Numbing Memory
- Avegail
- May 27, 2019
- 1 min read
Now that I’m on a weekly treatment I have to remember to put some numbing cream (lidocaine) on the handy dandy port. If you haven’t read my past posts, there’s this chemo brain that I’ve got as one of my side effects. It’s still here with this round of chemo drugs.
I not only have to remember to put the lidocaine cream on Treatment Day Thursdays but also the day before on Bloodwork Day Wednesdays.
Here are some things that I do to help my numbing memory remember:
- I’ve kindly asked those that are taking me to treatment to remind me; some have the same memory I do.
- Siri reminds me
- Alexa reminds me
- It‘s on my work and personal calendars with reminder pop ups
- I carry a tube in my purse and treatment bag
- I set the tube in front of me at work on Wednesdays
You’d think with all that I’d remember. Statistics thus far has been about 30% but I also didn’t start the barrage of reminders until about cycle 2. So technically it’s a good 50%. It should increase as I keep going weekly and having these wonderful reminders.
Again I leave this message full of gratitude to God, family, friends, and all that pray and support me through this. And definitely thank you for the reminders!
I’m finally on here lol!! Sorry for delay! Iv experienced lapse of quick second memory loss n not sure if it’s old age, peri menopause, years of sniffing pine sol under the kitchen sink behind my moms back hmmmm?? I think u will be A-ok with technology n all that reminders you set up 👍🏽👍🏽 😘
I’ll try to remind you too!!! But my regular brain is pretty fried. 😳 love you!!!!!
This seems rather similar to pre-menopausal brain 🧠 which I’m experiencing now... it’s annoying. I get up to do something and then get there and forget what it was I was going to do?? Doh! Hang in there.. at least we have technology to keep us on track these days.. it beats the ol’ string around the finger. Love you 😘
Count me in your order for Reminder list of people, however, Mom is not getting any younger either. So I will just make it my habit to call or text you for press’n seal lidocaine on Wednesday’s and Thursday’s morning. Love & Prayer, Momma