#chemobrain

[hahaimsuffering]

Please be honest, I’ve had an Ed for years but last year I was diagnosed with a type of cancer called acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, I’ve since had a lot of very intensive chemotherapy and surgeries, I started treatment at 41kg now I’m 37/38 kg (I fluctuate around a bit lol) but during my treatment I developed severe cellulitis in my leg that turned into severe sepsis and I had a big surgery on my leg plus a skin graft as I result, I lost my ability to walk for about a year and was confined to a wheelchair, but I’m so insecure about my body and what cancer and the surgeries have done to me, I’m going to show a photo of my leg pre surgery then post surgery in leggings (not the same pair but they’re the same size n style just by a different brand) and I want you to give me ur honest opinion on my legs, do I look fatter? Which looks better? Etc.

Before vs after

Thank you so much ❤️xxxx

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[reddeaddevil]

[splitskullfoundry]

Update time for the few actually watching this. I had a follow up with the cancer center today, after receiving the report two days ago via email without knowing how to interpret it. I have Glioblastoma multiforme stage 4, which was the original diagnosis, instead of Oligodendroglioma stage 3. BUT it's actually better, weirdly enough. Glio and Oligo are more or less the same, but the Oligo has 1p and 19q chromosome deletion. This does not. Glio is the "scarier" form of cancer because of the overall mortality rate of 96% over two years, but because of the genes present I have a more favorable prognosis with glioblastoma than Oligodendroglioma. I have a super high concentration of an mgmt wild type gene. Wild type means there is no mutation present, and it responds better to chemo and radiation than Oligodendroglioma. My KI-67 was lower than expected as well. That's what determines overall tumor growth rate. He said of the 4% of patients that survive past 2 years, I have the highest possible chance of not only living beyond that, but actually beating it to some degree. I won't live to retirement age certainly, but there is some rare cases where people live 10-15 years. That wild type gene is essential to get through this. The cost of treatment is astronomical but debt means nothing if I can get through this and be there for my children. It's the best possible conditions for a not so good situation. I've learned alot of humility and grace through all of this and it's only been 5 weeks. I no longer hold grudges against anyone or anything. Reach out. Let each other know it's okay to not be okay. But most importantly, don't ignore any warning signs your body is trying to tell you about. Also the nurse loved my mask and couldn't keep a straight face. 😂

[jamiesonwolf]

The first day back to work with chemo brain was a lot. Thankfully, Anakin made sure I was okay. He stuck close by all day. #Anakin #cuddles #chemobrain https://www.instagram.com/p/CoDYeGiOkWH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[scheinysca]

Reposted from @leastweaselweaving Fuck cancer. These good people are doing everything they can, including collecting cans, to pay for Dave's brain surgery and subsequent treatment. Please contribute if you're able to, every little bit helps. Fuck cancer. My friend's life changed completely very suddenly just a few months ago. We had just finished talking the details for me to sell my #weaving with them in their booth for my first #VARF @varenfaire. The next day they told me they wouldn't be able to do the Faire this year. A few weeks later, I find out why not. Please Share the link to their fundraiser, too. https://www.gofundme.com/f/battle-for-the-bard-help-dave-fight-brain-cancer?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1 #FuckCancer #FuckCancer🎀 #fuckcancer👊 #fuckcancer🖕#fuckcancerfriday #fundraiser #fundraising #fundraise #fundraisers #fundraisingforacause #fundraisingcampaign #fundraisingfriday #chemotherapy #chemo #chemosucks #chemobrain #chemowarrior #BattleForTheBard #rennies #RennFaire #RennFamily #FaireFamily #RennFaire #RenaissanceFaire #faire #festival #frennies https://www.instagram.com/p/CejUbjlLtmy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[witchmd13]

this is going to be a long post and I'm not sure anyone who follows me really watches severance let alone is interested in the neuroscientific basis of the show, but having been doing research on memory for almost 3 years now, severance is both horrifying and interesting to me and I have to get this out.

one classification of memory is episodic and semantic memory. episodic memory is the memory we use to remember individual events tied to a time and place. in the brain, a structure called the hippocampus controls it. semantic memory on the other hand, is the memory we use to recall skills, facts and concepts and it's controlled by our neocortex (basically the cerebral cortex, the outer shell of our brains).

the way I understand it, severance seems to work by tying the formation of episodic memories to a certain place (this is also evident by the site of implantation of the chip which is deep within the brain, not on the surface where the cortex is. it's not clearly shown that they were implanting it inside the hippocampus or around it, but from the images they showed, I think that's where it is placed) and creating a barrier to accessing older episodic memories that were formed before the severance procedure.

now, historically in medicine, we have seen cases of patients where they had damage to their hippocampi, or had them removed during some procedure or other, and in the process lost their ability to form episodic memory all together. these patients can't form new memories and/or remember past memories, but their skills that they acquired or do acquire later are intact, and the facts they know about the world are still there also. they just can't form new long term memories.

now, we're still way far from understanding exactly how the hippocampus stores episodic memories (we have some sort of understanding but it's a little complicated and it's certainly not complete so I'm not mentioning it here), so, no severance as a medical procedure is still pure sci-fi, but the idea of it is fascinating to me.

