Guest guest Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 cal his hepatoloist and explain what is going on.. I'm not a doctor, but could be his ammonia levels.. Don't know for sure, but call him ok.. Kathy Boo -- brain fog HI all..... here again....Ben was in the throes of a vicious flare-up, and a lot of the physical suffering is abating but now he has brain fog so bad, can't remember....mind wanders.....and he doesn't even see the specialist until Dec. 18th. Is this typical in flare-ups?? Thanks for any info.....hugs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 cal his hepatoloist and explain what is going on.. I'm not a doctor, but could be his ammonia levels.. Don't know for sure, but call him ok.. Kathy Boo I have a question here.. I asked my daughter's doctor about some of her symptoms such as brain fog and he said that was at a more advanced stage of the disease. Is this true? Does brain fog and joint pain, things like this only happen in the later stages? Debi in Austin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 I dont know for sure on that. I was told last week that severe sleep apnea like I have can cause brain fog, memory issues, of course extreme fatigue, muscle weakness, and a long list of other things including major mood swings.... Mitch looked at the guy and said can I have 2 machines for my wife then... Debi I had major brain fog on tx and had a dr tell me I just needed to focus more. My problem was not that simple but it has eased more the longer it has been since getting off tx. ddebi_inaustin <debi_inaustin@...> wrote: I have a question here.. I asked my daughter's doctor about some of her symptoms such as brain fog and he said that was at a more advanced stage of the disease. Is this true? Does brain fog and joint pain, things like this only happen in the later stages?Debi in AustinThe art of living lies not in eliminating but in growing with troubles. -Bernard M. Baruch Access over 1 million songs - Music Unlimited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 take at least 3000.00 mil of c if you can bulid your body up to take that much..it detoxifies your brain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 > > I dont know for sure on that. I was told last week that severe sleep apnea like I have can cause brain fog, memory issues, of course extreme fatigue, muscle weakness, and a long list of other things including major mood swings.... Mitch looked at the guy and said can I have 2 machines for my wife then... Debi I had major brain fog on tx and had a dr tell me I just needed to focus more. My problem was not that simple but it has eased more the longer it has been since getting off tx. > d > thanks everyone, I just don't know how to evaluate her sometimes. She's had a liver biopsy which showed early stages and she's a geno 1 ( I think, I just know it's the treatable version) she was on treatment but couldn't tolerate it and now stopped. Off treatment she's feeling much better but still having horrible headaches, lots of joint pain, pain associated with her liver area, mood swings and still having some bouts with brain fog. The doctor told me most of it was in her head..... Debi in austin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Tell the doctor to get hep ,go on treatment and we will see how well he can focus?That doctor is nuts and so many of them are.The first specilist I had in Toronto said this disease is not disabling.Right. Gail Re: Re: brain fog I dont know for sure on that. I was told last week that severe sleep apnea like I have can cause brain fog, memory issues, of course extreme fatigue, muscle weakness, and a long list of other things including major mood swings.... Mitch looked at the guy and said can I have 2 machines for my wife then... Debi I had major brain fog on tx and had a dr tell me I just needed to focus more. My problem was not that simple but it has eased more the longer it has been since getting off tx. ddebi_inaustin <debi_inaustin@...> wrote: I have a question here.. I asked my daughter's doctor about some of her symptoms such as brain fog and he said that was at a more advanced stage of the disease. Is this true? Does brain fog and joint pain, things like this only happen in the later stages?Debi in Austin The art of living lies not in eliminating but in growing with troubles. -Bernard M. Baruch Access over 1 million songs - Music Unlimited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 Ok Im going to ask a question at the odds of sounding stupid....what treatment are u on? Also I have never heard the treatment for hep c to be called chemo. I was told by my doctor that its like chemo, but never refered to it as chemo. Of course all the chemicals in the pills and in the shot i guess u would call it that. I dont think I know everything by any means and I hope u dont think Im being hateful. I have been on treatment for like 8 months. O ty for posting that info too. =) thx, > > This was posted to a general forum I belong to that happens to have two of it's members taking chemo therapy at present, me for HCV and another for cancer. > > > Chemotherapy Fog Is No Longer Ignored as Illusion > By JANE GROSS, Published: April 29, 2007 > > On an Internet chat room popular with breast cancer survivors, one thread - called " Where's My Remote? " - turns the mental fog known as chemo brain into a stand-up comedy act. > > One woman reported finding five unopened gallons of milk in her refrigerator and having no memory of buying the first four. A second had to ask her husband which toothbrush belonged to her. > > At a family celebration, one woman filled the water glasses with turkey gravy. Another could not remember how to carry over numbers when balancing the checkbook. > > Once, women complaining of a constellation of symptoms after undergoing chemotherapy - including short-term memory loss, an inability to concentrate, difficulty retrieving words, trouble with multitasking and an overarching sense that they had lost their mental edge - were often sent home with a patronizing " There, there. " > > But attitudes are changing as a result of a flurry of research and new attention to the after-effects of life-saving treatment. There is now widespread acknowledgment that patients with cognitive symptoms are not imagining things, and a growing number of oncologists are rushing to offer remedies, including stimulants commonly used for attention-deficit disorder and acupuncture. > > " Until recently, oncologists would discount it, trivialize it, make patients feel it was all in their heads, " said Dr. Silverman, a cancer researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles, who studies the cognitive side effects of chemotherapy. " Now there's enough literature, even if it's controversial, that not mentioning it as a possibility is either ignorant or an evasion