We are here :) But I dont write so much, busy with the Scandinavian group Merja Tims mum http://www.hydrocefalus.com ... no new messages in over a week. 10...
Interesting.I Really enjoyed it.Though,I could Only Understand The Stuff I Reconized From The English and French languages. I understood Enough.Who Made That...
Hi The site is also in english and finnish, or you can use Bablefish for translation I made the site myself, did you read Tims page?? Tell me more about you...
Hello, I just realized that I had my old email address on the group profile. I've changed it to the correct one. In any case, I had my valve installed in...
Hey Tim, My name is Emilie; I'm 17. How old are you? What caught my eye was that you spoke French. I'm currently learning French in school. Maybe you could...
Actually...I know English better than French...I've lived in the united states all my life...but my family is french canadian.I'm 18.I'm sorry...but i'm not...
One week ago today (Thursday) my wife Sue and I were given the very shocking diagnosis that our 6 and a half month old daughter Emily has communicating...
Hi, My name is Melissa .I would love to chat with you. If it is ok, I added you to my yahoo buddy list. So if you want, we can chat over IM. I am not writing...
It's nice to know you Melissa, to tell you a little bit about me, I am 48, mother to James( hydro since birth) he is 21, I have been married for 22 yrs., I...
Jacob, I could only imagine what you and your wife are going thru, my son James was actually diagnosed with hydro. right after he was born, my guess also was...
Jacob - Hi and welcome to the list. My daughter has non-communicating hydrocephalus, diagnosed at birth, and underwent a shunt surgery at exactly 1 month....
Susan - I just had to respond to this post because you have described perfectly my experience when Alex was born!!! It took a LONG time for me to accept the...
Stacy, Thank you so much for the email, we still take it one day at a time, but now it is a bit more difficult being as how he has no medical insur., we are...
Hi Susan - I'm in Minnesota - close to the Minneapolis area (I work in one of the suburbs but live a little ways out). We are patiently waiting for it to...
Susan, Hi my name is Ken we live in Pennsylvania. We have insurance through my wife's work but, Dekota also has a 2'nd dairy insurance through Medicial Assn't....
my husband has currently filled for disablity for the second time here in illnois. We hear that it can be tough to get however most people get denied at least...
Should I tell my hair dresser about my shunt before she washes my hair so that she won't freak out when she feels a knot on my head? Would it be going too far...
i would tell your hair dresser so she is aware of it. other wise if she feels it she could feel schoked or a scared feeling like what is this oh dear what...
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... Of course you should tell. Do it because you want he/she to be a little more careful with you. Do it because you don't want to have your hair tugged too ...
Hi Stacy, Glad to hear from you, talking about the weather we are having spring like weather also. It can drive you nuts keeping up with this stuff, you don't...
i let my hairdresser know right up front. several factoring reasons. 1= so she wouldnt freak when she feels the shunt while washing my hair. 2= so due to neck...
Hello everyone, I know someone who may get a VP shunt soon. I was just wondering how long the recovery time is after such an operation and what the most...
... through 7 shunt surgeries when DX in 2002 at age 42 and I am still recovering. ... vision especially if you have the wrong shunt or setting. Also if hydro...
everyones reccovery time is individual oretty much. after my last shunt operation my neurosurgeon had me off work for 8 weeks as a precaution. although i was...
I am shunted and have had a migraine that has lasted over 8 days now with occassional shortness of breathe and tightness in my chest. I had a ct done which was...
I am 25 and have been shunted since birth. I am now pregnant and am scheduled to see high risk drs and all. I keep reading about problems with shunts after...