Has your memory been affected post treatment?
hi everyone, I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in 2015 and did surgery, TAC chemo (5 months), radiotherapy and I take aromatase inhibitor medication for a 10 year period. After my treatment ...
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I can so relate to AllyJay 's and Zoffiel's comments.
My first experience of reduced memory and cognitive function came with natural menapause. Going on HRT really improved that for me as did the addition of fish oil tablets.
of course, a breast cancer diagnosis 2 1/2 years after starting HRT ruined that for me.
I found just going off the HRT while waiting for surgery and during recovery put me right back to the struggle with words, names and sentence structure. It was much worse when I was tired, to the extent that I could no longer continue a conversation. I either stopped all together or made no sense. This is still the case today, after chemo and starting on the Femara.
I try crosswords puzzles and word games to keep my mind ticking over a little. Am working on training my horse using new methods that I have to memorise and am reading again alot.
It has improved slightly 5 months after finishing chemo, I can now remember what I have gone to the shops for if it is only a few things, but I always carry a list, which I have to refer to often.
I really hope it does improve, I get quite depressed when doing a crossword puzzle and the words that I know are floating just out of reach do not come, and I get a feeling of thinking through a thick fog.
Knowing we are all battling it is a little reassuring but no less frustrating.
My first experience of reduced memory and cognitive function came with natural menapause. Going on HRT really improved that for me as did the addition of fish oil tablets.
of course, a breast cancer diagnosis 2 1/2 years after starting HRT ruined that for me.
I found just going off the HRT while waiting for surgery and during recovery put me right back to the struggle with words, names and sentence structure. It was much worse when I was tired, to the extent that I could no longer continue a conversation. I either stopped all together or made no sense. This is still the case today, after chemo and starting on the Femara.
I try crosswords puzzles and word games to keep my mind ticking over a little. Am working on training my horse using new methods that I have to memorise and am reading again alot.
It has improved slightly 5 months after finishing chemo, I can now remember what I have gone to the shops for if it is only a few things, but I always carry a list, which I have to refer to often.
I really hope it does improve, I get quite depressed when doing a crossword puzzle and the words that I know are floating just out of reach do not come, and I get a feeling of thinking through a thick fog.
Knowing we are all battling it is a little reassuring but no less frustrating.