of professional duty. " > > That shift matters to patients. > > " Chemo brain is part of the language now, and just to have it acknowledged makes a difference, " said Anne Grant, 57, who owns a picture-framing business in New York City. Ms. Grant, who had high- dose chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant in 1995, said she could not concentrate well enough to read, garbled her sentences and struggled with simple decisions like which socks to wear. > > Virtually all cancer survivors who have had toxic treatments like chemotherapy experience short-term memory loss and difficulty concentrating during and shortly afterward, experts say. But a vast majority improve. > > About 15 percent, or roughly 360,000 of the nation's 2.4 million female breast cancer survivors, the group that has dominated research on cognitive side effects, remain distracted years later, according to some experts. And nobody knows what distinguishes this 15 percent. > > Most oncologists agree that the culprits include very high doses of chemotherapy, like those in anticipation of a bone marrow transplant; the combination of chemotherapy and supplementary hormonal treatments, like tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors that lower the amount of estrogen in women who have cancers fueled by female hormones; and early-onset cancer that catapults women in their 30s and 40s into menopause. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/health/2...a80c & ei=5087% 0A<http://wwwnytimes.com/2007/04/29/health/29chemo.html? em & ex=1178078400 & en=5da13051d8dda80c & ei=5087%0A> > <javascript:PopUp ('http://z12.invisionfree.com/The_Golden_Gate/index.php? act=Profile & CODE=showcard & MID=11','AddressCard','470','300','0','1','1 ','1')><http://z12.invisionfree.com/The_Golden_Gate/index.php? act=Msg & CODE=04 & MID=11> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 Ok Im going to ask a question at the odds of sounding stupid....what treatment are u on? Also I have never heard the treatment for hep c to be called chemo. I was told by my doctor that its like chemo, but never refered to it as chemo. Of course all the chemicals in the pills and in the shot i guess u would call it that. I dont think I know everything by any means and I hope u dont think Im being hateful. I have been on treatment for like 8 months. O ty for posting that info too. =) thx, > > This was posted to a general forum I belong to that happens to have two of it's members taking chemo therapy at present, me for HCV and another for cancer. > > > Chemotherapy Fog Is No Longer Ignored as Illusion > By JANE GROSS, Published: April 29, 2007 > > On an Internet chat room popular with breast cancer survivors, one thread - called " Where's My Remote? " - turns the mental fog known as chemo brain into a stand-up comedy act. > > One woman reported finding five unopened gallons of milk in her refrigerator and having no memory of buying the first four. A second had to ask her husband which toothbrush belonged to her. > > At a family celebration, one woman filled the water glasses with turkey gravy. Another could not remember how to carry over numbers when balancing the checkbook. > > Once, women complaining of a constellation of symptoms after undergoing chemotherapy - including short-term memory loss, an inability to concentrate, difficulty retrieving words, trouble with multitasking and an overarching sense that they had lost their mental edge - were often sent home with a patronizing " There, there. " > > But attitudes are changing as a result of a flurry of research and new attention to the after-effects of life-saving treatment. There is now widespread acknowledgment that patients with cognitive symptoms are not imagining things, and a growing number of oncologists are rushing to offer remedies, including stimulants commonly used for attention-deficit disorder and acupuncture. > > " Until recently, oncologists would discount it, trivialize it, make patients feel it was all in their heads, " said Dr. Silverman, a cancer researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles, who studies the cognitive side effects of chemotherapy. " Now there's enough literature, even if it's controversial, that not mentioning it as a possibility is either ignorant or an evasion of professional duty. " > > That shift matters to patients. > > " Chemo brain is part of the language now, and just to have it acknowledged makes a difference, " said Anne Grant, 57, who owns a picture-framing business in New York City. Ms. Grant, who had high- dose chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant in 1995, said she could not concentrate well enough to read, garbled her sentences and struggled with simple decisions like which socks to wear. > > Virtually all cancer survivors who have had toxic treatments like chemotherapy experience short-term memory loss and difficulty concentrating during and shortly afterward, experts say. But a vast majority improve. > > About 15 percent, or roughly 360,000 of the nation's 2.4 million female breast cancer survivors, the group that has dominated research on cognitive side effects, remain distracted years later, according to some experts. And nobody knows what distinguishes this 15 percent. > > Most oncologists agree that the culprits include very high doses of chemotherapy, like those in anticipation of a bone marrow transplant; the combination of chemotherapy and supplementary hormonal treatments, like tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors that lower the amount of estrogen in women who have cancers fueled by female hormones; and early-onset cancer that catapults women in their 30s and 40s into menopause. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/health/2...a80c & ei=5087% 0A<http://wwwnytimes.com/2007/04/29/health/29chemo.html? em & ex=1178078400 & en=5da13051d8dda80c & ei=5087%0A> > <javascript:PopUp ('http://z12.invisionfree.com/The_Golden_Gate/index.php? act=Profile & CODE=showcard & MID=11','AddressCard','470','300','0','1','1 ','1')><http://z12.invisionfree.com/The_Golden_Gate/index.php? act=Msg & CODE=04 & MID=11> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 It the treatment, is a milder form of chemotherapy. The interferon is used to treat more than just Hep C. Hairy cell leukemia, some forms of melanoma cancer and so forth. Yes it it a form of chemo therapy. There for the possible sides of hair loss, vomitting and so forth. If you read the information package that comes with the medication you will see the different types of cancer that it treats. Love Janet <lizzard1978@...