Chemo brain - what are your experiences?
Hi. I am 42 years young, and completed chemo almost 9 months ago. I am finding that in the last month especially, I am more tired in the afternoons (eyes feeling like they’re hanging out of its sock...
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As always thank you for all the things you guys write. It is just so helpful to look and see what others are going through and then I don't feel so bad. I am post chemo, radiation, operation etc. 6 months now since chemo and am on tamoxifen. All going well except for my brain. I have returned to teaching but this term has been pretty terrible, quite apart from the shutdown and the extra work that involved. The things that have taken a hit are my emotions and confidence. I cannot multi task, some new procedures I just do not grasp and understand, I used to be able to write wonderful comments about students but these are now terrible so I have to go back to the comment bank. While people seem a bit empathetic, most are not, they just have no idea what is going on in my head, neither do I. I think as someone has said, it is tiredness. It is the end of a very busy term, my first one back. I have to keep reminding myself not to make some major life decisions quickly. And that, perhaps things will improve next term. Regards