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Post cancer treatment

Audreyhc
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My last breast cancer surgery was Aug 2021 and I returned to work in Sept 2021. I wanted to check other people's experiences of returning to work post chemotherapy, surgery and radiotherapy treatment.  I find I have memory lapses, short concentration spans and make silly mistakes that I usually wouldn't make. Is it me or are others having the same/similar experiences?

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    Hi Audreyhc   alot of people who have had chemotherapy have what is known as CHEMO BRAIN .  ,its when thoughts can get jumbled , words can get mixed up when speaking , and short term memory can be useless .   It does improve but for alot of times never gets completely as it was .

    Hope it does improve for you .

    Billy

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    Hi Audreyhc   alot of people who have had chemotherapy have what is known as CHEMO BRAIN .  ,its when thoughts can get jumbled , words can get mixed up when speaking , and short term memory can be useless .   It does improve but for alot of times never gets completely as it was .

    Hope it does improve for you .

    Billy

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