IMPORTANT! Has anyone post op ever had VERTIGO OR BRAIN SHRINKAGE (POST OP)??

This is very IMPORTANT that I find an answer. I have had VERTIGO since 15 days post op. I still have it at 10 wks post op and am being treated for it. My neurologist thinks it might be related to electrolite imbalances post op from a huge nutrition change. ALSO; while testing for the vertigo, I was given a brain scan (MRI). It was found that there were no causes found for vertigo in the scan. BUT my MRI WAS ABNORMAL in that my brain has had shrinkage. It is not the size of others in my age range. Normally the brain does not begin to shrink til about 65 or 70. The neurologist has no answer as to why this has happened. He is going to research gastric bypass surgery and brain shrinkage. He says that sometimes poor nutrition can contribute to this condition. He asked me to find out from my surgeon if others have had this happen post op. They said NO. I am the only one. I know there is probably no research out there on brain shrinkage related to wls. Even if post op's had it, they might not know unless they got a brain scan as I did to test for the vertigo. This is very important. I need some answers. We all need some answers, especially if there is even a slight chance that poor nutrition/ wls might possibly be related to this problem!! PLEASE IF YOU HAVE ANY INFO ON EITHER THE BRAIN SHRINKAGE OR VERTIGO POST OP, let me know. If anyone wants to research it on the internet, please let me know what you find out. I dont mean to scare anyone, but there is a slight potential that this finding might impact us all if this is true.

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