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After Surgery
Fri, 11/12/2010 - 18:31Hi All,
Sorry I have a few questions post surgery that I hope you can help with.
1. What does the post MRI do.
2. Seems I am very anxious (don't recall this being as huge a problem until I went on medicine). Can medicine case anxiety side effects.
3. Concentration/language - can this be affected by surgery? i.e. hard to concentrate (4 months later) and find I miss words when typing at work.
Thanks
Comments
Re: After Surgery
Submitted by bella0809 on Fri, 2011-02-04 - 22:28
I had the surgery on the left side. It took a while to get my speech back to where I felt comfortable. I was able to get off medication, slowly-a few years-after surgery and noticed a major improvement. I never realized how much the meds had affected my memory, speech and reading skills. Ask your docs about coming off the meds. You can add @yahoo .com to my user name if you have questions I might be able to answer.
Ann
I had the surgery on the left side. It took a while to get my speech back to where I felt comfortable. I was able to get off medication, slowly-a few years-after surgery and noticed a major improvement. I never realized how much the meds had affected my memory, speech and reading skills. Ask your docs about coming off the meds. You can add @yahoo .com to my user name if you have questions I might be able to answer.
Ann
Re: After Surgery
Submitted by josieb on Thu, 2010-11-18 - 10:48
Hi Happygirl & congratulations on your surgery! I had a left temporal lobectomy in late February of 2006. With regards to your questions:
1. The post surgery MRI checks the surgery area to make certain that all is okay. For the MRI that I had about 3 months after my surgery, for some reason, I was really scared, but all was well.
2. Anxiety was a major issue that I dealt with following my surgery, as well as depression. I had never experienced either prior to my surgery. From everything I've read, it is a normal reaction after having brain surgery. It is also possible that your meds could be adding to it. Everyone reacts differently. At first, my neuro thought my meds were making my anxiety worse and tried taking me off them. It turned out, it wasn't the meds. I still deal with anxiety problems presently.
3. Concentration/Language are definitely affected by the surgery and healing process. It has only been a short time for you, so go easy on yourself and be patient. Even after over 4 years, I sometimes still find myself having difficulty finding words, etc. But there has been definite improvement in comparison to shortly after I had surgery.
As I noted, it has only been a short time since your surgery. I have read that it can actually take from 1 to 2 years for the complete healing process.
I wish you well, and if you have any other questions, please feel free to ask. I learned a lot from different forums after my surgery, and it gave me the reassurance I needed. :)
Hi Happygirl & congratulations on your surgery! I had a left temporal lobectomy in late February of 2006. With regards to your questions:
1. The post surgery MRI checks the surgery area to make certain that all is okay. For the MRI that I had about 3 months after my surgery, for some reason, I was really scared, but all was well.
2. Anxiety was a major issue that I dealt with following my surgery, as well as depression. I had never experienced either prior to my surgery. From everything I've read, it is a normal reaction after having brain surgery. It is also possible that your meds could be adding to it. Everyone reacts differently. At first, my neuro thought my meds were making my anxiety worse and tried taking me off them. It turned out, it wasn't the meds. I still deal with anxiety problems presently.
3. Concentration/Language are definitely affected by the surgery and healing process. It has only been a short time for you, so go easy on yourself and be patient. Even after over 4 years, I sometimes still find myself having difficulty finding words, etc. But there has been definite improvement in comparison to shortly after I had surgery.
As I noted, it has only been a short time since your surgery. I have read that it can actually take from 1 to 2 years for the complete healing process.
I wish you well, and if you have any other questions, please feel free to ask. I learned a lot from different forums after my surgery, and it gave me the reassurance I needed. :)
Re: After Surgery
Submitted by happygirl on Tue, 2010-11-23 - 16:37
Hi
It was TLE on the left side,
I really am struggling with this and work. I have another post on the Adult forum regarding work implications. I just want to get on with my life and go back to the successful person that I was!!
Hi
It was TLE on the left side,
I really am struggling with this and work. I have another post on the Adult forum regarding work implications. I just want to get on with my life and go back to the successful person that I was!!