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written by Debra Sullivan, PhD Uncertainty. Fear of the unknown. Isolation. Fear of death. Loss of control. Fatigue. Worry. “Life changing decisions have to be made quickly and I don’t have all the information I need. What should I do?” Most everyone in the world is having these kinds of feelings with the pandemic of […]

In our previous article Getting Help for Chemo Brain last week, we described the phenomenon known as Chemo Brain, the cloudy thinking or mental fog that some persons with cancer notice before, during, and after chemo. We described the first step of managing life with Chemo Brain, which is talking to your health care team and […]

For years, cancer survivors have worried and even joked about the cloudy thinking they notice before, during, and after chemo. This mental fog is called “chemo brain.” In January, Dr. Peter Young, a local neuropsychologist, came to CSC to speak to our members and their caregivers about Chemo Brain. What is Chemo Brain? Research has […]

Written by Joanne Buzaglo, PhD, Senior Vice President, Research and Training at Cancer Support Community When it comes to self-advocacy, we talk a good game. We tell patients to ask questions, to seek clarification when they don’t understand the answers and to make sure their values and goals are part of the discussion. We urge people facing […]