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[jocallozzo]

My uncle had bypass surgery a month ago. He was perfectly normal and very active for his age 70. He was on this pump ma chine for 8 hours. A long time. Well guess what, the man turned out to be someone we don't know. Its not my uncle. He's back at the hospital after I complained to the nursing home they ran some test. No stroke, question him daily put him on meds that keep him sleeping and now today say its a chemical imbalance. I'm not taking this likely. How does someone get a inbalance from surgery? This is brain damage period. They know it and say that this will take a long time to go away? Thats it? He is seeing things, going back to when he was young, nasty, can walk right he shuffles, doesn't eat and this will go away. My thoughts he's not returning to us mentally anyhow. Have there been any cases this severe. Maybe you can give some suggestions. He is right now in Einstien in the Bronx.


This discussion is related to memory loss after bypass surgery.

[boochie1]

My father acted like the way your uncle is and he had a shunt placed in his brain because he had excess spinal fluid. He would talk about things that made no sense and would shuffle his feet. We thought he had alzeihmer disease but it wasn't.

[donder1]

How heart-breaking for the family!  Yes, sometimes this procedure does cause adverse changes.
In my opinion, the choice of having the operation and being able to live a better life, & the risks of having stroke, or other complication from the procedure have to be weighed heavily against the choice of doing nothing for the condition.
I have had other significant surgeries, from which I had some memory loss, I attributed this to the anesthetic, and post-op meds.
I had a heart attack and can remember almost word for word every-thing that happened before, during and after the event.  So I don't know if there really is a answer as there are no guarantees in any medical procedure.