Photo Credit: YouTube/Isabella Strahan
Isabella Strahan is enduring a novel side effect as a result of her cancer therapy. Michael Strahan's daughter said that the new drugs she is receiving are impacting her memory, resulting in entire days that seem to be erased from her recollection.
She was diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a cancerous tumor on the base of the brain, in October. "I don't remember Tuesday," Isabella stated in a video that was uploaded on May 22 to her YouTube account. "They give me Ativan when I have a reaction to this medication, which is meant to protect my hearing." And for some reason, I can't recall a single detail of that day—this happened the last time as well."
In her May 21 video update, she said that she started taking Ativan, commonly referred to as Lorazepam, to counteract the side effects of the other medication. She clarified that although the adolescent is in clinical trials for the unidentified medication, it protects her hearing but causes "rigor," which causes her to shake and become extremely cold. The 19-year-old said she didn't "remember ordering" the sandwich, even though she was seen eating it in the same video update. However, she remarked, "I guess I ordered myself a sandwich," after the rigor set in.
The University of Southern California student has been using her vlogs to update her admirers on her fight against brain cancer, and last week she announced that her chemotherapy treatments will soon come to an end.
She stated, "Tomorrow's really my last day of chemo," in a video from May 21. "This is insane, and after this cycle, I'm done." It's crazy."
She can't help but feel anxious, even though she knows there is hope and that it will arrive sooner than she had anticipated.
"That's the thing; I just wait around for the next time I get chemo, and I'm kind of scared," she explained in her May 22 post-chemo update. "Once I'm done, how'm I going to go back to normal life? ‘Cause I feel like there's always going to be another treatment or something I have to do."
She added, "Otherwise, I'm doing good."
