Terminal lung cancer - chemo affecting brain?

Hi my father got one treatment of chemo and since then he hasn't been himself mentally is this normal? Thanks 

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  • Hi Nichole

    I hope your father gets a good result from his chemo. I'm not sure what you mean by 'not been himself mentally '  I'm assuming you mean he is acting a little odd or out of character?  Perhaps a chat with his designated specialist nurse would be helpful?

    When my husband started on his journey I started to write an online diary which I've been looking back on this evening.  In it I wrote that Neil commented that he had to think hard about how to sign his name and also there's mention of confusion and other oddities. In my husbands case his lung cancer had spread to his brain. This was only diagnosed by an MRI when he started to get pins and needles in his right hand but I suspect the other odd mental symptoms were caused by this spread. 

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  • Hi Nichole

    I hope your father gets a good result from his chemo. I'm not sure what you mean by 'not been himself mentally '  I'm assuming you mean he is acting a little odd or out of character?  Perhaps a chat with his designated specialist nurse would be helpful?

    When my husband started on his journey I started to write an online diary which I've been looking back on this evening.  In it I wrote that Neil commented that he had to think hard about how to sign his name and also there's mention of confusion and other oddities. In my husbands case his lung cancer had spread to his brain. This was only diagnosed by an MRI when he started to get pins and needles in his right hand but I suspect the other odd mental symptoms were caused by this spread. 

    Netty

     

     

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