You know you're a cancer patient when....

Wow ... that's hilarious! LOL

YKYACPW you put this on you dog

From Cafe Press

The shot glasses are on Amazon.com

YKYACPW .... you manage to find a parking spot and make it to the doctor's office on time for your appointment. Then the receptionist can't seem to find you in today's schedule. You slowly realize that today's appointment is with a different doctor, in another location, and you are now horribly late! (And the receptionist thinks you are crazy!) Argh!

Freya ... No kidding about the sound effects. If my car was making as many weird noises as my body is, I'd be afraid to drive it! Hmmm .....

Then if you DO write it down, you can't find what you wrote it on. 😜

And you know you put that paper in your purse but it's not there now, and you ransack every cluttered surface in the house and all your other bags, cry and wail in frustration, then finally find the thing....in your purse.

I am sitting here laughing and counting up the number of times I've done the same things!

Both every day. I amaze myself and I shake my head over losing things, forgetting, etc.

chemo what? Never heard of, what🤷♀️

You know you're a cancer patient ... when you realized you let a friend touch your new boobs and you are at the bar!

She did say they were really nice.

Coach Vicky

Abra, Shetland, Freya etc - total empathy here!

The only consolation I can offer is that if we were this stupid before BC we would not have noticed the difference

(OBVIOUSLY we must have been super bright in the past )

I find (mid sentence) a sudden failure to recall a word, (usually I keep talking until either I get to it, or the listener works out what I am trying to describe!) Failure to make connections, like one part of my mind can know I have an engagement on Thursday but no connection will be made to it while I make another clashing arrangement for Thursday, aaagggh! Gnatty attention span, consequently now terrible at names, faces etc, where I used to be Mrs Sherlock....

Was reading yesterday about difficulties experienced by people who have MS, and the difficulties that they can experience in this area sounded sooo similar.

It really isn't funny.

feelingfeline, forgetting words drives me crazy. Conversation I have had with my husband, you know that thing you put water in and drink out of, cup?, no the thing that looks like ice, a glass? Yes that's it. We have had this conversation about lots of things, I know what they are used for, but just can't name them.

I had a second scan (this year) of my brain last week, my MO was so concerned about my inability to focus and issues with balance. Turned out to be a viral infection, still having trouble getting over it.

Abracadabra I hope your new job works out well for you.

Me too on the whole forgetting thingy! Is it age or chemo brain or Arimidex or something else? Who knows.

Whatever it is, it's forcing me to develop a thicker skin and more creative modes of expression. Sometimes I feel like I'm trapped in one of those game shows where the other person has to guess the 'mystery' word. When they get it, I feel like clapping and jumping up and down. I'm afraid I'll start incorporating charade gestures in my everyday life ... you know, like when they tap their ear for "sounds like ..."

Freya and Feelingfeline - thanks for the kind words regarding my new job. It's going well, and I'm enjoying it immensely!

I can't blame it on chemo brain, Abra, but this is happening to me all the time. It's so frustrating! Maybe I'll start incorporating charades into my conversations....

MJ

I didn't know that, feelingfeline! Well, if that's the worst of my anastrozole SEs.... It just happened to me at lunch. I wanted the word "trust" but had to substitute "confidence." Then it came to me.

Edited to add: I just read a couple of articles on the topic. No suggestions on how to overcome this SE. I started a new thread in Hormonal Therapy, hoping for some input. I don't see my MO for four months - I'll mention it to him then

MJ