Chemo brain w/o chemo or maybe drug SEs or maybe I'm old. (fun)

cb123

Hi Guys,

There's a commercial on TV about Alzheimer's. The wife leaves her keys in the refrigerator and the narrator implies this may be a sign of Alzheimer's. I left my keys in the fridge once, about 20 years ago, and fortunately my husband didn't freak out and rush me to a doctor.

Why is this relevant today? Last night, I was half way through my shower when I noticed I'd left my reading glasses on my head. OK. Odd but acceptable.

Just now, I did it again. This time I left them on my face.

Two days in a row.

I can only chalk this up to having a quick rinse off, as opposed to a full "wash you hair" type shower. In my defense, last night my hair was up in a clippy and there was already something on my head but I just left them on my face and it's cracking me up.

Fortunately, it's a thing and I'm not the only one. (I'm assuming I'm also not the only one who googles weird stuff like this when I do it.)

So getting old sucks.

Cancer sucks.

The side effects of the medications suck.

But sometimes it's all oddly funny.

cb

ksusan

Alzheimer's isn't putting your keys in the refrigerator, it's forgetting what keys are.

I drive away from the house with reading glasses on a lot, especially when it's sunny and I expect to have sunglasses on.

Kicks

That ' ommercial' is, at best, rediculous! Also probably doing a lot more harm than good. There is so much mis- information and outright lies as to what Alzheimer really is.

IF more misplacing keys made one suffering from Alzheimer's, I have been dealing with it my entire life as I have always put 'things somewhere' and then forgot where I put them. I have to keep my keys hooked to a belt loop on my jeans to be able to keep up with them (never have put them in a freezer thought.). They always turn up in a logical place if I 'misplace' them and Hubby has gotten good over the years at figuring out where I 'logically' put things and then forget where I put them. Growing up it was a family joke that I would misplace my head if it wasn't attached to my body. Actually I am ADD (yes contrary to what some want to believe it is not only young boys who are ADD - girls/women can also be and it can be a life long battle.)

chef127

About a year a ago I was trying to quit smoking. Its a life long addiction and I found it really really REALLY hard to get it out of my mind. That was the hardest part, the constant thought of a cig.

I got up one night at 2am with a severe craving and decided to drive to a 24/7 7/11 about a 1/4 mile from my home and get my poison. Of coarse I lit up that smoke and headed home, driving on that dark winding road, smoking away, oblivious to my surroundings when I suddenly had no idea where I was heading. I was 3 miles from home. Went through 3 traffic lights before I saw a street sign. I was 'lost' on a road I've traveled for 50 years. It took me at least 30 secs before I turned around and found my way back home.

Not chemo brain.............Old age? Cigs taking over my mind and body.

...SAD

cive

I think it's called being bad at multi-tasking. I have put my keys in the fridge - putting away groceries, thinking about something else, set keys down to have both hands free. At least I was able to remember the last time I'd had them. I was on my way home from looking at a job once and was thinking about the job. Suddenly I realized I had no idea where I was which is really disconcerting! After driving around a bit, I realized I'd made a right when I should have make a left. Now, I frequently suddenly lose words I've know for a long time. That really freaked me out years ago when it first happened during chemo, then one of the volunteers told me about chemo brain. I don't have that to blame now, perhaps it's the letrozole.

KeepMoving

ksusan - You're right. That is exactly how I had Alzheimer's explained to me. Don't know why they give the keys in the refigerator example. Thanks for the accurate info.

cb123 - I've recently done the glasses in the shower, too. I realized I had them on when I could see

cb123

Here's the video: https://vimeo.com/19293714