Reflections 4/28/2020: Chemo Fog (or Chemo Brain) is REAL!!! Messes up my recall, especially short term! Makes words hard to form! Finishing tasks, (heck, even starting them), is a monumental undertaking! Completing a coherent sentence is grounds for celebration! And “I’m just multitasking” is the go-to excuse for my random stabs at productivity! This kinda described my aging brain anyway, but add the chemo and VOILA, full blown dementia! Now I’m told it’s NOT dementia, but even after chemo patients finish their course of treatment, 30% don’t get their full brain function back! GREAT!!! Mine was iffy already! I think I all the more need these times of concentrated writing to lock in an anchor point of sanity. It allows me the time to battle for just the right word to capture a thought without revealing my Tweedle Dumb gray matter! Conversation challenged? That’s putting it nicely! AND God, it plops me down right in Your Presence, where Your Light and Love massage my brain back to clarity and eureka insights! A portal to coherency! A place of refuge from the disorienting fog! Thank You God! At least I have no hair to frizz and freak out in this foggy weather of my life! Long live bald!!! At least until the fog lifts!