CancerCompass message board discussion started by Judy48 on 5/12/2008 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,23972,0.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ My mother is in stage IV of lymphoma.  She does eat if we put food in her hand, but seems to have trouble opening her eyes and focusing and most times not knowing who we are.  Has anyone else experienced symptoms like this? She was diagnosed in Mar 08 and at this point cannot walk and sleeps all the time.  She has had one chemo treatment and they will not give her another one because she will not stay awake.Also, the Dr said she may have demencha (spelled wrong), but that does not come on in three days.  One day we were talking have a great time and three days later she did not know who I was. Can anyone give me something that would cause this type or I don't know - Does lymphoma work this way sometime?Any experience would be appreciated. Sincerely -  jj Judy48 Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT  On 5/12/2008 Judy48 wrote:My mother is in stage IV of lymphoma.  She does eat if we put food in her hand, but seems to have trouble opening her eyes and focusing and most times not knowing who we are.  Has anyone else experienced symptoms like this? She was diagnosed in Mar 08 and at this point cannot walk and sleeps all the time.  She has had one chemo treatment and they will not give her another one because she will not stay awake.Also, the Dr said she may have demencha (spelled wrong), but that does not come on in three days.  One day we were talking have a great time and three days later she did not know who I was. Can anyone give me something that would cause this type or I don't know - Does lymphoma work this way sometime?Any experience would be appreciated. Sincerely -  jjI am so sorry you and your family have to go through this.  What type of lymphoma does she have?   My husband has non-hodgkins lymphoma of the brain.  A lot of things can affect how your mom feels; the treatments, the cancer itself, depression, her age, general health, medications.  I would be very blunt and ask her doctor what he thinks is causing this.  Ask if there is anything that can be done.  Her body might be having trouble adjusting to the meds or she could be very depressed.  Everyone is different.  My husband went through something similar after whole brain radiation and we simply had to give him time and wait it out.  It improved in time. Is she taking any type of anti-depressants?  This did help my husband.   My heart goes out to you, stay strong. daybyday Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT  On 5/12/2008 Judy48 wrote:My mother is in stage IV of lymphoma.  She does eat if we put food in her hand, but seems to have trouble opening her eyes and focusing and most times not knowing who we are.  Has anyone else experienced symptoms like this? She was diagnosed in Mar 08 and at this point cannot walk and sleeps all the time.  She has had one chemo treatment and they will not give her another one because she will not stay awake.Also, the Dr said she may have demencha (spelled wrong), but that does not come on in three days.  One day we were talking have a great time and three days later she did not know who I was. Can anyone give me something that would cause this type or I don't know - Does lymphoma work this way sometime?Any experience would be appreciated. Sincerely -  jjMy Mother was diagnosed stage 4 in April. She has only had a minor loss of mobility and memory and has had chemo. I read that cancer patients who received chemo can get "chemo brain" the forgetfulness can be caused by the cancer itself or the treatment, could she have had a very bad reaction to the one chemo treatment? help1 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT  On 5/12/2008 Judy48 wrote:My mother is in stage IV of lymphoma.  She does eat if we put food in her hand, but seems to have trouble opening her eyes and focusing and most times not knowing who we are.  Has anyone else experienced symptoms like this? She was diagnosed in Mar 08 and at this point cannot walk and sleeps all the time.  She has had one chemo treatment and they will not give her another one because she will not stay awake.Also, the Dr said she may have demencha (spelled wrong), but that does not come on in three days.  One day we were talking have a great time and three days later she did not know who I was. Can anyone give me something that would cause this type or I don't know - Does lymphoma work this way sometime?Any experience would be appreciated. Sincerely -  jjMy father has lymphoma and has had it for a known year and a half and is getting ready to start second set of chemo this week. It does sound like she may have an onset of dimentia or alzheimers - Did she show any signs prior to this? I have not seen this in my father. What has she been treated with. My Father has B cell lymphoma and the type is mantle. How long has your mother had this? Still sounds like dimentia or alzheimers- You can look up what she was given for treatment to see any side effects, but I have not seen this so far. Ann211 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT