chemo brain
n.— «Years after chemotherapy, some breast cancer patients have subtle memory and concentration problems often dubbed “chemo brain,” a new study shows.» —“Study Shows Brain Changes After Chemo” by Miranda Hitti FOXNews.com Oct. 5, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
“Cornbread,” a poem by Kentucky writer Silas House, is thick with sensory memories of Appalachian cooking and family: scooping cornmeal by hand and “the splash of egg, the gallop of buttermilk.” The poet recalls his mother cooking after work, the...
Nancy Gabriel from Ithaca, New York, recalls her father’s no-nonsense responses to minor injuries when she was a child: After making sure she was really all right, he’d say, It’s far enough from your heart; it won’t kill you. Other times he...