agree michele. chemo brain is bad enough. now i have screwed up stroke brain on top of it!
my friends know me and laugh about it. strangers give me odd looks until i explain it, then they, as a rule, go gotcha and giggle with me at myself as well.
at least we are here still doing our do. that is something to be very proud of.
tj
OD@aT
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This is me! It is so exhausting and aggravating. I thought chemo brain was only for those with chemo drugs still in their system. In my case, I am still in a fog at times. (two years later) I am guessing this will not go away and only get more confusing as age is added in the mix.
I have done the finger snapping too. Like it will"presto" make my words come to me.
It seems I end up playing some kind of charades game where I am trying to get my listeners to guess the word.
Yikes!
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At long last there is a name for me. I have laughing at people and saying it's an age thing when I like you forget mid sentence what I am trying to say. I am going to leave your blog on screen and make my husband read it as he doesn't believe me. Keep blogging. Annabelle
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Michele, you are not alone! I used to work as a medical transcriptionist and now I have to look up even the most simple words! I also lose my train of thought easily, words escape me, I can not remember peoples' names, etc. Since I also have hydrocephalus, I wonder sometimes if that's the reason, or if it is, indeed, chemo brain--or just old age! lol! It's frustrating at times, but I have learned to just go with the flow, or lack thereof, if you get my drift!
Hugs--
Martha
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!!!
I got a t-shirt made up that says "I have Chemo Brain, what's your problem?" Never embarrassed anymore!!!
Love ya...
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Exactly, the word goes missing and then it's a kind a verbal charades... it's a really small breed, there was one in "Legally Blonde'...
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