> wrote: Ok Im going to ask a question at the odds of sounding stupid....what treatment are u on? Also I have never heard the treatment for hep c to be called chemo. I was told by my doctor that its like chemo, but never refered to it as chemo. Of course all the chemicals in the pills and in the shot i guess u would call it that. I dont think I know everything by any means and I hope u dont think Im being hateful. I have been on treatment for like 8 months. O ty for posting that info too. =)thx, >> This was posted to a general forum I belong to that happens to have two of it's members taking chemo therapy at present, me for HCV and another for cancer.> > > Chemotherapy Fog Is No Longer Ignored as Illusion > By JANE GROSS, Published: April 29, 2007> > On an Internet chat room popular with breast cancer survivors, one thread - called "Where's My Remote?" - turns the mental fog known as chemo brain into a stand-up comedy act. > > One woman reported finding five unopened gallons of milk in her refrigerator and having no memory of buying the first four. A second had to ask her husband which toothbrush belonged to her. > > At a family celebration, one woman filled the water glasses with turkey gravy. Another could not remember how to carry over numbers when balancing the checkbook. > > Once, women complaining of a constellation of symptoms after undergoing chemotherapy - including short-term memory loss, an inability to concentrate, difficulty retrieving words, trouble with multitasking and an overarching sense that they had lost their mental edge - were often sent home with a patronizing "There, there." > > But attitudes are changing as a result of a flurry of research and new attention to the after-effects of life-saving treatment. There is now widespread acknowledgment that patients with cognitive symptoms are not imagining things, and a growing number of oncologists are rushing to offer remedies, including stimulants commonly used for attention-deficit disorder and acupuncture. > > "Until recently, oncologists would discount it, trivialize it, make patients feel it was all in their heads," said Dr. Silverman, a cancer researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles, who studies the cognitive side effects of chemotherapy. "Now there's enough literature, even if it's controversial, that not mentioning it as a possibility is either ignorant or an evasion of professional duty."> > That shift matters to patients.> > "Chemo brain is part of the language now, and just to have it acknowledged makes a difference," said Anne Grant, 57, who owns a picture-framing business in New York City. Ms. Grant, who had high-dose chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant in 1995, said she could not concentrate well enough to read, garbled her sentences and struggled with simple decisions like which socks to wear.> > Virtually all cancer survivors who have had toxic treatments like chemotherapy experience short-term memory loss and difficulty concentrating during and shortly afterward, experts say. But a vast majority improve. > > About 15 percent, or roughly 360,000 of the nation's 2.4 million female breast cancer survivors, the group that has dominated research on cognitive side effects, remain distracted years later, according to some experts. And nobody knows what distinguishes this 15 percent. > > Most oncologists agree that the culprits include very high doses of chemotherapy, like those in anticipation of a bone marrow transplant; the combination of chemotherapy and supplementary hormonal treatments, like tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors that lower the amount of estrogen in women who have cancers fueled by female hormones; and early-onset cancer that catapults women in their 30s and 40s into menopause.> > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/health/2...a80c & ei=5087%0A<http://wwwnytimes.com/2007/04/29/health/29chemo.html?em & ex=1178078400 & en=5da13051d8dda80c & ei=5087%0A> > <javascript:PopUp('http://z12.invisionfree.com/The_Golden_Gate/index.php?act=Profile & CODE=showcard & MID=11','AddressCard','470','300','0','1','1','1')><http://z12.invisionfree.com/The_Golden_Gate/index.php?act=Msg & CODE=04 & MID=11>>Life is short, Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably, And never regret anything that made you smile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 I've had two gastro docs. One says, no, it's not. The other says, yes, it definitely is. It's chemical and it's therapy, so it has earned the name. Sharon Re: Re: brain fog It the treatment, is a milder form of chemotherapy. The interferon is used to treat more than just Hep C. Hairy cell leukemia, some forms of melanoma cancer and so forth. Yes it it a form of chemo therapy. There for the possible sides of hair loss, vomitting and so forth. If you read the information package that comes with the medication you will see the different types of cancer that it treats. Love Janet <lizzard1978@...> wrote: Ok Im going to ask a question at the odds of sounding stupid....what treatment are u on? Also I have never heard the treatment for hep c to be called chemo. I was told by my doctor that its like chemo, but never refered to it as chemo. Of course all the chemicals in the pills and in the shot i guess u would call it that. I dont think I know everything by any means and I hope u dont think Im being hateful. I have been on treatment for like 8 months. O ty for posting that info too. =)thx, >> This was posted to a general forum I belong to that happens to have two of it's members taking chemo therapy at present, me for HCV and another for cancer.> > > Chemotherapy Fog Is No Longer Ignored as Illusion > By JANE GROSS, Published: April 29, 2007> > On an Internet chat room popular with breast cancer survivors, one thread - called "Where's My Remote?" - turns the mental fog known as chemo brain into a stand-up comedy act. > > One woman reported finding five unopened gallons of milk in her refrigerator and having no memory of buying the first four. A second had to ask her husband which toothbrush belonged to her. > > At a family celebration, one woman filled the water glasses with turkey gravy. Another could not remember how to carry over numbers when balancing the checkbook. > > Once, women complaining of a constellation of symptoms after undergoing chemotherapy - including short-term memory loss, an inability to concentrate, difficulty retrieving words, trouble with multitasking and an overarching sense that they had lost their mental edge - were often sent home with a patronizing "There, there." > > But attitudes are changing as a result of a flurry of research and new attention to the after-effects of life-saving treatment. There is now widespread acknowledgment that patients with cognitive symptoms are not imagining things, and a growing number of oncologists are rushing to offer remedies, including stimulants commonly used for attention-deficit disorder and acupuncture. > > "Until recently, oncologists would discount it, trivialize it, make patients feel it was all in their heads," said Dr. Silverman, a cancer researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles, who studies the cognitive side effects of chemotherapy. "Now there's enough literature, even if it's controversial, that not mentioning it as a possibility is either ignorant or an evasion of professional duty."