my husband has had the same stomach pains since his first and only surgery when they placed the vp shunt. the pains some times get worse and he is no longer...
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Hey Guys Anything you want to know just tell me my daughter was 6mos when shunted NOW 10yrs old we were told no heavyweight boxing or parachuting I can live...
Hi I don't know of any famous people who have hydro or a shunt. But I know from personal experience because my 16 month old son Noah was diagnosed with hydro...
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I was diagnosed at 1 year and am now 31. Life expectancy and "Normalcy" are much higher now... Phillip and Jeannie Childs Independent Associates Pre-Paid...
I went to the doctor today (not my neuro, but someone local) and had an xray done. They didn't find any abnormalities, with my shunt, so that's good. But, they...
Hi, you asked if anybody knew anyone famous with hydrocephalus.... Well a few years ago there was a young football player who played for Scotland who...
It would truly be nice if Billy Graham would be a willing face of hydrocephalus. But it seems as though, as always, the lingo is akwardly worded as "brain...
Hi Paul, I was wondering what symptoms you experienced prior to your diagnoses at age 45 yo. In particular between the ages of 8 and 14 years old. Was there...
Laura, I was very happy to read your posting, I had no idea that Billy Graham had hydro. how did you find that information out, I would be very curious to read...
I've been told I need to get all 4 of my wisdom teeth pulled (ack!). Has anyone with a VP shunt ever had this done, and were there any repercussions? I'm...
husband had his wisdom teeth out he has a vp shunt. he didn't seem to have much promblems with the teeth other than the fact they were hard to come out which...
Hi MK, I think my growing up years were very normal, with 2 exceptions. The first I mentioned previously, i.e. terrible nausea after performing phys.ed. ...
I did... the only problem was the dentist broke them off in my gums... left the roots Phillip and Jeannie Childs Independent Associates Pre-Paid Legal Services...
Hi Abby, I'm not sure what "other options" you're talking about--chances are very good that your wisdom teeth will have to be removed eventually. The...
I just had my wisdom teeth pulled last week...didnt tickle...and i have no VP shunt....but...out of what i've heard so far...it sounds annoying having a VP...
Hi I know of no famous person with hydrocephalus or a shunt; but I would like to share about my son which I hope will give you some hope. He was 28 wks...
Emilie, I'm a little late coming into this conversation, but thought I'd reply, anyway. Your dad's symptoms really could indicate a number of things (including...
We went to see a new neurosurgeon today, and he mentioned small ventricles, possibly slit-ventricles. I need some info. on these things, James my son who has...
In the coverage of Billy Graham's crusade here in NYC, it was mentioned that he suffers from hydrocephalus. From news reports, it seems to be something that...
Hello everyone. I'm am new to the group and wanted to introduce myself an situation. My name is Kelly, I have a son who is 11 years old now. I was 5 mths...
thats interesting.i was also born with hydrocephalus but it wasnt diagonsed until i was about a year old...some damage was already done but i could of ended up...
wow you 2 are really lucky my daughter was shunted at 9 months and she has had 3 revisions and the last one was pretty scray cause she did not present the...
....and their is something weird about this...all the well paid doctors could not figure out what was wrong...and then a volunteer nurse figured out i had...
nurses listen a lot more to the signs then the doctors do, i learnt that one the hard way LA ... From: Tim L To: hydrocephalus@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday,...
i would have to agree what you have to say tim cause this same thing happend to my husband. he had been complaing for months about headaches and feeling dizzy...
hi fellow hydro friends My hydrocephalus wasn't discovered till I was 34 so I had been living with this and not knowing why I was having problem,why the...
Hi Kathy, Wow I've never heard of it being discovered that late in life, unless it was caused by an accident or something. My son's doc told us to watch for...
it was kind of weird...my head was bigger and i was very slow in my devolpment(and then the whole screaming thing)...yet they never figured it out until after...