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\"Brain<\/p>\n

It is so frustrating. I have chemo brain. No, that doesn’t mean I have brain cancer; it is an annoying side effect from chemotherapy. Those who have had to endure chemo know about chemo brain when the general public is blissfully ignorant. It is a mental fog that makes it difficult to multi-task, makes concentrating difficult, causes trouble remembering names, dates and other events, causes trouble remembering common words, and makes everything take longer to accomplish as processing thoughts can be a challenge. I call this getting stuck<\/strong><\/em> in a thought and unable to process things happening around me. If I am in the middle of doing something and I am asked a question, I can get stuck and unable to answer as my mental processor limps along, looking for words in amongst the fog. It is SO annoying!<\/p>\n

Last week I left a gas burner on my stove burning all day — twice! If I am distracted, I forget what I am doing, and often I never get back to finish. Did I say that chemo brain is annoying? I have asked my husband to please help me by checking what I do. In this state, I cannot be trusted to be normal.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Right now I am a week away from my next chemotherapy treatment,and I am giving more thought to my to do<\/strong><\/em> list. This is the time that I generally feel better, just in time to have my system knocked down again. Today I worked on articles for the DVD project that I am producing. How does ministry work get along with chemo brain? Normally nothing<\/strong> <\/em>goes well with chemo brain, but God is able to receive the glory even when we are at our weakest. I really relate to Paul:<\/p>\n

2 Corinthians 12:10 (NASB) Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ\u2019s sake; for when I am weak<\/strong>, then I am strong<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I believe that God allows us to be weak, so that we can bring to remembrance how much we really need<\/strong><\/em> Him. It is easy to fall into the trap of relying on our own ability, rather than the strength that He gives.<\/p>\n

Psalm 18:1\u20132 (NASB) 1 \u201cI love You, O LORD, my strength.\u201d 2 The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He is my strength and my stronghold. Today I saw that come to life before my eyes. My research and writing was some of the best that I have done in a long time, in spite of my chemo brain. God brought things to my remembrance and He dropped things in my lap that I would never have found on my own. Praise the Lord!<\/p>\n

He truly has my chemo brain in His hands.<\/p>\n

\"Jesus<\/p>\n

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