> > That shift matters to patients.> > "Chemo brain is part of the language now, and just to have it acknowledged makes a difference," said Anne Grant, 57, who owns a picture-framing business in New York City. Ms. Grant, who had high-dose chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant in 1995, said she could not concentrate well enough to read, garbled her sentences and struggled with simple decisions like which socks to wear.> > Virtually all cancer survivors who have had toxic treatments like chemotherapy experience short-term memory loss and difficulty concentrating during and shortly afterward, experts say. But a vast majority improve. > > About 15 percent, or roughly 360,000 of the nation's 2.4 million female breast cancer survivors, the group that has dominated research on cognitive side effects, remain distracted years later, according to some experts. And nobody knows what distinguishes this 15 percent. > > Most oncologists agree that the culprits include very high doses of chemotherapy, like those in anticipation of a bone marrow transplant; the combination of chemotherapy and supplementary hormonal treatments, like tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors that lower the amount of estrogen in women who have cancers fueled by female hormones; and early-onset cancer that catapults women in their 30s and 40s into menopause.> > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/health/2...a80c & ei=5087%0A<http://wwwnytimes.com/2007/04/29/health/29chemo.html?em & ex=1178078400 & en=5da13051d8dda80c & ei=5087%0A> > <javascript:PopUp('http://z12.invisionfree.com/The_Golden_Gate/index.php?act=Profile & CODE=showcard & MID=11','AddressCard','470','300','0','1','1','1')><http://z12.invisionfree.com/The_Golden_Gate/index.php?act=Msg & CODE=04 & MID=11>>Life is short, Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably, And never regret anything that made you smile. 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Guest guest Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 I've had two gastro docs. One says, no, it's not. The other says, yes, it definitely is. It's chemical and it's therapy, so it has earned the name. Sharon Re: Re: brain fog It the treatment, is a milder form of chemotherapy. The interferon is used to treat more than just Hep C. Hairy cell leukemia, some forms of melanoma cancer and so forth. Yes it it a form of chemo therapy. There for the possible sides of hair loss, vomitting and so forth. If you read the information package that comes with the medication you will see the different types of cancer that it treats. Love Janet <lizzard1978@...> wrote: Ok Im going to ask a question at the odds of sounding stupid....what treatment are u on? Also I have never heard the treatment for hep c to be called chemo. I was told by my doctor that its like chemo, but never refered to it as chemo. Of course all the chemicals in the pills and in the shot i guess u would call it that. I dont think I know everything by any means and I hope u dont think Im being hateful. I have been on treatment for like 8 months. O ty for posting that info too. =)thx, >> This was posted to a general forum I belong to that happens to have two of it's members taking chemo therapy at present, me for HCV and another for cancer.> > > Chemotherapy Fog Is No Longer Ignored as Illusion > By JANE GROSS, Published: April 29, 2007> > On an Internet chat room popular with breast cancer survivors, one thread - called "Where's My Remote?" - turns the mental fog known as chemo brain into a stand-up comedy act. > > One woman reported finding five unopened gallons of milk in her refrigerator and having no memory of buying the first four. A second had to ask her husband which toothbrush belonged to her. > > At a family celebration, one woman filled the water glasses with turkey gravy. Another could not remember how to carry over numbers when balancing the checkbook. > > Once, women complaining of a constellation of symptoms after undergoing chemotherapy - including short-term memory loss, an inability to concentrate, difficulty retrieving words, trouble with multitasking and an overarching sense that they had lost their mental edge - were often sent home with a patronizing "There, there." > > But attitudes are changing as a result of a flurry of research and new attention to the after-effects of life-saving treatment. There is now widespread acknowledgment that patients with cognitive symptoms are not imagining things, and a growing number of oncologists are rushing to offer remedies, including stimulants commonly used for attention-deficit disorder and acupuncture. > > "Until recently, oncologists would discount it, trivialize it, make patients feel it was all in their heads," said Dr. Silverman, a cancer researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles, who studies the cognitive side effects of chemotherapy. "Now there's enough literature, even if it's controversial, that not mentioning it as a possibility is either ignorant or an evasion of professional duty."> > That shift matters to patients.> > "Chemo brain is part of the language now, and just to have it acknowledged makes a difference," said Anne Grant, 57, who owns a picture-framing business in New York City. Ms. Grant, who had high-dose chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant in 1995, said she could not concentrate well enough to read, garbled her sentences and struggled with simple decisions like which socks to wear.> > Virtually all cancer survivors who have had toxic treatments like chemotherapy experience short-term memory loss and difficulty concentrating during and shortly afterward, experts say. But a vast majority improve. > > About 15 percent, or roughly 360,000 of the nation's 2.4 million female breast cancer survivors, the group that has dominated research on cognitive side effects, remain distracted years later, according to some experts. And nobody knows what distinguishes this 15 percent. > > Most oncologists agree that the culprits include very high doses of chemotherapy, like those in anticipation of a bone marrow transplant; the combination of chemotherapy and supplementary hormonal treatments, like tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors that lower the amount of estrogen in women who have cancers fueled by female hormones; and early-onset cancer that catapults women in their 30s and 40s into menopause.> > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/health/2...a80c & ei=5087%0A<http://wwwnytimes.com/2007/04/29/health/29chemo.html?em & ex=1178078400 & en=5da13051d8dda80c & ei=5087%0A> > <javascript:PopUp('http://z12.invisionfree.com/The_Golden_Gate/index.php?act=Profile & CODE=showcard & MID=11','AddressCard','470','300','0','1','1','1')><http://z12.invisionfree.com/The_Golden_Gate/index.php?act=Msg & CODE=04 & MID=11>>Life is short, Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably, And never regret anything that made you smile. 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Guest guest Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 I notice that I have brain fog tonight. LOL let me state it another way, I will spell check this before sending. Interferon a natural occurring protein is synthesis to become a protein called alfa interferon. Now the drug companies have two types Scherling which is peg-intron and Hoffman La Roche Pegasys. The difference between them is the size of the molecule. And their scientific names one is alfa2 and the other one I believe (some one correct me if I am wrong is Beta.) anyway they are used to treat some forms of cancer like I said in the previous email. It is on the package insert but also I have researched this. and if I didn't have brain fog tonight I could tell you chapter and verse. But yes it is a form of chemo therapy, abet a milder form. Janet <doc_jade@...> wrote: It the treatment, is a milder form of chemotherapy. The interferon is used to treat more than just Hep C. Hairy cell leukemia, some forms of melanoma cancer and so forth. Yes it it a form of chemo therapy. There for the possible sides of hair loss, vomitting and so forth. If you read the information package that comes with the medication you will see the different types of cancer that it treats. Love Janet <lizzard1978msn> wrote: Ok Im going to ask a question at the odds of sounding stupid....what treatment are u on? Also I have never heard the treatment for hep c to be called chemo. I was told by my doctor that its like chemo, but never refered to it as chemo. Of course all the chemicals in the pills and in the shot i guess u would call it that. I dont think I know everything by any means and I hope u dont think Im being hateful. I have been on treatment for like 8 months. O ty for posting that info too. =)thx, >> This was posted to a general forum I belong to that happens to have two of it's members taking chemo therapy at present, me for HCV and another for cancer.> > > Chemotherapy Fog Is No Longer Ignored as Illusion > By JANE GROSS, Published: April 29, 2007> > On an Internet chat room popular with breast cancer survivors, one thread - called "Where's My Remote?" - turns the mental fog known as chemo brain into a stand-up comedy act. > > One woman reported finding five unopened gallons of milk in her refrigerator and having no memory of buying the first four. A second had to ask her husband which toothbrush belonged to her. > > At a family celebration, one woman filled the water glasses with turkey gravy. Another could not remember how to carry over numbers when balancing the checkbook. > > Once, women complaining of a constellation of symptoms after undergoing chemotherapy - including short-term memory loss, an inability to concentrate, difficulty retrieving words, trouble with multitasking and an overarching sense that they had lost their mental edge - were often sent home with a patronizing "There, there." > > But attitudes are changing as a result of a flurry of research and new attention to the after-effects of life-saving treatment. There is now widespread acknowledgment that patients with cognitive symptoms are not imagining things, and a growing number of oncologists are rushing to offer remedies, including stimulants commonly used for attention-deficit disorder and acupuncture. > > "Until recently, oncologists would discount it, trivialize it, make patients feel it was all in their heads," said Dr. Silverman, a cancer researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles, who studies the cognitive side effects of chemotherapy. "Now there's enough literature, even if it's controversial, that not mentioning it as a possibility is either ignorant or an evasion of professional duty."> > That shift matters to patients.> > "Chemo brain is part of the language now, and just to have it acknowledged makes a difference," said Anne Grant, 57, who owns a picture-framing business in New York City. Ms. Grant, who had high-dose chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant in 1995, said she could not concentrate well enough to read, garbled her sentences and struggled with simple decisions like which socks to wear.> > Virtually all cancer survivors who have had toxic treatments like chemotherapy experience short-term memory loss and difficulty concentrating during and shortly afterward, experts say. But a vast majority improve. > > About 15 percent, or roughly 360,000 of the nation's 2.4 million female breast cancer survivors, the group that has dominated research on cognitive side effects, remain distracted years later, according to some experts. And nobody knows what distinguishes this 15 percent. > > Most oncologists agree that the culprits include very high doses of chemotherapy, like those in anticipation of a bone marrow transplant; the combination of chemotherapy and supplementary hormonal treatments, like tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors that lower the amount of estrogen in women who have cancers fueled by female hormones; and early-onset cancer that catapults women in their 30s and 40s into menopause.> > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/health/2...a80c & ei=5087%0A<http://wwwnytimes.com/2007/04/29/health/29chemo.html?em & ex=1178078400 & en=5da13051d8dda80c & ei=5087%0A> > <javascript:PopUp('http://z12.invisionfree.com/The_Golden_Gate/index.php?act=Profile & CODE=showcard & MID=11','AddressCard','470','300','0','1','1','1')><http://z12.invisionfree.com/The_Golden_Gate/index.php?act=Msg & CODE=04 & MID=11>>Life is short, Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably, And never regret anything that made you smile. 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Guest guest Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 correct Sharon. Love ya JanetSHARON CROSBY <csharonxoxo@...