Originally Posted by erie

Hi!!! I am soooo glad I decided to research my own problem before I had my gaall bladder taken out( they thought that must be where my pain was coming from). I had a VP shunt placed in January of '09 and woke up from surgery with horrible vaginal,rectal and abdominal pain.It has never gone away!! My head is doing great...but I seemed to have traded one problem for another!! I have been sick for 16 years with Pseudo Tumor and have been doin meds and spinal taps all this time. I finally moved to another state and changed neurologists...they were shocked at the amount of diamox I had been on for so many years and immediately scheduled my surgery. I have known something isn't right w my tummy since surgery but wasn't gettin anywhere. I stumbled on to this website when I decided to take matters into my own hands. Thank God!!! I called my doc and they logged on...case solved!!! They are going to shorten the tube and check it all out. I hope I can wait 3 wks...it seems to be getting worse daily and now I'm having blood in my urine and stool. I also have had a horrible time with my memory and often lose my train of thought when speaking..does this happen to anyone?? I have also bbeen experiencing neck pain and pain into my face that feels like nerve pain...it's awful!!!! Thanks everyone!!! We are all in this together!!!!