Does Brain Fog = cancer patients 'chemo brain'??? - articles and resources due to April 29 NYT article

[Guest guest]

The New York Times had an article a few days ago about " chemo brain "

which I had never heard about but which apparently is a condition that

many cancer patients who have been given cytotoxic chemotherapy drugs

get. Since many mold toxins are also - surprise - cytotoxic, I think

its highly probable that we are dealing with many of the same

mechanisms and issues.

Anyway, the cancer patients are finally getting some attention and

research funding to study this and so,

1.) here are some links which have a LOT of useful tips for those of

us who are dealing with brain fog.

http://www.cancercare.org/pdf/fact_sheets/fs_chemobrain_cognitive.pdf

http://www.cancercare.org/pdf/fact_sheets/fs_chemobrain_doctor_talk.pdf

http://www.cancercare.org/pdf/fact_sheets/fs_chemobrain_concentration.pdf

http://www.cancercare.org/pdf/fact_sheets/fs_chemobrain_memory.pdf

and

2.) Useful additional resources..

http://www.chemobraininfo.org/

Chemotherapy Fog Is No Longer Ignored as Illusion

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/health/29chemo.html

(free registration required, also, check out the links on the left

side of the NYT article)

CNS progenitor cells and oligodendrocytes are targets of

chemotherapeutic agents in vitro and in vivo

http://jbiol.com/content/5/7/22

(especially, check out the related papers and references links at the

bottom of this paper for many others)

[Guest guest]

Thanks Live, doesn't it seem strange that in this day and age that

some are just starting to realize how toxins affect the brain. I'm

sure part of the problem came from the stigma attached to anyone

complaining of head problems or even anxity and depression. and all

this time the thought that the brain was immune because of BBB. so

most thought any complaints in that area had to be phycological,

inherated,or when it came to woman, all in our heads. a sign of brain

weekness makeing no one want to tell for fear of being laibled as a

nut case. it's great that ADD, ADHD,scitzofrenia, autisum, ect. is

starting to get reconized as what it is and hopefully there will be

safe drugs in the future to help these diseases. weather toxins

passed threw the womb, or exposure afterwards. cant help but think

it's been understood all this time, how could it not be? just denied

for the benifit of industry.

>

> The New York Times had an article a few days ago about " chemo brain "

> which I had never heard about but which apparently is a condition

that

> many cancer patients who have been given cytotoxic chemotherapy

drugs

> get. Since many mold toxins are also - surprise - cytotoxic, I think

> its highly probable that we are dealing with many of the same

> mechanisms and issues.

>

>

[Guest guest]

> Sound familiar?

yep, and I've mentioned things like this to family and get the

responce, oh, well that what old age does for ya. gee I must lost a lot

of years somewhere, I'm still thinking I'm 45.

I had to ask them if they ever thought about how some elderly people

manage to stay pretty sharp minded in their old age while others don't.