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Cancer Related Brain Fog: How do you cope with it?

Cancer: Managing Symptoms | Last Active: Nov 11, 2023 | Replies (52)
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@garry327

Hi Laurie...just reading your words,all exactly the same as my life ,i have a stage 4 brain tumour ,into my 14 th month since surgery,and my short term memory is getting bad like you im writing notes to keep up,things to do etc....ive just joined up so im all new to this... best regards Garry

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Jan 11, 2020

@garry327garry327- Welcome to Mayo Connect Garry. Brain fog from chemo or immunotherapy is very difficult to deal with. At first, with my chemo, I thought that I was becoming loony but read up on it and realized that it's a very "normal" symptom. Even some anti depressives cause mental fog, loss of memory. It usually fades away after you stop the medicine that causes it over a period of time. I hated my fog. Fortunately I had have a very understanding support group.
Otherwise how are yo feeling?
https://www.curetoday.com/publications/canadian-edition/2019/summer-2019/out-of-the-haze-of-chemo-brain
https://www.webmd.com/cancer/ease-cancer-brain-fog

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