CHEMOBRAIN STUDY RESULTS ....

The Army of Women filled a study in EIGHTEEN days. According to the researcher who presented her results in the webinar embedded below, the normal time to fill a study would be about FIVE YEARS.  In other words, how much more proof do you need before you actually go sign up to be in the Army of Women database.

Not only will you learn about studies (in which you can select to participate OR NOT), you will have the opportunity to learn about the results of the studies in webinars like this one.  There is a Q and A afterward.  If you were on the call and you had a question, chances are you might have had your question answered.

For those of my buddies dealing with chemobrain, the study is fascinating.  It was done at Stanford by Dr. Shelli Kesler using software she developed for Lumosity.  There are no conflicts as she notes while she is presenting.  I was particularly interested in what Dr. Kesler had to say.  I was in a similar study and I utilized one of the other training programs she mentioned in the presentation.  My study is still open and recruiting.  You can take a peek and see if you might be interested.

To underscore my point about the efficiency of researchers utilizing Army of Women database to fill studies, this study is still recruiting.  It opened in August 2010.  Two years later, it's not filled yet.  Stanford?  Filled in EIGHTEEN DAYS.    You can admit it.... It's impressive.  Army of Women is impressive.  At the Dr Susan Love Research Foundation, they are conducting research, funding research and fast tracking research.  This would be a prime example of the latter.

Back to the important part.  The Results.  Her explanations are easy to understand.  The slides are extremely helpful. Three groups of women were studied and degrees of "issues" were found across all three subsets.  In other words, it's "CancerBrain" but good luck getting me to change my alter ego to @cancerbrainfog.  I am @chemobrainfog and I am blogging at Chemobrain: In The Fog.

The women were divided as follows:

• Women with a breast cancer diagnosis without radiation or chemotherapy
• Women with a breast cancer diagnosis who had radiation by NO chemotherapy
• Women with a breast cancer diagnosis who were treated using chemotherapy

I was on the call scribbling furiously as Dr. Kesler presented some rather compelling information.  I never know whether to laugh or cry when I see a brain image and hear the researcher say, "In this case, the drug was (fill in the blank and it's always a drug that was part of my cocktail)."

This is an in depth discussion.  While I'd love to offer a synopsis, you are better off bookmarking this video and listening to it when you can.  After all, I'm in the same damn boat..... Not exactly the best person to decipher information when the source is so easily accessed.  BESIDES, Dr. Love participated in the webinar and it was very inspiring to hear her voice. VERY inspiring, indeed!

In case there is an issue with this video.....the link on the Army of Women page can be found HERE.