Hi, my name is Ginger. My husband had a car accident in 2004 which busted his head open. He started stuttering, having severe headaches, ringing in the ears and confusment. This was over a 3 year period so I kept making excuses why he was doing these things (he was tired, excited, stressed etc.)
Finally it got so bad that I made him go to the doctor in 2007. Turns out he had hydrocephlus and needed a shunt. So far, this shunt doesn't seem to be working. He is still having all these same symptoms, some are much worse and he has totally lost his short term memory. Does anyone else suffer with these symptoms. I wonder that he went so long with this being untreated that maybe it caused permanant damage. The NS we are dealing with is not giving us any answers. They've took away my husband's drivers license due to seizures. We had to switch doctor's just to be able to get another CT scan. He hasn't had one in a year 1/2. (not since 1 month after the surgery) Aren't you supposed to have one about every 6 months? Can anyone help us. We are desparate for someone to understand what we are going through. Some of the doctors we have seen, treat us as though we're crazy.
~Ginirae