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[quote=Anonymous]My 81 year old mom is scheduled for a minimally invasive laminectomy next week at Medstar Georgetown. She absolutely has to have this surgery because she is in unbearable chronic pain due to spinal stenosis. She has extremely limited mobility because of it. She also has Type 2 diabetes and comes from a long-lived family, so her choices are to have this surgery or potentially live another decade in chronic pain.

I'm terrified of the possibility (likelihood?) of post-surgery delirium and mental decline in addition to the physical recovery challenges. She's already starting to lose it a bit mentally, likely due to a combination of age and the experience of living with unremitting chronic pain, and I'm worried what the general anesthesia will do.

Are there any best practices, resources, and/or tips and tricks that you've gathered from your own experiences on anything we can do (or advocate for) to avoid or mitigate the impacts of potential post-surgery delirium? TIA.[/quote]

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