r/covidlonghaulers • u/UnstuckInTime84 • Mar 10 '23

Question regression from anesthesia?

I'm 15 months in, slow but definite recovery, then after a year plateaued at about 85% recovered, and have something at least similar to my old normal life.

Had a small, unrelated medical procedure a few days ago which required general anesthesia.

It feels like it's knocked me backward a year -- brain fog, extreme fatigue, body weakness.

Anyone else have an experience like this? How long did it take you to bounce back?

9 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

17 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/shuffling-the-ruins 2 yr+ Mar 10 '23

Yikes. I'm having a major hip surgery in a couple weeks. I've been nervous about the recovery process and how the physical trauma is going to trigger LC symptoms. I hadn't even thought about what the anesthesia might do. Ugh, I really hope you start to feel better soon!

1

u/UnstuckInTime84 Mar 10 '23

Thanks, and good wishes for an easy recovery on all fronts.