Another radiation effect that I had happened during the treatment itself. I had my treatments at 7 am. I used that time to say my morning prayers. Try as I might to stay on task, my brain would shift from subject to subject. Random thoughts would fly in and out of my brain. I struggled to stay on task. One day I decided that I would say The Lord's Prayer since that was for memory and not spontaneous thought like my morning prayer. I began the prayer the prayer but could not say it start to finish without my brain shifting to other thoughts. I would have to stop my self and restart again and again. I did not say it out loud but rather in my head. I don't know if actually saying it out loud would have made a difference or not. My point is I had cognitive effects during my radiation as well as following.