Hey everyone. I'm not really sure what to say I have read many posts regarding Vp shunts and Va shunts. But I'm seeking people who have had issues with them before to help me out with how they over come the pain and became more comfortable. My dad has had a head ache for comming up 3 years now going now more than 6 weeks after a surgery before we are back to square one. He has something called intercaranial hypertension. I think his body ptoduces too much csf. For the last year he has had more than 12 surgeries for either unblocking the tubing or replacement of his shunt before they decided to put in a Lp shunt.. which also packeted a sad so just last week he ended up getting a Va shunt out in. However now he has really bad chest pain and the hospital think he could have an infection or blood clots.. Can anyone help with some information or their experiences with this? I'm sick of hearing 'there's nothing else we can do'