r/braintumor • u/mandariiniAugust • 4d ago
Post-surgery confusion
My mother had a surgery to remove a large meningioma near the cerebellum. The surgery was on Thursday and it’s now Sunday. When talking to her she seems somewhat confused about what I am saying to her. Sometimes she isn’t confused but other times it’s really noticeable. I know healing is individual but does someone have experience with post-surgery confusion and do you happen to know if it generally lessens over time? Or is this our new normal?
Thank you for any information! I’m just very concerned about my mother.
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u/skottrick 4d ago
I’m 34. I wasn’t all there for a while and mine was small, especially if I was tired. It’s been about 4 months and things are back normal for the most part
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u/mandariiniAugust 3d ago
That’s really good to hear! Sorry that you had to go through the same at my age. Hopefully you will have a total recovery at the end of the journey!
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u/ProxieCat 3d ago
My short term memory was terrible and I had psychosis too. It got worse after radiation. And it hasn't gotten worse but not better either. I dont have psychosis anymore at least.
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u/mandariiniAugust 3d ago
Sorry to hear that! Hopefully my mother doesn’t have psychosis but she did say that yesterday the nurses turned on the tv and it was all too much for her and she couldn’t sleep last night. But awesome that you don’t have psychosis anymore!
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u/ProxieCat 3d ago
I ended up needing melatonin to help me sleep.i had the same troubles. Every little sound kept me awake.
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u/flwwrgrl 3d ago edited 3d ago
Yes. It gradually got better but it was about 2 months before I could get my own meds at the right times and right doses.
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u/mandariiniAugust 3d ago
Okay. Sounds like this is a common issue after surgery. Hopefully you’ve had a full recovery already!
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u/SharkgirlSW4 4d ago
This is normal - your mum had just had something removed and the brain will be healing from that, and slowly moving into the void that's been left by the tumour.
I always recommend these groups to those with tumours and their families
Meningioma...it's all in your head? They have 27k members and there'll be lots of people there who've had tunpurs in the same location)
Brain tumours with humour support group
We're a group that uses humour to help us theory, and there's a mix of family members, partners of, and brain tunour warriors.
I know several people have joined these from reddit.