Surgery for Shunt

[Guest guest]

I have been a member of this group since it was founded. I do not post much as

I have been very ill. I do read and try to help when I can. I wanted to let

you know that I will be finally have my VP shunt replaced on Aug. 14th at Duke

University. It has been a long road.

It started in 2008, in Rhode Island, when I was having problems. I found a

great neuro there that thought my shunt was overdraining. But my husband lost

his job right before and we had to move back to North Carolina.

To make a long story short......I went to UNC and they did a shunt series and

messed it up and told me everything was okay. I knew it was not as if I laid

down my headaches would go away.

So I got into Duke. The neuro there told me that the pump was refilling slowly

but he thought it was okay.

I have been getting worse and worse. I have started falling and my vision is

getting bad again. So I made an urgent appointment with neuro.

He finally ordered a nuclear shunt series and it showed that the shunt is

overdraining and there are problems with the lower end also.

So hopefully after next Tuesday I will be getting some relief from these

horrible headaches and I will stop falling.

I want to thank Kathleen and the moderators for all the hard work they do here

to help all of us. Hopefully when I feel better I can help others here.

Debi

Chiari, hydrocelphalus, PTC, breast cancer