Rebecca, I am fascinated by your story, particularly the rare cases of aphantasia due to surgery. My wife Selina had two major bowel operations in 2002, ileostomy and ileo-anal pouch After the second one she was a different person and I gradually realised that she had lost the ability to visualise anything. I can only assume that she suffered a minor stroke during surgery. The diagnosis from the medics is vascular dementia but she has been stable for the last 19 years apart from when she spent 6 weeks in hospital in 2018 and came out more dependent on me. Now I know her condition is called Aphantasia, I wonder if the Vascular Dementia diagnosis is incorrect. Any thoughts on this ? Regards Peter Burton Dorset, England