My Brain May Fail Me, God Never Does

I was missing my brain today. Jim made the comment "you leave thoughts in every room". That's very accurate. I can think of doing something, head in that direction and find myself doing things like, picking up clothes, making the bed, part way, picking up a magazine and reading a page or two. I think of what it was that brought me here in the first place and try and make my way back to Point A. Point A vanished. I decided to share what I found (in brief) on the effects of chemo brain. Last night was a huge evening. I actually read 6 pages,from "Dinner at Miss Lady's" (thank you Chris). I was so proud. Today I actually remember a few words from the reading. For the multi-tasking queen, this has been a major life change. May this be temporary; I so miss reading a good book and writing checks while changing the sheets.

*forgetting things that they usually have no trouble recalling-- memory lapses
trouble concentrating--they can't focus on the task at hand
*trouble remembering details like names, dates, and sometimes larger events
*trouble multi-tasking, like answering the phone while cooking, without losing track of one of them-- less ability to do more than one thing at a time
*taking longer to finish things --slower thinking and processing.
*trouble remembering common words--can't finish a sentence because you can't find the right words
If we are talking and you are confused...don't worry, your are not alone.

love kathryn