10-06-2008, 02:32 PM
Hello again
Jen...I too have Chemo brain ...it is such a weird feeling. :innocent:
I knew I was not with it enough to drive that first weekend and so my mate drove me around. Then during the day it was as if I was not actually present....but then again, maybe those who know me say 'That's normal for you Sue"
The medication definately affects your thinking processes and yes every now and then I felt tearful for absolutely no reason and I found myself saying "Get a grip" but then I would hear that small inner voice say, "And this too will pass"
I do realise that the treatments will be cumulative....the body can take one blast, maybe two then I am sure the body begins to battle. For me I am hoping to keep mind, body and spirit together. If either one is out of sync then I can imagine things begin to get tougher. Jen, you had lot's of pain and there can be nothing worse than pain for affecting how a person deals with things. I cannot imagine what it must have been like for you.
One difficulty I had, which I had no idea I would have was sleeping with only one boob! :innocent:
Now for the uninitiated, like I was, it comes as quite a suprise how much our boobs are used as cushions...please no comments from the pea nut gallery! :mrburns:
When you sleep on your side ladies, you have this natural cushion, namely the boob, which balances you, remove it and voila just the rib cage to hold you up. Well the lovely lady from Reach for Recovery gave me a small blue cushion when she visited me in hospital and this cushion became my comforter...I had it with me always, in bed,in the car, walking round the shops and woe betide anyone that moved it from where I could find it. I was like a toddler with a special blanket :cloud9:
Now my stitches are healing I can lie on my left side OK but I still have my little blue cushion! :innocent:
Joan, glad to see you on GB and thank you for all your emails. I know you talk to many patients and I am sure you know more than most as to what folk go through.
Pampered, glad you enjoy the thread. It really is an opportunity for sharing one of life's experiences. In reading Jen's thread, it is clear we all deal with life's challenges in different ways and find our way to cope but the common thread here is the support of family, friends and colleagues who are all on the side lines urging us on to win and win we will. So thank you!
For me....I see the absurd many times in the daily stuff that comes my way now and it is a great 'reality check' for me. I have soooooooo much to be grateful for and I have so much that I am blessed with that this for me is one of lifes 'blips on my raidar' and I have no intention of allowing it to be anything more than that because there is much work to be done still.
Jen...I too have Chemo brain ...it is such a weird feeling. :innocent:
I knew I was not with it enough to drive that first weekend and so my mate drove me around. Then during the day it was as if I was not actually present....but then again, maybe those who know me say 'That's normal for you Sue"
The medication definately affects your thinking processes and yes every now and then I felt tearful for absolutely no reason and I found myself saying "Get a grip" but then I would hear that small inner voice say, "And this too will pass"
I do realise that the treatments will be cumulative....the body can take one blast, maybe two then I am sure the body begins to battle. For me I am hoping to keep mind, body and spirit together. If either one is out of sync then I can imagine things begin to get tougher. Jen, you had lot's of pain and there can be nothing worse than pain for affecting how a person deals with things. I cannot imagine what it must have been like for you.
One difficulty I had, which I had no idea I would have was sleeping with only one boob! :innocent:
Now for the uninitiated, like I was, it comes as quite a suprise how much our boobs are used as cushions...please no comments from the pea nut gallery! :mrburns:
When you sleep on your side ladies, you have this natural cushion, namely the boob, which balances you, remove it and voila just the rib cage to hold you up. Well the lovely lady from Reach for Recovery gave me a small blue cushion when she visited me in hospital and this cushion became my comforter...I had it with me always, in bed,in the car, walking round the shops and woe betide anyone that moved it from where I could find it. I was like a toddler with a special blanket :cloud9:
Now my stitches are healing I can lie on my left side OK but I still have my little blue cushion! :innocent:
Joan, glad to see you on GB and thank you for all your emails. I know you talk to many patients and I am sure you know more than most as to what folk go through.
Pampered, glad you enjoy the thread. It really is an opportunity for sharing one of life's experiences. In reading Jen's thread, it is clear we all deal with life's challenges in different ways and find our way to cope but the common thread here is the support of family, friends and colleagues who are all on the side lines urging us on to win and win we will. So thank you!
For me....I see the absurd many times in the daily stuff that comes my way now and it is a great 'reality check' for me. I have soooooooo much to be grateful for and I have so much that I am blessed with that this for me is one of lifes 'blips on my raidar' and I have no intention of allowing it to be anything more than that because there is much work to be done still.