Guest guest Posted June 15, 2008 Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 I went for a long time without having my surgery. I was 28 when I went through the decompression surgery and my NS said that I was lucky that I made it past 14 years of age without it. As a result one of my permanent problems now is that my short-term memory is almost non-existant. It's a year and a half now post-operation and I find that my memory is still improving but it is nothing compared to what it once was. For an example, immediately following the surgery I couldn't tell you what year it was, what day of the week it was, what month it was or how old I was. Then it improved to the point where I knew those answers but I couldn't remember what I did yesterday. The prior day would just be a complete blank. Now I can remember most of the past 2-3 days though those 2-3 days usually seem like 2-3 weeks when trying to recall what exactly happened. My long-term is also pretty bad up to a certain point. I can tell you what happened 10-12 years ago much easier then I could tell you what happened 2-3 years ago. I can kind of compare this to what it feels like if you had a concussion. I had a bad one from a fall I took about 10 years ago and for the next 6 months after that things were almost as confusing. Some days now I can wake up and everything sort of make sense.... others I wake up and it's like my mind is still asleep... everything is just jumbled up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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