Postby ocstacy » Mon Dec 11, 2017 9:35 pm
He is now 1-1/2 years since chemo and he is very forgetful and not making sense again. Its almost like a dementia or something. Liver was clear on CT. No rise in CEA. Any thoughts?
It's called "Chemo Brain" as my mother's dr. says.
My mom will be 78 this Wed, and yes she has been very forgetful and more cloudy minded ever since her DX last May. She gets mad at me every time I say "You don't remember?" Or if I just explained something to her and she forgets she gets upset. The dr. says it's from the anesthesia, chemo meds, radiation, and surgery all mixed into 6 months. We always seem to get into a fight regarding when she forgets things. One in particular is her finances. My father is 83 so he cannot help her with the bills cause they fight all the time. Her credit card bills are a mess, she gets confused with which meds she takes, or what type of diet to take, and I have to remind her how to text message or go on Facebook from iphone. She always gets that part confused.. then she gets frustrated. She didn't understand the whole neoadjuvant and than lars surgery, pouch thing. She failed her driver's test twice and finally passed after 3rd time. I was starting to worry about her. She still sends checks to places where she can pay online cause she is always late. What else? She forgets that Turmeric is a vitamin and not a medicine. I get real exhausted as her caregiver cause she is a real big hard head, rarely listens and she was told to get a colonoscopy many years ago and didn't get one and she is where she is now. I think I get mad thinking about why she never had her procedure done 4 years ago, if things would be different today. I am happy that she is alive and present and things could have been a lot worst. I think my mom def. has early stages of dementia. How old is your DH? Talk to your Dr. about it. I remember telling my mom that Xeloda will give her hand and foot rash, and she still thinks that it was flea bites according to the derm, that it could of been both. Anyhow, best of luck. I am dealing with that now too
Caregiver/daughter to dear mother age 78, dx 5/09/17 because of me!!
Rectal CA Stage 3 low-grade adenocarcinoma- 6 cm
Neoadjuvant start 7/10/17 ended 08/16/17
3D Lap. surgery @ Keck USC, Dr. Sang Lee 10/17/17 temp ileostomy
11/1 hospitalized abscess/hernia - home 11/06/17 antibiotics
NO LYMPHS INVOLVED! NEAR PATHOLOGICAL RESPONSE! YAY!
Took her last chemo med 05/10/18! Ileo reversal 07/24/18
1st BM after reversal 07/25/18 Anal Fissure 8/15/18
Me:1st Colonoscopy age 38. 08/17 Benign polp.