> wrote: I've had two gastro docs. One says, no, it's not. The other says, yes, it definitely is. It's chemical and it's therapy, so it has earned the name. Sharon Re: Re: brain fog It the treatment, is a milder form of chemotherapy. The interferon is used to treat more than just Hep C. Hairy cell leukemia, some forms of melanoma cancer and so forth. Yes it it a form of chemo therapy. There for the possible sides of hair loss, vomitting and so forth. If you read the information package that comes with the medication you will see the different types of cancer that it treats. Love Janet <lizzard1978msn> wrote: Ok Im going to ask a question at the odds of sounding stupid....what treatment are u on? Also I have never heard the treatment for hep c to be called chemo. I was told by my doctor that its like chemo, but never refered to it as chemo. Of course all the chemicals in the pills and in the shot i guess u would call it that. I dont think I know everything by any means and I hope u dont think Im being hateful. I have been on treatment for like 8 months. O ty for posting that info too. =)thx, >> This was posted to a general forum I belong to that happens to have two of it's members taking chemo therapy at present, me for HCV and another for cancer.> > > Chemotherapy Fog Is No Longer Ignored as Illusion > By JANE GROSS, Published: April 29, 2007> > On an Internet chat room popular with breast cancer survivors, one thread - called "Where's My Remote?" - turns the mental fog known as chemo brain into a stand-up comedy act. > > One woman reported finding five unopened gallons of milk in her refrigerator and having no memory of buying the first four. A second had to ask her husband which toothbrush belonged to her. > > At a family celebration, one woman filled the water glasses with turkey gravy. Another could not remember how to carry over numbers when balancing the checkbook. > > Once, women complaining of a constellation of symptoms after undergoing chemotherapy - including short-term memory loss, an inability to concentrate, difficulty retrieving words, trouble with multitasking and an overarching sense that they had lost their mental edge - were often sent home with a patronizing "There, there." > > But attitudes are changing as a result of a flurry of research and new attention to the after-effects of life-saving treatment. There is now widespread acknowledgment that patients with cognitive symptoms are not imagining things, and a growing number of oncologists are rushing to offer remedies, including stimulants commonly used for attention-deficit disorder and acupuncture. > > "Until recently, oncologists would discount it, trivialize it, make patients feel it was all in their heads," said Dr. Silverman, a cancer researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles, who studies the cognitive side effects of chemotherapy. "Now there's enough literature, even if it's controversial, that not mentioning it as a possibility is either ignorant or an evasion of professional duty."> > That shift matters to patients.> > "Chemo brain is part of the language now, and just to have it acknowledged makes a difference," said Anne Grant, 57, who owns a picture-framing business in New York City. Ms. Grant, who had high-dose chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant in 1995, said she could not concentrate well enough to read, garbled her sentences and struggled with simple decisions like which socks to wear.> > Virtually all cancer survivors who have had toxic treatments like chemotherapy experience short-term memory loss and difficulty concentrating during and shortly afterward, experts say. But a vast majority improve. > > About 15 percent, or roughly 360,000 of the nation's 2.4 million female breast cancer survivors, the group that has dominated research on cognitive side effects, remain distracted years later, according to some experts. And nobody knows what distinguishes this 15 percent. > > Most oncologists agree that the culprits include very high doses of chemotherapy, like those in anticipation of a bone marrow transplant; the combination of chemotherapy and supplementary hormonal treatments, like tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors that lower the amount of estrogen in women who have cancers fueled by female hormones; and early-onset cancer that catapults women in their 30s and 40s into menopause.> > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/health/2...a80c & ei=5087%0A<http://wwwnytimes.com/2007/04/29/health/29chemo.html?em & ex=1178078400 & en=5da13051d8dda80c & ei=5087%0A> > <javascript:PopUp('http://z12.invisionfree.com/The_Golden_Gate/index.php?act=Profile & CODE=showcard & MID=11','AddressCard','470','300','0','1','1','1')><http://z12.invisionfree.com/The_Golden_Gate/index.php?act=Msg & CODE=04 & MID=11>>Life is short, Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably, And never regret anything that made you smile. 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Guest guest Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 correct Sharon. Love ya JanetSHARON CROSBY <csharonxoxo@...> wrote: I've had two gastro docs. One says, no, it's not. The other says, yes, it definitely is. It's chemical and it's therapy, so it has earned the name. Sharon Re: Re: brain fog It the treatment, is a milder form of chemotherapy. The interferon is used to treat more than just Hep C. Hairy cell leukemia, some forms of melanoma cancer and so forth. Yes it it a form of chemo therapy. There for the possible sides of hair loss, vomitting and so forth. If you read the information package that comes with the medication you will see the different types of cancer that it treats. Love Janet <lizzard1978msn> wrote: Ok Im going to ask a question at the odds of sounding stupid....what treatment are u on? Also I have never heard the treatment for hep c to be called chemo. I was told by my doctor that its like chemo, but never refered to it as chemo. Of course all the chemicals in the pills and in the shot i guess u would call it that. I dont think I know everything by any means and I hope u dont think Im being hateful. I have been on treatment for like 8 months. O ty for posting that info too. =)thx, >> This was posted to a general forum I belong to that happens to have two of it's members taking chemo therapy at present, me for HCV and another for cancer.> > > Chemotherapy Fog Is No Longer Ignored as Illusion > By JANE GROSS, Published: April 29, 2007> > On an Internet chat room popular with breast cancer survivors, one thread - called "Where's My Remote?" - turns the mental fog known as chemo brain into a stand-up comedy act. > > One woman reported finding five unopened gallons of milk in her refrigerator and having no memory of buying the first four. A second had to ask her husband which toothbrush belonged to her. > > At a family celebration, one woman filled the water glasses with turkey gravy. Another could not remember how to carry over numbers when balancing the checkbook. > > Once, women complaining of a constellation of symptoms after undergoing chemotherapy - including short-term memory loss, an inability to concentrate, difficulty retrieving words, trouble with multitasking and an overarching sense that they had lost their mental edge - were often sent home with a patronizing "There, there." > > But attitudes are changing as a result of a flurry of research and new attention to the after-effects of life-saving treatment. There is now widespread acknowledgment that patients with cognitive symptoms are not imagining things, and a growing number of oncologists are rushing to offer remedies, including stimulants commonly used for attention-deficit disorder and acupuncture. > > "Until recently, oncologists would discount it, trivialize it, make patients feel it was all in their heads," said Dr. Silverman, a cancer researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles, who studies the cognitive side effects of chemotherapy. "Now there's enough literature, even if it's controversial, that not mentioning it as a possibility is either ignorant or an evasion of professional duty."