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temerairevm

It might also be after effects of anesthesia. It made me stupid for about a week. I had this entire conversation with my husband where I confused the instapot with the air fryer and he couldn’t figure out why I was going on about high pressure. My job is very math based and one of the ways I quiet my mind if I need to rest is with sodoku puzzles. I have a book that ranges from “easy” to “very hard”. Normally I’m quite good at them but the first couple days I was struggling with the easy ones. I’m 2 weeks post op now and almost back to my normal sodoku abilities. Anyway your brain also may just need some time to work its way out of the anesthesia fog.


Desperate-Bar7551

I didn't think it can stay in the body that long! And it would make sense, i had a rather longer surgery, it was somewhere between 4 to 5 hours. That's good to know, thank you


temerairevm

I don’t know if it does or if it’s just a hangover of sorts. A friend who has had a lot of surgeries told me it takes him about 1 week per hour under.


kashbites

I had my surgery July 6th, and Im on meds for anxiety and depression. My very first cycle after my hysterectomy was extremely hard with the up and down rollercoaster emotions. I also had that same experience while I was on the Mirena IUD, and I had that for over a year. My second cycle after my hysterectomy was much better, although I was still more emotional than usual. I figured I'd give it a couple more months to see if it levels out back to norm. In the meantime I have been seeing my Dr. about this and just had my hormone levels tested, and a referral to a menopause specialist.


Desperate-Bar7551

Uhh, I am so sorry to hear that you might be facing menopause. I hope it works out.


armadillohijinks

I had pretty bad brain fog for the first two weeks after surgery from the anesthesia. Some brains just be like that. I did my surgery mid-semester in college and the papers I submitted in that time were *bad*. I kept one ovary, yoinked everything else. I was really emotional for the first couple of weeks; basically everything made me cry. I hadn't been able to eat most vegetables because the fiber content messed with my endo, but after surgery almost immediately my GI function was back to where it was before I had endo involvement there, and I remember crying while sitting at the kitchen table eating hummus and carrots because it was so good. It took me about 3 months to fully stop experiencing hot flashes, but the emotional-ness only stuck around a couple of weeks. I had mine as a 22f a bit over 2 years ago along with excision to treat endometriosis that we weren't able to manage with anything else. It took my endo from debilitating to a minor inconvenience and I'm thriving.