How long did it take to regain your memory after surgery? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by HangryHobbit@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Sorry if this does fit here, or make sense couldn't find an ask docs community with my tired 1am brain.

Just had cosmetic surgery yesterday and wondering what the typical time is for remembering things. Also if you could add when you felt you could function (sit up without feeling dizzy, think straight, text anything but gibberish) again. Thanks in advance!

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[-] HangryHobbit@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For context this was my first cosmetic surgery. From what I know, I was finished surgery around 3pm (haven't gotten a chance to ask my caregiver theexact time yet as it's 1am) and only started to remember things around 7 or 8 pm that night. I was also still very dizzy/out of it and texted my caregiver gibberish that weren't even typos just random strings of letters. I could not sit up or walk by myself either. Now at 1 am I finally feel more normal. Starting to worry if o had an averse reaction to the anesthetic!

[-] MaybeItWorks@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

It just sounds like anesthesia and opiates to me. I think you are worrying about nothing. I’m assuming you are on pain medication and it is not uncommon to forget things when on higher doses.

Also temporary loss of memory is not really a serious side effect of anesthesia. It is a known effect that is not dangerous to you.

[-] HangryHobbit@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the insight. All these symptom I googled were for the elderly which I am far from! This does make me feel a whole lot better. Thank you!

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