hi Beth. I have a VP as well. i had a choice between the two in the
begining. I did alot of research on both. LP's have a higher failure
rate and can cause malformations. So that is why I chose a VP. To this
day, not the wisest thing I ever did, but I can see my children play
and that is what matters.

Brandi




--- In ptc@yahoogroups.com, "Beth" <bbailey1804924@...> wrote:
>
> 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
>