Hello! I'm new to this group, i have a few questions for all of you.

[Guest guest]

Hi, My name is and i am 16 years old. My battle started almost

two years ago but today i feel so much better. I had a sucessful Chiari

decompression surgery on December 28 2007. Since the surgery my life

has gotten so much better. And to all of you who are thinking about the

surgery,as long as you are 100 % SURE you have a qulaified surgeon i

say do it. I was so scared but it was completly worth it. I would do it

agian in a heart beat.

Now, I have a question for all of you. On thursday i am being

interviewd by a newspaper about my surgery and how i got in to a summer

program at stanford. I want to talk a lot about chiari so people will

start to understand what it is. I would love suggestions of things i

should bring up during the interview.

Thank you so much! stay strong.