The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer by Trisha Greenhalgh

Author:Trisha Greenhalgh
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ebury Publishing

‘Chemo brain’

You will probably find it hard to concentrate on anything in the first few days of chemo, and this is called ‘chemo brain’. It can feel like you are living in a foggy cloud, and you literally can’t focus on a book or the TV for more than a few minutes at a time. You might struggle to find the right words or to remember simple things. It normally gets better as each day passes, so ride it out. It might help to keep a notepad close to hand to write down important things. Liz did jigsaws because she could dip in and out for a few minutes at a time and feel she’d accomplished something. Some people are still affected months and even years later. Liz still gets words muddled up from time to time, and that’s three years after treatment. Doing puzzles and brain-training games can help, as well as yoga and mindfulness techniques (see Chapters 14 and 18 for more on this).

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