> > That shift matters to patients.> > "Chemo brain is part of the language now, and just to have it acknowledged makes a difference," said Anne Grant, 57, who owns a picture-framing business in New York City. Ms. Grant, who had high-dose chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant in 1995, said she could not concentrate well enough to read, garbled her sentences and struggled with simple decisions like which socks to wear.> > Virtually all cancer survivors who have had toxic treatments like chemotherapy experience short-term memory loss and difficulty concentrating during and shortly afterward, experts say. But a vast majority improve. > > About 15 percent, or roughly 360,000 of the nation's 2.4 million female breast cancer survivors, the group that has dominated research on cognitive side effects, remain distracted years later, according to some experts. And nobody knows what distinguishes this 15 percent. > > Most oncologists agree that the culprits include very high doses of chemotherapy, like those in anticipation of a bone marrow transplant; the combination of chemotherapy and supplementary hormonal treatments, like tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors that lower the amount of estrogen in women who have cancers fueled by female hormones; and early-onset cancer that catapults women in their 30s and 40s into menopause.> > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/health/2...a80c & ei=5087%0A<http://wwwnytimes.com/2007/04/29/health/29chemo.html?em & ex=1178078400 & en=5da13051d8dda80c & ei=5087%0A> > <javascript:PopUp('http://z12.invisionfree.com/The_Golden_Gate/index.php?act=Profile & CODE=showcard & MID=11','AddressCard','470','300','0','1','1','1')><http://z12.invisionfree.com/The_Golden_Gate/index.php?act=Msg & CODE=04 & MID=11>>Life is short, Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably, And never regret anything that made you smile. 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Guest guest Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 You beat me to the answer Janet,, thank you,, I was ready to answer and then got called away from my computer so I just now am getting back to it,, I see you got it,, so thank you very much,, interferon is used for several things and IS a form of chemo,, Janet <doc_jade@...> wrote: correct Sharon. Love ya JanetSHARON CROSBY <csharonxoxomsn> wrote: I've had two gastro docs. One says, no, it's not. The other says, yes, it definitely is. It's chemical and it's therapy, so it has earned the name. Sharon Re: Re: brain fog It the treatment, is a milder form of chemotherapy. The interferon is used to treat more than just Hep C. Hairy cell leukemia, some forms of melanoma cancer and so forth. Yes it it a form of chemo therapy. There for the possible sides of hair loss, vomitting and so forth. If you read the information package that comes with the medication you will see the different types of cancer that it treats. Love Janet <lizzard1978msn> wrote: Ok Im going to ask a question at the odds of sounding stupid....what treatment are u on? Also I have never heard the treatment for hep c to be called chemo. I was told by my doctor that its like chemo, but never refered to it as chemo. Of course all the chemicals in the pills and in the shot i guess u would call it that. I dont think I know everything by any means and I hope u dont think Im being hateful. I have been on treatment for like 8 months. O ty for posting that info too. =)thx, >> This was posted to a general forum I belong to that happens to have two of it's members taking chemo therapy at present, me for HCV and another for cancer.> > > Chemotherapy Fog Is No Longer Ignored as Illusion > By JANE GROSS, Published: April 29, 2007> > On an Internet chat room popular with breast cancer survivors, one thread - called "Where's My Remote?" - turns the mental fog known as chemo brain into a stand-up comedy act. > > One woman reported finding five unopened gallons of milk in her refrigerator and having no memory of buying the first four. A second had to ask her husband which toothbrush belonged to her. > > At a family celebration, one woman filled the water glasses with turkey gravy. Another could not remember how to carry over numbers when balancing the checkbook. > > Once, women complaining of a constellation of symptoms after undergoing chemotherapy - including short-term memory loss, an inability to concentrate, difficulty retrieving words, trouble with multitasking and an overarching sense that they had lost their mental edge - were often sent home with a patronizing "There, there." > > But attitudes are changing as a result of a flurry of research and new attention to the after-effects of life-saving treatment. There is now widespread acknowledgment that patients with cognitive symptoms are not imagining things, and a growing number of oncologists are rushing to offer remedies, including stimulants commonly used for attention-deficit disorder and acupuncture. > > "Until recently, oncologists would discount it, trivialize it, make patients feel it was all in their heads," said Dr. Silverman, a cancer researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles, who studies the cognitive side effects of chemotherapy. "Now there's enough literature, even if it's controversial, that not mentioning it as a possibility is either ignorant or an evasion of professional duty."> > That shift matters to patients.> > "Chemo brain is part of the language now, and just to have it acknowledged makes a difference," said Anne Grant, 57, who owns a picture-framing business in New York City. Ms. Grant, who had high-dose chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant in 1995, said she could not concentrate well enough to read, garbled her sentences and struggled with simple decisions like which socks to wear.