Hello Janine, He is thinking about removing my vp shunt because I
have slit ventricles and its not draining the way that it needs to.
I will know more after I have the spinal tap done. He upped the
setting yesterday to see if that will help with the pressure.
Beth/Maine
--- In ptc@yahoogroups.com, jwtooblsd blessed <jwtooblsd@...> wrote:
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> Hi Beth, I am the opposite of you. I had a LP shunt
> for almost 8yrs. It was removed last Aug. It had
> caused Chiari 1 Malformation. I had a VP shunt placed
> back in Dec. Why do they want to remove your VP
> shunt?I have a very good set of dr's, they are #2 in
> the nation. I still will need another surgery to
> correct the Chiari. Let me know if u have any more
> questions, be glad to help.
>
> Janine/Texas
> --- Beth <bbailey1804924@...> wrote:
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> > I went to my neurosurgeon appointment today. He
> > wants me to have
> > another spinal tap done under sedation and he said
> > that depending on
> > the results of the tap he might want to remove my VP
> > shunt and place a
> > LP shunt. I don't know much about the LP shunts and
> > was wondering if
> > someone could tell me somethings about them and if
> > any one has ever
> > had a VP removed and a LP placed. Can someone help
> > me? Thanks
> > Beth/Maine
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