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DiscussionHow does chemotherapy affect dementia?
Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Jan 12 10:46am | Replies (7)Comment receiving replies
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Thank you very much for your response. My wife's cancer is multiple myeloma which is cancer of the bone marrow (blood). The cancer was diagnosed in 2017 and she has been on Pomalyst, a chemo drug. with known side effects we have experienced over the years. A risk of multiple myeloma is weakening of the bones. My online search this morning indicates that the brain fog (short term memory loss) can be associated not only with dementia but with long Covid too. My wife tested positive for Covid in February 2023 and was diagnosed by a geriatrician in June 2023 with moderate dementia. She is in a memory care facility now. Long Covid is relatively new. Therefore, it is challenging to separate the independent effects of treatments of dementia and long Covid (2023) along with the side effects of chemo for cancer (since 2017). I appreciate your discussion of choice between living longer and the quality of that life. Long Covid and dementia are the newbies of 2023 whose effects we are trying to understand!