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Has anyone experienced "brain fog" after surgery? I'm 15 months post surgery and all my kidney function numbers are normal but something hasn't seemed quite right for about a year now. I'm not sure if it could be related to having kidney cancer or not.
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Not Immediately
I don't recollect having a fogggy brain right after my neph in 2012, but perhaps a bit more lately. I had not connected it with my cancer or operation, but who knows.
My fear would be small clots blocking bits of my brain's arteries. Some do think Alzheimers is a cardiovascular disease.
Regards, Fred
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Foggy Heights
It can take as much as a year to restore the pre-surgery/pre anesthesia thinking capacity. It's not the kidney, it's the surgery/anesthesia.
It's a wonder I can still process anything-3 major cancer, 1 orthopaedic, and one day surgery on my hand in less than 2 years.
For some it takes even more than a year.
donna_lee
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Hey Donna,donna_lee said:Foggy Heights
It can take as much as a year to restore the pre-surgery/pre anesthesia thinking capacity. It's not the kidney, it's the surgery/anesthesia.
It's a wonder I can still process anything-3 major cancer, 1 orthopaedic, and one day surgery on my hand in less than 2 years.
For some it takes even more than a year.
donna_lee
Do you know where I can read more about the longer term effects like you're mentioning about anesthesia?
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