Always the odd one out, I was expecting cancer - due to family history. Thus, when it arrived, I was not freaked out or traumatized. I adopted a serious attitude and delved into what it would take to fight it. A cancer diagnosis for most is a very traumatic experience, and therein lies the genesis of chemo brain. For example, those who receive chemo drugs such as methotrexate for arthtitis do not seem to experience chemo brain (even though methotrexate is one of the few drugs which crosses the blood-brain barrier in considerable amounts). Yet, those receiving the same drug with a cancer diagnosis, do.
The research points to a similarity between "chemo-brain and PTSD. And there lies the solution, I believe.
