"chemo brain"
Mullins, Bill
Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL
Mon Sep 12 05:09:20 UTC 2005
My father recently started chemotherapy. In some of the free literature they gave him, a mental fogginess called "chemo brain" was mentioned (oddly enough, this condition was in a flyer for medicine designed to combat "chemo brain" . . . )
chemo brain is not in the OED, but gets over 20,000 Google hits.
"Support and humor help most women endure breast cancer," by Torri Minton, California | Placerville | Mountain Democrat | 1991-11-01, p. xx col 2.
"I often wanted to record the meetings, but my chemo-brain wouldn't allow me to be that organized."
"Cancer Specialists Turn to a Long-Ignored Side Effect: Fatigue" By The Associated Press New York Times; Apr 10, 1999; pg. A16
"There is a mental toll -- "chemo brain," some call it -- in which patients cannot concentrate, are forgetul or are depressed."
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