Parent is 81 with breast cancer which has spread to lymph and lungs. She is almost 18months since diagnosis and going along quite nicely on ribociclib and letrozle. 1 small dose of radiotherapy on the breast tumour in summer has seen it shrink a little. She has had no major side effects from the drugs .. a little sporadic hair loss and that's about it. She is very independent and out on her own every day and walks or buses into town. These last few month however we have noticed a lot more confusion . She is getting muddled up with tablets. Can't remember appointment dates and time. She forgets people's names... repeats the same story to us 3 or 4 times also noticed if she can't remember something fully she just makes the rest up. It feels in the last month this has really ramped up... could this be brain fog from the drugs or are we looking at the start/progression of dementia.
It's so scary
Hi Cee123 welcome to the forum. Chemo brain fog is well recognised as being real and affects people differently.Medications can also cause issues like these. I think if you are at all concerned then a visit to the GP is in order as they can do memory checks to see if there is an issue there. If she is mixing up medication is it worth asking the chemist where she gets her meds to make her up a dosette box. That would mean she just has to break a seal and all the doses are there for different times in the day.
gail
