Have you ever undergo an operation in your life?

I've been under general anaesthetic 3 times so far but didnt notice any effect on my memory. I think most peoples memory function deteriorates with age but i've not heard of anaesthesia making it worse. I hope it doesn't as I'm expecting to need another op soon !

Hi mar, Wow! been tough huh! I have not experienced any major operation...(knock the wood)LOL! Anyway, I do know if that is really the effect since I am very forgetful too..Sometimes I am just looking my comb and only to find out it is just on top of my head! LOL! I have been having anaesthesia several times for my teeth..Maybe it is..LOL!

yes i have. that came in most unexpected way. i had an accident. then i was taken to hospital i had tremendous cuts on faces and near the eyes. i had to undergo a 4 hr plastic surgery to correct it. i also had cuts on legs.

i just dunno...but i was also asking some people bout that....i underwent a caesarian operation last november 2007...and after that operation i just noticed that memory problem also...some say...it was because of anesthesia...i havent asked some specialists though! even simple words..i tend to forget! haha

I had a hernia repair when I was 4 years old and then tonsilectomy when I was 11. I had my first child in 1975 and then another in 1977 that was a C section. I had a tubal ligation the day after my third child was born in 1982 and then in 1983 I had a vein stripping on my leg. I have had an umbilical hernia repair and a partial hysterectomy also. I couldn't tell you if I have had any more as I foget. Maybe this is why I am so forgetful!

I have never heard of anything like that as far as anaesthesia goes. However I do know that in the aging process the human memory does tend to get a little wonky and forgets things more often than it used to! But there's things you can do to "excersize" your brain to help it out! Like playing memory games on a nintendo DS, or doing crossword puzzles and word finds and things like that help the memory.

I've had one operation...CS two years ago.What I noticed is that there are time I forget stuff than before. LOL! I find myself needing to write down stuff to remind me.. but just rarely. They said anesthesia had that effect on people. LOL!

I have never heard that. I had surgery in Oct and I don't think I've had any long term affects from the anaesthesia. I know that as people age, their memory is not as good as it once was.

I had major surgery when I was nine years old. I would say my memory is pretty good. It is probably better than average for most things. I dont think I had any lasting effects of anesthia and actually I never heard that before. i hope you are ok now. Maybe you are just becoming forgetful because you have alot on your mind.

marcroswell hi I have had two operations in two years and my memory is better than ever and I am 81.lol. three years ago I had a rectoceleand cystocele surgery, then two years ago I fractured myleft shoulder so badly I had to have surgery and have a plasic and metalshoulder joint replacement, then last year no surgeryyet I still landed in the hospital for a week and four blood transfusions. lol.

If thats true, then it explains my forgetfulness, I'm very forgetful..to the point where its costing me money..lol. I've had two major surgeries in my life, I've had two open heart surgeries, I've never heard of anesthesia messing with your memory, but if so, I have an excuse now for being forgetful, anytime my husband says anything, thats what I'll tell him...lol. have a good day

I had a major operation almost 30 years ago when I was 7. I was small but I don't remember the anesthesia affecting me anyway. I had an out patient procedure done a couple of years ago and that had no affect on me either. Anesthesia can affect people differently...some people are even aware of what is going on during the surgery....Could you imagine?

maybe your friend did not explain it correctly. anesthesia does cause memory loss/block but, only for the surgical procedure itself. anesthesia provides a two-fold job. one is blocking pain. one is short-term memory loss so that if you would not remember "hearing" or "feeling" (not pain) at the time of surgery. many people in orthopedic surgery "feel" and "hear" the necessary banging of the no-bounce hammer to affix the hip. that memory is short lived. it may be a reaction to the synthroid you are now taking because of your thyroid removal. i would check with your family doctor.

I haven't went to an operation in my life. Oh! I'm wrong I do went an operation once its when im 8 years old, and its my Circumcision. But aside from that I almost had one. And if I take that operation, I would be not here in my lot anymore. Because that's a very serious operation the doctors said to me. The can't give me an assurance nor a little percentage if i would live longer when i take that operation. That operation is just an experimental, Because the doctors are not sure of their study on me. Because I Had an enlargement of the heart since birth (BLUE BABY) and ints not like an ordinary enlargement. It had many more than that. And i cant name them all. All i want to tell is, its all in my heart and they find 16 defects on it. And now im happy not have taken the operation. Now i live long than the doctors ro some other people said that i cant live longer i f i wont have that operation. Enjoy life. And My Lot too.

Luckily since my childhood never attend surgical procedure except circumcision. My secret eat plenty of vegetable, taking food supplements and a bit of exercise both mind and body so it make your life stay longer.

My memory startd going when I had a job some years ago with an overload of work and endless pressure everyday for about four or five years straight. I don't know about operations because I never had any serious ones. I imagine the stress is what causes memory loss and I'm not sure how to get it back, if you can. Healthy living, or a very healthy lifestyle can compensate for this, like with most things.

yes, the 1st operation in my life and i hope it's the last also :P it happened ten years ago, it was a major operation since i'm having cancer in my gland, but thank God that i've been healed till today, about ur problem, i think i had it too, but in a different way, i just felt that my body get tired easily, some peoples said that it's the effect from having major operation, our body won't be as strong as before, don't whether it's true or not, but i do feel my body is weaker that before, but as long as i keep the healthy life style i think i can overcome it

I've never heard that it can affect your memory on a long term basis. I'd think those effects would be short term, and likely to leave you after a couple of days recovery. As for having surgery, yes I've had 7 different surgeries so far in my life, and have had no ill effects from anesthesia.

Yes I had an operation like 4 years ago. I had an appendectomy that was nearly going to rupture. It was painful , and I felt that I was abused inside the hospital,the hospital operating staffs were not friendly and they are not accommodating. I was thinking that I could easily be abused inside the room because it's scary not to know what will happen when they will give you a general anesthesia. I just had no idea what they were doing even if the hospital is private and a good hospital.

regarding memory loss, I think it goes with age. The more old you are the more likely you easily forget things. But I don't know if anesthesia has a really major contribution to this. Maybe if you were given a large amount so I think it has some disadvantages.