Thank you jadiee-x and Melissa21 for responding to my questions. Three or four months ago I had a fair amount of pain in the area of my shunt on the R. side of my peritoneum a couple of inches below my scar. It caused me much nausea. After about 1 week the pain totally subsided but I have been left with frequent nausea every day from when I wake up in the morning (more severe) and throughout the day. I have a hard 2 inch long pencilwide mass a couple of inches below the incision site. It doesn't cause me pain but when I press on it I become severely nauseated. My CT Brain scan of a couple weeks ago shows the shunt working well with essentially no change from the original placement 3 years ago. I am not sure what the mass is. It could be a fat pad or something else. I have an appt. with my Neurosurgeon Fri. And will let you know what was said. I do know that as long as there isn't any pain I don't want to be sliced up any more. I've had 7 surgeries since 2002 including a Craniotomy and I am frustrated and fed up with the whole thing. I would like to go back to work (I am a Registered Respiratory Therapist) but my Neurosurgeon and Neuropsychologist have ganged up on me and won't let me work anymore. The whole thing is surreal. Magnru