My name is molly b.* i am 17 years old just got diagose with chiari malformation type 1 and actually i was born with it but itwasn't suppose to show til my late 20s or 30s but i had a terrible fourwheeler wreck last year that speed up the process and it stinks i hate having it i wish i didn't they found it on march 9,2009 in a mri but i am still getting my stuff sent around to doctors but i feel like what have i done to deserves this and that but i know i have to have alot of research but my surgery suppose to be in wiscoin if i spelled that right but i am sorry that you are going through this i no the pain but i am on no meds at all for this so i suffer with headaches and backaches an dizzes all day long but hopefully we can be helpful to each other.