Mom's memory decline after diagnosed with Mantle Cell Lymphoma

Hi  and welcome to the Online Community, although I am sorry to see you finding us and so sorry to hear about your mum.

Good that your mum has achieved remission but as always, the post treatment journey throws up curved balls.

The positive is her mini MMRI scan for Alzheimer’s was good but I have no idea about Eocynophils. 

How long since she had her last treatment?

How old is she?

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You can see my story by hitting my forum name, but my journey was rather long and complicated but it did take me years to over come the effects of some of my treatments........ and yes this did include short term memory loss.

Keep posting as it does help.

Hi again, just had a look at Eosinophils.

What are her team saying about these cells?...... as they are described as “active participants in many immune responses. However, eosinophils can also be damaging as part of the inflammatory process of allergic disease”

You need to talk with the experts to get their take on this.

Thank you for your timely reply.  She is 74 years old and has been in remission for 5 months.  Our concern seems her memory is getting worse instead of better. 

We have an appointment with the oncologist today. Before she has her next maintenance treatment of Rituxan,  I want to make sure that she is not experiencing a side effect of the medication. 

Thank you for the  information on Eosinophils.  I will ask the doctor about it.

Dear tmesp

Go to Google Scholar and check out chemobrain or cognitive impairment .

Also if she had BR (bendamustine with rituxan), is is known to cause cognitive impairment.

She did have Bensamustine. Thank you so much. This is the first time I have had anyone acknowledge what I have suspected all along!

Doctor said she must have had some sort of infection, (sinus) or some underlying problem that caused the rise  . Eosinophils.  They are back down to a normal level. Thank goodness. If we could just get her memory to improve,  life would be much better for her.

Thank you for your help.

Hi chemo brain can be something that stays with us post treatment, some days you don't notice and other days you learn to go with the flow and acceptance of that can make like much easier especially for the patient. 

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