I am assuming that this is done when you have a tube(shunt) placed as a infant .. I didn't have one implanted so how will this affect me now if I have problems...
ok I haven't had a shunt implanted how does this work with having fluid build up hugs kathy ... From: LiseAnne Gaudet To: hydrocephalus@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
I don't know how late I am coming into this topic, but I was shunted at one week old and didn't have mine replaced until I was 27 years old. So I am thinking...
I have seen it where a child had a manual drain on the outside of his head. I don't remember if he was shunted or not. I do remember his mother telling me...
Kathy, if you aren't shunted how are they drainning your hydro??? Lise Anne ... From: Kathy & Mark Robson To: hydrocephalus@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday,...
Lise Anne- That is exactly what I was wondering. As I said before, I saw an infant at Valley Children's Hospital who had a battery operated machine pumping...
The patient could have had an endoscopic third ventriculoscopy - a procedure where the NS uses a camera to see inside the patient's head to drill a hole...
ok Richard I heard of that before but it you have hydro, don't they have to drain it?? and how can they drain it if u aren't shunted??? Lise Anne ... From:...
Lise Anne: The third vent. drains the fluid by allowing it to "communicate" between the third and fourth ventricles, and draining from the fourth ventricle...
Hi Dia, I hope you have been to see your specialist. If you have how did you get on? Please let us know soon . Mags.C. operagirldia@... wrote: My shunt...
Hi, i ended up having loads of tests including a lumbar infusion. they don't know why my shunt it bulging out, but my pressure is low so they think i have been...
The following web site has a press release dtd. 10/10/2005 which describes a new shunt specifically for treating NPH. I am interested because my wife will...
Hi..my son has a Codman Programmable shunt..and its a pain!!!!!! First they put it in..then couldnt figure out what pressure was good for him..so they adjusted...
My son too has the Codman programmable shunt. Although he has had no issues (knock on wood) with it. He had an MRI two weeks ago and then had an appointment...
hi my noame is carol my son anthony has had mulitiple surgeries and we also had the problem with his incision leaking he had gotten an infection because of the...
Hi everyone, Just a quick note to let you know, that even way out here in the boonies we now have access to high speed internet so from now on our new email...
Good luck with the shunt issues you are facing. I feel the pain that you are going threw. I will be praying for you and your loved ones. Hopefully this second...
Last night I had a headache. I figured it was just from the weather. I went to bed early but everytime I rolled over, my nausea got worse then got better as I...
i get nausea every time i change my position. this came on suddenly back in february, up until that point i never got nausea everytime i moved. In a message...
I am an employee at a retail chain in Oregon. I've only been in this state for alittle over 2 years. My wife tells me that I should keep my hydrocephalus ...
I actually think places that you are looking for employment at shouldn't judge you cause you have hydro. however i do think it is in the best interst that you...
I haven't had a shunt revision/replacement since 2002. However, in the last few months, I've been having random pains right around the shunt insision in my...
Hi emily, my name is melissa i am a parent of a child with hydrocephalus. She is 10 and sometimes complains of sharp pains in her belly but it goes away .The...
after my husband had his vp shunt in we had some of these same problems we went to all kinds of doctors to find out what was going on his shunt was working...
Larry: Is your hydrocephalus congenital? Do you have learning disabilities with it? If you have learning disabilities, you might reveal that to your employer...
Hello again, i'm not sure if anyone can help me....but I've just been thinking, i'm at that age of considering having a baby (or in the next few years...
Hi all, My 12 yr old son has had 3 revisions in 3 weeks. He is currently back in the hospital with a bad headache. He also suffers from slit ventricle...
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