Health Topic: Vp Shunt
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| "Hello my name is Andrew George. I currently have a VP shunt with a Codman valve, and an LP shunt. I have been experiencing headaches pe" |
| "ny positive changes with it. I have a Codman-Medos programmable VP shunt which had been set to 120 probably since it was install in" |
| "My daughter is 29' she had a brain tumor at 7. The vp shunt was put in then. Had surgery, chemo & radiation. Cancer free since 1992" |
| "My daughter is 7 yrs old and was diagnosed with hydrocephalus before birth (my first ultrasound) she had a vp shunt put in when she was" |
| "I am 43 y.o. I have had a VP shunt since birth. At age 12 I started getting headaches. I was told migraines, or arthritis due to surgic" |
| "it was the winter of 2010 I had just had a newborn baby who was 2 weeks old, but I was very sick before, and after my pregnancy my obgy" |
| "I have had a vp shunt since birth - 25 years ago. Remarkably - no issues except having to have tube extended when I was 14. Last fall" |
| "I have had vertigo for 8 years now,during this same time frame I was also found to have Hydrocephauls (unknown Cause, Prolly from brain" |
| "Hi, I'm Jeremy and I have hydrocephalus. I have had a Ventricular Peritoneal shunt since 1984(I was born in 82)and had to get a revisio" |
| "Hi, I'm Maggie and I just returned from seeing my neurosurgeon today. I had a vp shunt put in place on 12/09 and have been to the dr e" |
| "th hydrocephalus that I could talk to on a regular basis. I have a vp shunt. I have vision probalems. I have a mild mental disability," |
| "Hi all, having been invited to visit this forum I thought I'd better introduce myself and say hi :) I'm Manda, I'm 25 and live in" |
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| "Okay Group, Today I would like to pose the question or get your analogies on the description of your headaches or pain when the shunt i" |
| "Does anyone have problems with their head hurting more when the pressure is low outside? My head has not quit hurting since March 22," |
| "I'm 34 with aquired hydro...I just found this page and am looking forward to meeting others with hydrocephalus. I do have a blog with m" |
| "My name is Laura. I'm 18 years old, and was diagnosed with hydrocephalus secondary to spinal meningitis. I was born 3 months premature" |
| "so we rule out papildema? (however you spell that) an decide on a VP shunt vs. VA shunt, so I had to shave all my hair off (it wouldn'" |
| "this be and has anyone experienced this. HydroPioneer-23+ current VP shunt" |
| "es. I have had over 20 procedures to control the hydrocephalus. My VP shunt was removed December 2002. I have had the ETV procedure 6 t" |
| "Experiences With examination of x-rays I needed a head correction A build-up of C.S.F. seems to be the detection I afraid to tel" |
| "for how long. For currentely I am working on 23 years with eh same vp shunt. I had it installed after my old one was no longer function" |
| "Hi my name is Denelle i have had hydrophalus since i was born and at 3 weeks old i had a shunt put in. As i was growing up i had learni" |
| "Hi All, I have a question. My shunt has been in place 24 years without revision. Has anyone else has their's this long? The only" |
| "Hi, I am 27 years old and had my shunt inserted in 1985. I have had no revisions of the shunt, but have been experiencing frequent prob" |
| "My son is 1 and has a shunt due to hydrocephalus.After only one shunt infection, he's been doing great. I'd love to get some insight an" |
| "s found to have fluid on the brain and needed surgery to install a VP shunt to drain the fluid from my brain. I do not like needles mu" |
| "Hello all, We're new to the group, my daughter Ava is 7 months old and was dignoised with Hydro in August. She has already had her sh" |
| "I had shunt implantation surgery on August 26th. I now have terrible stomach pain that feels like a razor blade or an electric current" |
| "smile and lost a part of my soul, so I opted to go ahead with the VP shunt. The shunt got infected within three months (abdominal a" |
| "hi my name is Diane I am 38 is old . I was born with Hydrocephalus. At the time i was born there was very little known about this ." |
| "hello all. im looking for anyone who has or has had a child with hydrocephalus...i have a 9 month old son, we are waiting on a neurolog" |
| "Hi, I'm Hal and have had hydrocephalus about a year and a half. I'm 72. A shunt was installed about a year ago. While there was some i" |
| "My daughter was diagnoised with Hydrocephalus at age 11, she is now 17. She has a VP shunt in her brain and the valve part of it has be" |
| "Hello everyone, My name is Glenora and I suffer from chronic headaches due to Hydrocephalus. I have a VP shunt in my head, but it\'s no" |
| "Hello I\'m new to this group. I have hydrocephalus and I suffer from headaches and panic attacks. I do have a VP shunt in my head, but" |
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