Brain Fog post surgical - Page 2

LTT1 · ‎03-09-2010

My suggestion (I am not a doctor) is to tell the nurse who answers your call that you are upset ... and that it feels as if you are in a brain fog brought on by the surgery.

It is never a good idea to "need to seethe notes" or to tell them your own diagnosis....

which is what you did when you said your condition was brought on by the anesthesia!

Thiscis for the doctor to determine...

Our job as patients is to get our concerns to the doctor and allow the doctor to determine the cause and the severity.

Its not that you did anything wrong, it's just that it is often difficult to communicate in words that ring in such a way that the medical personnel understand our concern.

Often, I use the approach with the top, right-hand nurse in such a way that I appeal to her professional knowledge ...such as "what should I do?" and then let her decide to get my message to the doctor.

~Have a Kind Heart, Fierce Mind, Brave Spirit~

JeanLouiseFinch · ‎10-03-2011

If you aren't getting satisfactory answers, get yourself to the ER

ellaphant · ‎12-13-2010

If you still feel badly tomorrow go right to the ER. you have a right to receive a list of every

medication you were given. It's the law.

Nonametoday · ‎03-09-2010

Not everybody with every surgery will have brain fog and not everybody had it with chemo nor with Covid. Some will never have it. Sometimes it just depends on what our internal chemistries are doing. It is not unusual, however, that you would have brain fog for 2 days. I never had it when I was young but as the decades rolled up, it met me, shook hands with me and has remained with a major dental extraction (for which I was put to sleep, a mastectomy with anesthesia, chemo, shingles and Covid all in the same 3-month period.

Silhouettes shadow · ‎06-24-2017

An hour drive is a long distance away, especially when one isn't feeling good. Hopefully you're feeling somewhat better by now, but if you're not, maybe giving the nurses hotline a call would help. They usually are very caring and attentive and will help give you direction on what they feel you should do. Each state has an 800 hotline # I believe.

Doesn't sound very comforting with your hearing that half the staff at the hospital you were at up and walked out. Certainly makes one wonder what happend that would cause them to do that.

Gatorade comes to mind. Better than just plain water. Hopefully you have someone there with you that can pick some up for you.

Take Care.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@Kachina624 wrote:

@Sooner wrote:
@Shelbelle wrote:
No brain fog, but I know that after my 2 colonoscopies I was sent home with a paper listing everything that was given to me as far as the anesthesia. You should have every right to know.
@Shelbelle My husband had terrible brain fog for about an hour. He kept offering to buy me ANY jewelry in the world that I wanted because I am such a WONDERFUL wife. I distracted him with a barbecue rib dinner and he'd come out of it before the peach cobbler was served.

@Sooner. So what jewelry did you quickly order?

I let him off the hook because he has always been great about buying me jewelry! So he got a pass! Plus didn't know what he'd buy if we went to town!

mrshckynut · ‎06-19-2011

@foxywoods all the many times i had major surgery or an endoscopy or colonoscopy the iv was put in by the pre op nurses so they could start the iv fluid drip right away if necessary

hope all clears up soon and maybe you get some answers about anesthesia

mrshckynut

Desertdi · ‎03-13-2010

I have BAD side effects from anesthesia. My hair falls out, and my skin peels for about 4 months.

And YES, I do tell the doctors beforehand, and all they do is LAUGH... I guess they think I'm joking.

♥Surface of the Sun♥

mrshckynut · ‎06-19-2011

@Desertdi wrote:
I have BAD side effects from anesthesia. My hair falls out, and my skin peels for about 4 months.

And YES, I do tell the doctors beforehand, and all they do is LAUGH... I guess they think I'm joking.

@Desertdi wrote:
I have BAD side effects from anesthesia. My hair falls out, and my skin peels for about 4 months.

And YES, I do tell the doctors beforehand, and all they do is LAUGH... I guess they think I'm joking.

@Desertdi any particular anesthesia and the anesthesiologists laugh very strange hospitals you and @foxywoods have in your areas

mrshckynut

Desertdi · ‎03-13-2010

@mrshckynut wrote:
@Desertdi wrote:
I have BAD side effects from anesthesia. My hair falls out, and my skin peels for about 4 months.

And YES, I do tell the doctors beforehand, and all they do is LAUGH... I guess they think I'm joking.
@Desertdi wrote:
I have BAD side effects from anesthesia. My hair falls out, and my skin peels for about 4 months.

And YES, I do tell the doctors beforehand, and all they do is LAUGH... I guess they think I'm joking.

@Desertdi any particular anesthesia and the anesthesiologists laugh very strange hospitals you and @foxywoods have in your areas

mrshckynut