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Old 03-11-2017, 12:32 PM
jasewell jasewell is offline
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Default Advice from my neurosurgeon

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I have been told no, bu then I read that it is possible if you have a nurse practitioner or a neurosurgeon on hand to reset the shunt settings. Does anyone know what is the truth about this? I have a herniated disc in my neck and can only get a catscan I was told, not an MRI.

Thanks in advance.
Apparently VP Shunt people CAN get MRIs. My doctor advised to get an Xray before the MRI and then an Xray after to compare the shunt settings to see if there were any changes. Have a neurosurgeon adjust back to the previous setting if that happens. He also said if it did change it would not be by much and you probably would not notice a difference.

Passing this info on to anyone who thought an MRI was not possible.
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