> > Virtually all cancer survivors who have had toxic treatments like chemotherapy experience short-term memory loss and difficulty concentrating during and shortly afterward, experts say. But a vast majority improve. > > About 15 percent, or roughly 360,000 of the nation's 2.4 million female breast cancer survivors, the group that has dominated research on cognitive side effects, remain distracted years later, according to some experts. And nobody knows what distinguishes this 15 percent. > > Most oncologists agree that the culprits include very high doses of chemotherapy, like those in anticipation of a bone marrow transplant; the combination of chemotherapy and supplementary hormonal treatments, like tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors that lower the amount of estrogen in women who have cancers fueled by female hormones; and early-onset cancer that catapults women in their 30s and 40s into menopause.> > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/health/2...a80c & ei=5087%0A<http://wwwnytimes.com/2007/04/29/health/29chemo.html?em & ex=1178078400 & en=5da13051d8dda80c & ei=5087%0A> > <javascript:PopUp('http://z12.invisionfree.com/The_Golden_Gate/index.php?act=Profile & CODE=showcard & MID=11','AddressCard','470','300','0','1','1','1')><http://z12.invisionfree.com/The_Golden_Gate/index.php?act=Msg & CODE=04 & MID=11>>Life is short, Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably, And never regret anything that made you smile. Life is short, Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably, And never regret anything that made you smile. Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Are you saying hepatitis c treatment is a kind of chemo therapy? I am confused. Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check out new cars at Autos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Are you saying hepatitis c treatment is a kind of chemo therapy? I am confused. Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check out new cars at Autos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Yes ,, Interferon IS chemotherapy and is used for several other things besides Hep c. Randolph <dcrlin@...> wrote: Are you saying hepatitis c treatment is a kind of chemo therapy? I am confused. Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell?Check out new cars at Autos. Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 OK thank you to everyone for the information. and sorry i didnt mean to cause a brain fog LOL. O when i went to the dr. she said that my blood was negitive for the virus. i need to get my labs tho so i can tell u guys my white count or whatever. anywho thx alot =) Are you saying hepatitis c treatment is a kind of chemo therapy? I am confused. > --------------------------------- > Ahhh...imagining that irresistible " new car " smell? > Check out new cars at Autos. > > > > > Jackie > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 OK thank you to everyone for the information. and sorry i didnt mean to cause a brain fog LOL. O when i went to the dr. she said that my blood was negitive for the virus. i need to get my labs tho so i can tell u guys my white count or whatever. anywho thx alot =) Are you saying hepatitis c treatment is a kind of chemo therapy? I am confused. > --------------------------------- > Ahhh...imagining that irresistible " new car " smell? > Check out new cars at Autos. > > > > > Jackie > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 sweetie, you didnt cause any brain fog,, so you are undetectible ?? thats awesome!!! <lizzard1978@...> wrote: OK thank you to everyone for the information. and sorry i didnt mean to cause a brain fog LOL. O when i went to the dr. she said that my blood was negitive for the virus. i need to get my labs tho so i can tell u guys my white count or whatever. anywho thx alot =) Are you saying hepatitis c treatment is a kind of chemo therapy? I am confused. > ---------------------------------> Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell?> Check out new cars at Autos. > > > > > Jackie>Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 I know Interferon is used for cancer treatment...is that the reason saying that "treating hep c using Interferon" is called chemo therapy? Thanks. Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check out new cars at Autos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 yes hon,, it IS chemo.. Chemotherapy means treatment by chemicals... Randolph <dcrlin@...> wrote: I know Interferon is used for cancer treatment...is that the reason saying that "treating hep c using Interferon" is called chemo therapy? Thanks. Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell?Check out new cars at Autos. Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Can you tell me why you are struggling with the concept that it is sometimes called chemo-therapy? Because hon, that is what it is really only in a milder form. Many of the side effects are just the same as the rest of the types of chemotherapy but all but a few chemotherapy treatments have some sort of immune building treatment in them. In order to eradicate the cancer from the body, our own immunity has to be built up to help fight it. Same with Hep C, what really gets rid of is our immune system fighting to get rid of the disease. The anti viral drugs keep them from multiplying and kills the virus at the same time. But without the interferon the anti-viral drugs will not do the job. Hope this explains it a little more in depth for you. Love Janet Randolph <Doralin@...> wrote: I know Interferon is used for cancer treatment...is that the reason saying that "treating hep c using Interferon" is called chemo therapy? Thanks. Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell?Check out new cars at Autos. Life is short, Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably, And never regret anything that made you smile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 Honey my doctor did tell me, he talked to me a long time about it. I have a really good doctor and he is part of the treatment in all ways!! He hugs me every time I see him, his nursing staff is terrific. I ached, they know it and do something about it! I am one of the few that has a excellent doctor who believes in patient teaching, holistic healing and just being there when I need him. His nursing staff are up to date on all the info. And they share with you every time you go in. I was on treatment twice both times for 48 weeks. I got to know my doctor and staff like they were a part of the team against this disease. Love Janet Randolph <dcrlin@...> wrote: Thanks for Jackie and Janet helping me understand chemotherapy. But why doctor don't tell hepatitis c patients that "you will be in chemotherapy for 6 month"? Maybe too scary to hear that word for most people, if you don't have cancer? Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell?Check out new cars at Autos. Life is short, Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably, And never regret anything that made you smile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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