yea..i'm going to make a appointment tomorrow morning when his office is open..it's hurting some right now but not to much..it was more this morning and last night at work..my shunt was actually only supposed to last 3 or 4 years but it's lasted far longer..mine is on my right side too but i dont really notice it most of the time. --- On Sun, 2/8/09, Melissa <granada7@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Melissa <granada7@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [hydrocephalus] i want to try to figure out what's wrong with my shunt. To: hydrocephalus@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, February 8, 2009, 9:58 AM If it was me. I would be talking to my doctor about it. You probably just bruised it really bad but I would get it checked out just in case. Me, I have only had mine for about a year and 8 months. I thought if it messes up or something they only last for 2 years I thought I read somewhere?? Mine has hurt before but not as bad as yours. The doctors put mine on my right side and I tend to lay on that side to sleep so for me I think I am also assuming that this is why mine hurts sometimes.   Melissa Granada/WI  My dogs aren't my whole life, but my life wouldn't be whole without them. ____________ _________ _________ __ Tim Landry wrote: i've had the same shunt since 1987 so it's probably a delta. it's hurt before but only when i was a kid. I hit my shunt a couple weeks ago at work(which i've done before)..and within the last week or so it's started to bother me usually only at work but last night it was actually hurting and it's still bothering me this morning. I don't have the symptons of shunt failure or infection. My head does hurt but only right next to the shunt. Does anyone have a idea of what's going on or do you need more information?