I have been reading that depression post diagnosis and surgery is very common, but addressed much by Dr's etc. Plus the cocktail of drugs that many are on can have an impact. I know from personal experiences that sometime depression symptoms vary a great deal. Something to consider, our bodies are more than just our parts. Good luck, hopefully you can get some ideas from your Dr.

Thank you! I'm going back to my Drs. and asking about this, it would answer a lot of questions for me. It isn't very good
I can't explain this either so people will understand what I'm going through. I did step back into my pre-surgery life, and it's been a struggle. I teach at a high school and have the same group of students every day. They have told me, " Mrs. L, you're a little snappy today. " I don't know it, I tell them I'm sorry and we move on.

I did some research based on an elderly relatives' extreme delusions post anesthesia. Rats climbing the walls in the hospital. I was suprised how much risk there is for middle age and up. My husband who is 75 (he is doing better with his heart failure then me at 50) he had a simple scope and biopsy (probably less than 30 minutes under) in February. A few days after we got home I noticed he was frustrated with his iphone and couldn't work different tasks. It was so out of the blue (he is very skilled with his phone). I would say that this lasted for about 4 months, we discussed at breakfast this morning - he said he remembered being frustrated with his phone but did not understand why. About 5 years ago I had a non cardiac surgery that lasted 10 hours; surgery by itself is tough - I was very focused on recovery but I will say that my ability to multi task was shot for a long time. I was so focused on getting thru that surgery and the pre scheduled next surgery 4 months later but 75% of my daily stressors was temporarily offloaded to others. I have no doubt I would have had noticeable brain fog if I had tried to step back into my pre surgery life / work load before I was recovered.

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