I know that it is horrible to title a thread "Thank God" when so many of us are suffering, but it is such a relief to know that I am not crazy. After living with Pseudotumor Cerebri for 3 years, getting to a point of it leveling out, and now having it come back for the past year+ with a vengeance I finally decided to pursue with a VP shunt. I can't tell you what relief I got in my head and for that I am thankful. I keep those of you who have not got that relief in my prayers. However, since I woke up post op, I have had a horrible sharp pain in my pelvis that does not subside. I called my neurosurgeon whose nurse told me that the small tube could not possibly cause me any pain. I needed to go to my primary care provider (PCP) or to the ER. So I did. My PCP ran test upon test and ruled out everything from ovarian cyst to appendicitis. I finally got my family to help me sit up and google this pain on my own. Here comes the "Thank God." Thank God I found you all who have been so brave and helpful to share what you are going through. I read your stories and felt so much peace among the pain. I read and found that I, like miche27bbd, feel like I traded one pain for another but at the same time I realized that this is a real pain and I am not making it up!!! I had to say thank you all for sharing your stories and for helping me believe in myself and trust my body and what it is telling me.