Omigod -- what happens to patients after open-heart surgery? My husband is scheduled for it on October 5th. MA
> >From: starshar stars...@comcast.net > > >I wonder if, especially with her age, the surgery was long enough, and the >anesthesia deep enough, to have caused oxygen deprivation to her brain. >Her symptoms sound very similar to what happens to patients after open-heart >surgery, and that has definitly been linked to the oxygen deprivation. >This may be too simplistic a guess, but sometime the simplest ideas are on >target. >“Extreme” nutrition should also be encouraged. > >Sharon > >From:craehow...@juno.com [mailto:craehow...@juno.com] >Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 8:56 PM >To: silver-list@eskimo.com >Subject: CS>A perplexing Problem.... > >A energetic never sick extremely active woman of 68 years recently underwent a >complete hysterectomy; within two weeks of surgery she is now depressed has no >appetite and has extreme shakes.... she has never had any surgery's' before >and it was her first time ever in a hospital. Her doctors are at a >loss.... >she keeps losing weight; her life is slowly seeping away. >Has anyone heard of anything like this? I believe the surgery was prompted >because of a sys or tumor on her ovaries. > >Appreciate any input. >thanks >connie