Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | You guys all call it chemo brain but I had no chemo. I had XRT and found that for several years after treatment, I could not remember a NEW series of 8 digit numbers like phone numbers. I had to write them down. Since my work requires me to deal with numbers daily, it was annoying. Suddenly, several years out- I dont remember but more than 4,the problem disappeared one day. RO dr said nothing in XRT should have caused short term memory loss, but I wonder. Never lost the numbers I already knew, but couldn't even learn Mom's new phone number. I think more research should be done into this. Enough of us have complained. This site is a research center unto itself for common unreported symptoms.
Take care, Eileen
---------------------- Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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