Yordiis is a 35-year-old university professor
"My brain is always foggy, it's painful not to remember, being unable to think straight, especially when you work depends on it..."
Her Complaint
Yordis had received chemotherapy and radiation to combat the effects of breast cancer. Now, she could not remember important work-related tasks and events. During the day, she had difficulty recalling her students' names. At home, she misplaced important items and forgot to pay bills.
Her Despair
Yordis was anxious about her job and her life because she would often lose track in the middle of important conversations. Furthermore, she could not sleep. Her worry invaded her nights. She was only able to get at most four hours or sleep per night, which made thinking and functioning every day extremely difficult.
Women like Yordis who prescribed chemotherapy and other cancer medicines are often have problems thinking, completing everyday tasks, remembering and learning. It is distressing and exhausting and leads women to feel that they are both mentally and physically disabled.
Unfortunately, many women suffer in silence because they feel that if their chemo stops the cancer, then everything else naturally takes a back seat to their brain and nerve function.
Her Plan
Yordis targeted her short-term memory and attention by incorporating specific sensory practices and physical activity into her daily life.
She, like many women are in a dirty battle with cancer, suffer from problems with thinking, tasking and mood. All of these symptoms together with the prospect of a possibly shortened life create a sense of profound loss.
Yordis used Your Brain Doctor® to help her gain insight into the multiple factors she could control.
She navigated ways to effectively communicate with her medical team to mitigate the impact of her cognitive symptoms.
She incorporated a customized sensory inputs to decrease her anxiety, improve her sleep and increase her memory capacity
She utilized motor recovery strategies to revive her neural connections that her chemo medicines had dampened.
