I've got nothing.

Nothing new is going on. We went to the beach. That was great, but then I spent the next day recuperating. The only interesting thing that I have discovered is that I am not totally crazy.
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That might need an explanation, huh?
So, since chemo ended I have been experiencing some problems. Nothing too major. Just things like, short term memory loss, hearing problems, tingling fingers...other minor cognitive "difficulties". Since I'm ADD, this wasn't all that much of a surprise. I just figured that I was having trouble getting back into the swing of ...well...having a life that wasn't defined by cancer. I started taking my ADD meds to help but ...things weren't really getting better. They weren't working the way they were supposed to. So finally I did some research.

It's called Chemo Brain. (I know, sounds like something I named, huh?) It is a decrease in cognitive functioning. In fact ADD meds have been used to help combat some of the symptoms. However, for someone who is already ADD...not so much. Then my mother talked to a friend of the family who is a nurse and she said that the hearing loss and neuropathy were also carry over symptoms that would start to fade in time.

I'm not overly upset. I mean this is going to make the school year a little more difficult. I can't even read for pleasure because if I put the book down for too long I forget what I read. But even that is not such an issue. I'll deal.

I'm just glad I'm not going crazy. It really is ridiculous. I should be able to remember a conversation that I just had with someone. Or what show I just watched or what book I'm trying to read. But knowing that it's a side effect...so much better. Frustrating, but better.
I think that's all I've got for now. Talk to you later.
-Elizabeth