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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you very much for your responses, all so helpful. The surgery would entail 1 week stay in the hospital (she lives in Europe). She can still take the decision but she will rely heavily on me. Contrary to the US, you don't have the quality patient doctor talk about what to do, which I appreciate so much here. The doctor is inclined to give it a wait. So I understand from one poster and this is also my fear, that the surgery might be a start to a lower quality of life as it might be a set back, and a surgery is more stressful to the body at this age to recover. She already has a lot of joint pains, shoulder pain, has vertigo but walks daily 1.5 miles. She cannot take care of her finances, she mixes all up.

Yes on the anesthesia, my fear is this, too. Do people have experience that anesthesia was actually not an issue with people 80 and older?[/quote]
I have taken care of most of the elders in my family, as well as neighbors and friends. I have never seen anyone past mid 70s go under general and completely retain their prior cognition. Sometimes it is a small change, others more. That is my anecdatal experience. There is a lot of research out there. If you want to google you can find a lot of studies. Many NIH pages are being scrubbed, so if you want to look at studies, I would pull them up and anything that is a US government site make a pdf or screenshot. You can read later

This is an informational page to think about and minimize risk:
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/reducing-your-risk-of-changes-in-thinking-following-surgery-2020052219898

I’m really sorry OP, this is a difficult and painful time I am sure.[/quote]

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