Living with Chemo Brain is very hard. Your memory gets cloudy, forgets about things, and makes it difficult to socialize. Your entire life revolves around it, you cannot keep up with the story from a book, due to the fact that you cannot remember past the first paragraph. Multitasking is unattainable, as it’s difficult to stay on top of one task. Even though this is difficult and there is no cure or prevention, there are helpful strategies to ease it.
1. Ask for a referral to a neuropsychologist
2. Seek out emotional support
3. Other prescription drugs may help you stay focused
4. Exercise your body
5. Exercise your mind
6. Eat healthfully
7. Find joy in things and laugh
Asking for a referral to see a neuropsychologist will help you strengthen your weaknesses. Neuropsychologists also check if your cloudy memory is caused by stress instead. If so, get emotional support to remove some of the load. Furthermore, talking to your doctor about prescription drugs to help stay focused and which are right for you. Exercising is a big help as well, since it increases cerebral blood flow while improving your brain cells. If your cloudy memory is a culprit of stress exercising is a great way to relieve it. Nutrition will help your focus by having a well balanced diet with lots of vegetables that will improve brain function. Like always, enjoy your life, and laugh a lot. Do not let this stop you from staying focused and do the things you want to do.
For further information read Navigating Through Chemo Brain by Idelle Davidson
1. Ask for a referral to a neuropsychologist
2. Seek out emotional support
3. Other prescription drugs may help you stay focused
4. Exercise your body
5. Exercise your mind
6. Eat healthfully
7. Find joy in things and laugh
Asking for a referral to see a neuropsychologist will help you strengthen your weaknesses. Neuropsychologists also check if your cloudy memory is caused by stress instead. If so, get emotional support to remove some of the load. Furthermore, talking to your doctor about prescription drugs to help stay focused and which are right for you. Exercising is a big help as well, since it increases cerebral blood flow while improving your brain cells. If your cloudy memory is a culprit of stress exercising is a great way to relieve it. Nutrition will help your focus by having a well balanced diet with lots of vegetables that will improve brain function. Like always, enjoy your life, and laugh a lot. Do not let this stop you from staying focused and do the things you want to do.
For further information read Navigating Through Chemo Brain by Idelle Davidson
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