Article on MSNBC.COM today:

'Chemo brain' can last up to 10 years
Cancer treatment has longterm impact on mental function, study finds.........

Experts estimate at least 25 percent of chemotherapy patients are affected by symptoms of confusion, so-called chemo brain, and a recent study by the University of Minnesota reported an 82 percent rate, the statement said.

"People with 'chemo brain' often can't focus, remember things or multitask the way they did before chemotherapy," Silverman said. "Our study demonstrates for the first time that patients suffering from these cognitive symptoms have specific alterations in brain metabolism."

The study, published on Thursday in the online edition of Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, tested 21 women who had surgery to remove breast tumors, 16 of whom had received chemotherapy and five who had not.

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Barry goes for his 5th chemo treatment tomorrow. We are anxious to learn results of his CT scans tomorrow since he's been experiencing pain near the cancer area. Am praying for positive results..