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Originally Posted by hydrotexan26
I need some advice. I've been having headaches, nausea, dizziness, just a general drunk feeling for the past couple of weeks. I wouldn't say it's getting worse, just not getting any better. I had to sleep last night with wet towel on my neck b/c of pain. This is very out of the ordinary. Just a brief background, I had a shunt in '84 when I was 2 months and had it revised a couple of times since. I also had a 2nd shunt inserted shortly after that first one but it stopped working along the way and I've been able to function with just one. My last revision was in '97. My dr did a CT scan last week and the ventricles were 3x enlarged from scan done in January. However, they did a test today to check the flow through the shunt and it showed to be working. I'm just very frustrated and looking for some relief. My dr is out of town this week and will return next week. In the meantime, they will not release me back to work until I see him. Anyone had any similar experiences???
Thanks,
Hydrotexan26
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I had a shunt put in 11/30/2010 and have had a total of 8 shunt surgeries from that time thru 10/16/2011 due to repositioning,shunt failure,and infection in my brain from the shunt. The FIRST sign that something was wrong in each of my cases was that I would have nausea. I went to the dr. each time and ct of head showed nothing wrong. Low and behold one to two days later I would be totally out of it. My husband would actually have to carry me to the car and after the shunt was fixed I would be back in my right mind. I have no memory of these things happening and my long term and short term memory have been affected. Make sure you don't have a temperature (even a low one) that may indicate infection. My advice is not to wait if you have been feeling "drunk" for 2 weeks. Have you been diagnosed with Chiari Malformation and/or Arnold's Chiari? Is that why you have hydrocephelus. That would explain the pain in the your neck. I was 48 yrs old before any of this showed up although it is a congenital condition, meaning I was born with it. I had my 9th surgery 2/15/11 "Chiari Decompression Surgery" and it made all the difference with the constant pain in my neck. Hope this helps you. Sorry it's so long....