We follow the New York Times style guidelines and spell it as two words: chemo brain. I’ve also seen it as one word: chemobrain, or chemo-brain. Others call it, “chemonesia,” or “cancer brain fog.”
Have you ever been on Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride at Disneyland? If so, then you may have an inkling of what goes on inside the head of my wonderful guest blogger, AnneMarie Ciccarella.
AnneMarie Ciccarella
Her story below and the posts she writes on her own blog, are a fast-moving, completely candid, hilarious, stream of consciousness that pull you right into the daily spins and turns of living with chemo brain. And now, HOLD ON TIGHT. Here’s AnneMarie. -- ID
"An excellent new book...offer[s] a long list of suggestions to help people who are struggling with the cognitive effects of chemotherapy." —Jane Brody, New York Times
Idelle Davidson is an award-winning journalist, a breast cancer survivor, and a recipient of the Cancer Support Community's (West L.A. Chapter) 2009 Pillar of Strength Award.