Originally Posted by amii91581

Hello all!

I'll try to briefly sum up what's happened. I've been fighting headaches for three and a half years now, and six months or so ago, they changed. They became much more of a pressure feeling- like my eyes were being shoved out of my head, or that my head may just explode. I've had four spinal taps this year alone. Finally I found an ER doctor that referred me to a neurosurgeon, because my opening pressures were high. I've been in diamox for months with no relief. The only relief I would ever get was from the LPs. This relief would only last several hours, so it wasn't a viable option.

Long story short, I got a VP shunt placed last week Tuesday (03/05/2014). I had some surgical pain, but all in all the headaches were gone, my double vision was gone and I no longer hear my heart beat. Well, yesterday, I got nauseated and my head started to hurt. My headache is fairly significant. It's on the right side, where my shunt is. I really don't feel well. I've contacted my neurosurgeon and his nurse says it's pretty normal to feel some headaches, however, I'm supposed to monitor it to see if it gets better/worse over the next few days, as they might need to adjust the pressure valve.

I'm basically just looking for others going or have gone through the same thing. I need some positivity right now. Thanks!