tea. It's amazing how much I used to take communication for granted. Language is such a powerful tool.

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June1952
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8 years ago
Hi @InkPetal
Yep, this thread has got some laughs going - and just what we need at times, eh ? Gotta find a brights port sometimes and if it is at our own expense that is even better.
Hi @iserbrown
I do love Victor - so appropriate, although a friend named their goat Victor as he was only employed to mow the grass !
Keep smiling
Summer :-)
iserbrown
Member
8 years ago
Kerfups, who's it or whatchamcallit!
My Dad would sometimes get us girls muddled and we then become our birth order number.
I do like doovalackie it describes everything!
Years ago a neighbour was struggling to remember the name of a fella that ran an Art Gallery where she had some paintings hanging and all she could come up with was Lawn Mower! Easy! Victor! Her husband just shook his head and said you women have a language of your own!
Sometimes it is word association that gets you to where you are trying to get to!

Snowed here yesterday! Looks like it could do it again today! Brrrrrrrrrr!
InkPetal
Member
8 years ago
You guys are all too funny! What a cracker this thread turned into. :D
June1952
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8 years ago
Hi @Joannie
Oooooh - I think gadget is a much more official term !
My neighbour refers to things according to what they actually do - i.e. the thing that goes up - leaves us all wondering and laughing !
Summer @Joannie
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8 years ago
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June1952
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8 years ago
Agree, Joannie !
Doovalackie is used quite often, as are Thingamybob, Wiggle Stick, What's it etc etc ....
Just as well we can laugh at ourselves.
Summer :-)
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8 years ago
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June1952
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8 years ago
Sounds like we all live with dementia ..... wheee ..... isn't old age looking so good ???
Mira
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8 years ago
I'd answer this ... but I can't find the words :)