In my research, I work on something called chemobrain, which is a term coined by cancer patients who have had chemo where they reported experiencing concentration and memory problems afterwards. for years it was assumed that chemobrain was just psychological phenomena, but recent research discovered otherwise. it is actually a very real damage to the brain caused by chemotherapy, or certain types of it to be more accurate. now we call it chemotherapy induced cognitive impairment. anyway, it turns out that those types of chemotherapy actually damage areas in the hippocampus (among others in the brain) and causes damage to episodic memory.

these chemotherapies kill nerve cells and literally target synapses in the hippocampus making the connections between cells weaker. they hypothetically do what the severance procedure does.

according to research, chemobrain can last from months to years, but in a lot of cases it gradually gets better. in my work we're trying to find medications that can reverse this damage in a shorter period of time. so who knows maybe I'll find a medication that will help helly, mark, dylan and irv as well

it's just fascinating to me how we might take this damage and turn it to a switch we can flip whenever someone gets a certain type of stimuli (like entering a new space). it's just ugh i wish the show expanded on the scientific aspects they used.

[anniekoh]

Crip Negativity

by J. Logan Smilges (2023)

Online open access https://manifold.umn.edu/projects/crip-negativity

Imagining anti-ableist liberation beyond the rubrics of access and inclusion In the thirty years since the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law, the lives of disabled people have not improved nearly as much as activists and politicians had hoped. In Crip Negativity, J. Logan Smilges shows us what’s gone wrong and what we can do to fix it. Leveling a strong critique of the category of disability and liberal disability politics, Smilges asks and imagines what horizons might exist for the liberation of those oppressed by ableism—beyond access and inclusion. Inspired by models of negativity in queer studies, Black studies, and crip theory, Smilges proposes that bad crip feelings might help all of us to care gently for one another, even as we demand more from the world than we currently believe to be possible.

Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement

by Ashley Shew (2023)

A manifesto exploding what we think we know about disability, and arguing that disabled people are the real experts when it comes to technology and disability.

When bioethicist and professor Ashley Shew became a self-described "hard-of-hearing chemobrained amputee with Crohn's disease and tinnitus," there was no returning to "normal." Suddenly well-meaning people called her an "inspiration" while grocery shopping, or viewed her as a needy recipient of technological wizardry. Most disabled people don't want what the abled assume they want—nor are they generally asked. Why do abled people frame disability as an individual problem that calls for technological solutions, rather than a social one? In a warm, feisty, opinionated voice and vibrant prose, Shew shows how we can create better narratives and more accessible futures by drawing from the insights of the cross-disability community. For the future is surely disabled—whether through changing climate, new diseases, or even through space travel. It's time we looked closely at how we all think about disability technologies and learn to envision disabilities not as liabilities, but as skill sets enabling all of us to navigate a challenging world.

[mirletaliz]

Can You Fix Your Foggy Brain After Cancer Treatment? https://copingmag.com/can-you-fix-your-foggy-brain-after-cancer-treatment/ via @coping_cancer

#brainfog #chemobrain #cognitiveimpairment #cancer

[gadgetsforusesblog]

Click to read Identification of the inflammatory cells behind chemobrain

Resume: Microglia appear to be linked to brain fog and memory problems that develop as a result of chemotherapy exposure, researchers have found. Removing the immune cells from the microglia in mice given the chemotherapy drug paclitaxel reduced inflammation and restored memory function. Source: University of Ohio Immune cells that keep the brain free of dust but also contribute to inflammation…

[cancer-resor]

Jag är envis som en åsna 🙂 Igår skrev jag ett mail till VD och styrelsen för @helsingborgshem och frågade varför de är så trångsynta? Jag har gjort allt rätt och varit ärlig i min ansökan om att få montera en basantenn men de har varit så trångsynta och avslagit min ansökan Samtidigt så är det hundratals hyresgäster som har monterat paraboler på husvägg, tak, balkonger och lite var som helst och det ser ut som själve fan Min montering av basantenn skulle göras fackmannamässigt och professionellt av certifierad radioamatör med kunskap och kompetens för montering av basantenn Jag hade kunnat montera basantennen själv om jag inte hade drabbats av Chemobrain och har extrema höjdskräck Basantennen är inte tänkt att sitta där för evigt utan den kommer att plockas bort när jag ramlar av pinnen och nedmontering kommer att göras fackmannamässigt och professionellt och inte lämna någon åverkan på huset Fick i alla fall ett svar från bostadschefen Hanna som skriver att hon fått mitt mail vidarebefordrat från VD och ska återkomma till mig Om Helsingborgshem är så oroliga för åverkan på huset då skulle de kunna anlita en firma till att montera upp ett maströr där jag kan fästa min basantenn det hade varit generöst och visat på empati, medkänsla och förståelse för min situation Vi får se var denna story slutar Dragan Klaric #minresaräknas #mincancerresa #Helsingborgshem https://www.instagram.com/p/CmLzCI9IbFy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[reddeaddevil]

Andere auf Koka, ich bin auf Cloud Z, mega drauf und hau die lines weg

[gingergarlictv-blog]

Helping Cancer Patients with Nutritional Supplements after Chemotherapy - ChemoBrain

Helping Cancer Patients with Nutritional Supplements after Chemotherapy – ChemoBrain

Check on YouTube

[chemobeanies]

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[anthonywilson]

Poem of the year?

Poem of the year?

Before I start, I want to say that this is not about stats. This is not about stats. What this is about is connection and emotion and wanting to put something out into the void that can help make everything a little bit, just a little bit more bearable. That is the point of this. Not stats. Having said that, this is also absolutely about stats. The stats of one poem, one blog post, that have…