I've been on letrozole for about a year. My memory loss is shocking. I forget the names of basic things, mostly names of things. Please tell me this is normal and I'm not going mad.
Chemotherapy was definitely bad for my memory. I got a bit better after it while I had lymph node clearance and radiotherapy, but now I’ve been taking letrozole for nearly two and a half years and abemaciclib for 21 months and it’s pretty dire.Words and names and where I’ve left things…
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