Chemo brain
Hi everyone, just need to let some thing off my chest. I'm starting to feel my chemo brain is taking over in a lot if things especially at work.I feel so dumb some days are OK others not so. I kinda w...
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Hi @Karenp23
Oh yes, I remember that well. Between the chemo brain hangover and the Tamoxifen fog when I started it, I honestly thought I would have to quit my job. I was double handling and checking everything because I couldn't remember if I done it. Even if it was only a minute before. I would drive home from work in tears on most days.
I ended up just telling everybody that if I did something stupid or just stared blankly at them because the words wouldn't work, to please forgive me. I had to train for a new computer system and honestly my brain just would not learn anything, I'd be just sitting there staring at the screen stupidly with nothing making sense. Gives me the heebees just thinking about it.
Make sure your boss and collegues know what's happening and why. I ended up writing everything down straight away.....everything. I had post it notes all over my computer and desk. I had to, I would take a phone call and walk to the other office to give a message and undoubtedly would have forgotten by the time I got there. Someone would tell me their name on the phone and I would forget as soon as they'd said it. No matter how hard I tried that brain just would not think straight.
Bloody awful. I feel for you lovely.
Notepads and alarms on your phone will save you until you get through it. I would have 20 alarms set on my phone right down to making sure I fed the dogs and didn't forget my kids birthdays.
Best wishes sweet.
xoxoxoxoxo
Oh yes, I remember that well. Between the chemo brain hangover and the Tamoxifen fog when I started it, I honestly thought I would have to quit my job. I was double handling and checking everything because I couldn't remember if I done it. Even if it was only a minute before. I would drive home from work in tears on most days.
I ended up just telling everybody that if I did something stupid or just stared blankly at them because the words wouldn't work, to please forgive me. I had to train for a new computer system and honestly my brain just would not learn anything, I'd be just sitting there staring at the screen stupidly with nothing making sense. Gives me the heebees just thinking about it.
Make sure your boss and collegues know what's happening and why. I ended up writing everything down straight away.....everything. I had post it notes all over my computer and desk. I had to, I would take a phone call and walk to the other office to give a message and undoubtedly would have forgotten by the time I got there. Someone would tell me their name on the phone and I would forget as soon as they'd said it. No matter how hard I tried that brain just would not think straight.
Bloody awful. I feel for you lovely.
Notepads and alarms on your phone will save you until you get through it. I would have 20 alarms set on my phone right down to making sure I fed the dogs and didn't forget my kids birthdays.
Best wishes sweet.
xoxoxoxoxo