I know that many of you out there take Antidepressants after all having a shunt is enough to depress anybody. I started taking them after my 7th shunt surgery...
was wondering if anyone had any of these symptoms after hydroc surgery when they put the shunt in on the brain. my husband gets stomach pains doctors don't...
Hi! Yes as a personal client of massage, someone SERIOUSLY considering this major as well...massage is really worth it for people like your husband. It can...
Hello, my daughter is 10 and was shunted at birth. She also complains of belly pains. She has a VP shunt thats the one that goes from her head to her belly...
Hello, I'm 33 and have been shunted for about 7 months. I don't call it stomach "pains" it's more like a burning sensation. My Nuro tells me that my body will...
Harriet here. Has anyone has a successful Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy out there? I had a V/A shunt from the age of 5 to 30, and then it failed. I then was...
I had my first shunt when i was 7,got a new one when I was 37.for a long time i had the pain in my shoulder and stomach.I dont have it very often now but still...
Hi Harriet. My name is Jim and I am in NYC. I was only recently diagnosed with hydrocephalus (June, 2004 at 41 yrs of age--due to a benign tumor). My...
Kpierce, I am exactly the same. I have a vp shunt-3 revisions, & a Torkildsen shunt. My first revision left me in a coma for a few months. Ironically, I seem...
hi my son had his first vp shunt placed one year ago at the age of fourteen,two months later he had to have revision since the first one failed.in april of...
Hello Jim! How nice to hear from someone who can relate to me! Wow! And New York City too! Thanks for replying. I still get quite dizzy since the ETV, but...
... 3rd ... shunt so I guess ... from anyone ... and still I am ... introduce mself :) ... Hi Meghan! Your case sounds exactly the same as mine, except that...
How long can someone go w/o a revision? What's the record to-date? I'm just curious, however, the answer might give many hydro suffers hope for a long...
my last revision was in 1989 and i have had no probs 2 date, but b4 that my last 1 was in 1975 Emilie <ebowers@...> wrote:How long can someone go w/o...
no idea what the record is but my last revision was just b4 i was a year old i had 13 b4 my 1 Year bday and so that would make it 28 years today Emilie...
WOW! my d had hers put in at 6mos old she is 10 with no revisions....tho she had her appendix rupture in Aug, the dr had to check to make sure the shunt was...
is there any minimum age recommended for ETV or can it be done at any age Ali ... From: Harriet To: hydrocephalus@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 23,...
28 years! Whoa! Congratulations! *throws confetti* Did you do anything different to keep it functioning so long? ~Emilie~ ... From: meilssa elgood To:...
I am new to this group. My daughter Joelle is 10 yrs old. After having shunt related surgeries every Wednesday in January and on one Monday, they finally...
Mine was almost 13 years. I went from 1991 to 2003 with no probs. Then in 2003 I needed 9 revisions in a span of 4 months. My shunt just kept breaking down. My...
Hi my name is Darlene, i have a fifteen yr old son who was diognosed with hydro last yr at age fourteen. He had formed a tissue mass and had a shunt placed dec...
my husband had his first shunt in when he turned 30 he now is 31. he has the vp shunt he gets headaches everyday and he also has lower abonmen pain he can't...
Hi, I had my first VP shunt when I was 20 in 1983. It only lasted 5 years before I ended up in hospital again. At this time (1988) I had another 6 visits to...
my shunt history..... first shunted in may of 1973 revision of shunt in january 1976 when first malfunctioned. then in may 2002 total shunt replacement when...
on the short term memory loss issues. this is something i struggle with emotionally. so many people dont understand, even those closest to me, family and...
I live in Mississippi. ~Emilie~ ... From: Susan Smith To: hydrocephalus@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 9:38 PM Subject: Re: [hydrocephalus]...
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