About 18 months ago my aunt went in for what we thought to be a routine hip replacement. During surgery she had to have a blood tranfusion and a few hours after surgery she had a stroke. She keeps asking what caused the stroke but to this day there are no answers. Is there anything thing we can say or do to help ease her mind?

Surgery on a large bone like the hip leaves the patient prone to blood clots. Most surgeons put their post operative patients on an anticoagulant to prevent blood clots. Patients are made to get up out of bed within 24 hrs of surgery to prevent blood clots.

I am sorry your aunt had a stroke. I hope her recovery is going well.

My healthy mom,59,had a hip op and was prescribed anticoagulation drugs and advised to walk as much as she could,which she refused as she was "scared". About a month after her op,back at home,despite me begging her to take it seriously,she stopped taking anticoagulation drugs completely (they were too strong for her) and a blood clot hit her brain and caused a massive stroke and she is now paralized and cannot talk at all (third month now)and is,understandably,depressed.She needs round the clock care,which is also so costly that their savings will be gone,but I pray she will recover to an extent.Her life and all our plans have been shattered.I still feel shocked,angry,let down,sorry for her,it is such a trauma for everyone around her and esp her,and I urge others who are about to have operations to take the issue of thrombosis very seriously.I have heard of deaths due to similar of young,healthy women after C-sections and natural births,knee ops etc...I would just like to know if my Mom will recover and how well as I have heard that it varies a lot.

As far as I 'm concerned, I'm afraid that modern medicine can do little in stroke recovery, so I suggest you can take some alternative medicine. Meditation, acupuncture, hypnosis, reflexology, herbalmedicine, and so on are all alternative medicine, and I think there must be one can help your mother. My friend's mother caught stroke and we are looking for any treatment to help her. I think Traditional Chinese Medicine should be my best choice. After our searching, oral pellet and massage will improve the condition. We are now considering to take Kangnaowan Pellet, which is a Traditional Chinese Medicine, and also we will do massage to help her recover.
Hope it will help you.