Hi,
This is my first post ,so hope I've got it in the right place.
I just wanted to offer a word of encouragement to those of you
who are struggling with the after effects of Chemo, in particular
the dreaded Chemo brain, IT DOES GET BETTER,
I had chemo following an op for bowel cancer 3 years ago.
At first I was preoccupied with the obvious side effects;
Vomiting, diarrhea, first bite syndrome etc, but as these subsided,
I began to notice more the tiredness, fatigue - and - Chemobrain;
unable to concentrate on anything for more than a few minutes.
I had a few chats with the wonderful guys at the local Macmillan Centre,
and they assured me it would get better, I just needed to be patient.
Well I guess I gradually got used to it, and tried to live with it.
Then one day, just over a year after the Chemo, I realised I wasn't feeling
quite as tired as I had been, and the concentration had improved a bit.
Again I gradually got used to this better but still not good way of life.
Recently, three years after the chemo, I noticed another step in improvement.
Still not as much as I'd like, but still better than it has been;
(probably not helped by the fact I'm now the wrong side of 70) ;).
So for those of you still struggling through the chemo tunnel,
yes it is a long one, but look out for those corners it turns which
gradually let in a bit more of the light of normality
